Photo: Transportfan70 · CC0Above 98% of Canadian towns: 60% of residents are immigrants
By its share of renter households (14%), Cathedraltown is below 77% of Canadian towns. Meanwhile, residents with no religion are more common here than in 87% of Canadian towns. Census day 2021: 11,029 residents and 3,480 households locally. One-person households account for 9.8%.
What stands out about the people of Cathedraltown
More immigrants than most towns
60% of residents are immigrants, against 26% across Ontario’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Asia (90%) or in Africa (3.8%); 16% of them arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A mix of backgrounds
Visible minority residents make up 92%, more than in 99% of Canadian towns, and immigrants 60%. Identity & religion ↓
A neighbourhood of families
Children under 15 are 22% of residents, more than in 91% of Canadian towns. Households average 3.2 people, and 6.8% are one-parent families. Ages ↓
Many graduates
64% of residents aged 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 96% of Canadian towns; 13% have a master’s. Qualifications ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A larger share of children under 15 than 91% of Canadian towns: 22%
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
More residents are 40–44 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across Canada’s towns. For comparison, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. The census found that 13% of residents are 65 or over in Cathedraltown.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Cathedraltown, 40. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women.
Larger households than 94% of Canadian towns: 3.2 people on average
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
With one-parent families at 6.8%, Cathedraltown is behind 73% of Canadian towns on that count.
Below 95% of Canadian towns: 3.7% of residents 15 and over live common-law
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: just over a fifth of adults, against a typical 27%. By way of comparison, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
A smaller share of households in single-detached houses than 69% of Canadian towns: 49%
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. Prices, rents and shelter costs are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Owners and renters · share of households
When homes were built · share of homes
96% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 0.6% built before 1961. The benchmark for households in single-detached houses across Canada’s towns: 64%. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
$123,700 a year is the median household income here
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run high in Cathedraltown: half had more than $123,700, 44% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Ontario’s towns have a median of $91,600. COVID-19 benefits went to 31% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
Cathedraltown: 11% of residents are not Canadian citizens, above 71% of Canadian towns
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 70%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Residents who moved in within the year: 8.7% here and 11% across Canada’s towns. Typically, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Asia (90%) or in Africa (3.8%).
A higher share of visible minority residents than 99% of Canadian towns, at 92%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Indigenous residents are rarer here than in 98% of Canadian towns. As a reference point, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Among other religions: Buddhist (4.4%), Muslim (4.2%) and Hindu (2%).
74% have a mother tongue other than English or French
English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
47% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 8.4% speak neither official language. Few places have so few residents whose mother tongue is French: 0.5% here, fewer than in 92% of Canadian towns. Bilingual residents are about as common here as across Canada’s towns: 7.2%.
Cathedraltown ranks above 96% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 64%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 4.5%, against 9.5%. The usual figure: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
58% of residents 15 and over were in work
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, much like this 58%.
41 towns of 10,767 to 11,290 people: this is the 12th youngest
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Lethbridge County is the youngest of them at 32.8; Thornbury, at 58.8, the oldest. Timberlea (38.6), Norquay Village (39.9), Bendale South (40.1) and Westminster (40.3): the towns nearest Cathedraltown in median age.
Cathedraltown is younger than 5 of its 6 nearest neighbours
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cathedraltown | 11,029 | — | 40 | 13% | 60% |
| Buttonville | 15,001 | 3.7 km | 47.3 | 22% | 65% |
| Cachet | 6,361 | 3.9 km | 45.6 | 18% | 58% |
| Richmond Hill | 222,031 | 5.1 km | 43.6 | 17% | 58% |
| Berczy Village | 22,149 | 5.4 km | 39.7 | 12% | 62% |
| Brown's Corners | 7,228 | 5.5 km | 40.5 | 19% | 69% |
| Unionville | 17,632 | 5.8 km | 47.5 | 24% | 54% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. There is no census profile for a neighbourhood, so we add up the dissemination areas inside it. Each count is a sum of Statistics Canada’s rounded counts, the median age and income come from the published groups, and with 2016’s areas drawn differently there is no 2016 count.
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
Questions about Cathedraltown’s residents
Is Cathedraltown good for families?
22% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 66% of households and one-parent families 6.8%. Schools near Cathedraltown are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Cathedraltown?
Half of Cathedraltown’s households had more than $123,700 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Cathedraltown?
The 2021 Census counted 11,029 people in Cathedraltown.
What is the average age in Cathedraltown?
The median age is 40, younger than 63% of Canadian towns. 22% are under 15 and 13% 65 or older.
Is Cathedraltown bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 7.2% are. Another 0% speak only French and 84% only English, and French is the first language of 0.5%.
How diverse is Cathedraltown?
Immigrants: 60% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 92%. Indigenous identity: 0%.
What religion are people in Cathedraltown?
50% said they have no religion and 39% that they are Christian; 11% named another faith.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).