Photo: Sikander Iqbal · CC BY-SA 4.0A higher share of immigrants than 95% of Canadian towns, at 55%
Set against 27% across Canada’s towns, 13% of households are one person living alone in German Mills. Lower than in 91% of Canadian towns: 6.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. The 2021 Census counted 11,923 residents in 4,145 households. 12% of households rent their home.
What stands out about the people of German Mills
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 55% of residents; the medians are 26% across Ontario’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (70%) and in Europe (14%), and 15% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A mix of backgrounds
62% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 91% of Canadian towns; 55% are immigrants. Identity & religion ↓
Many graduates
A bachelor’s degree or higher is held by 64% of 25- to 64-year-olds, more than in 96% of Canadian towns, and a master’s by 17%. Qualifications ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Older than 82% of Canadian towns: half of German Mills is over 48.7
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The figure for children under 15 is 14% in German Mills and 16% across Canada’s towns. Across German Mills, just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ German Mills, 48.7. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women.
2.9 people per household, more than in 86% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families: 8.2% of the total.
Below 99% of Canadian towns: 2.5% of residents 15 and over live common-law
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: a quarter of adults (typical: 27%). Typically, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of households in buildings of five or more storeys than 69% of Canadian towns, at 3.4%
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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
2.9% of homes were built before 1961 and 2.2% in 2001 or later. Few places have as many households in single-detached houses: 72% here, more than in 60% of Canadian towns.
$134,100 a year is the median household income here
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in German Mills had $134,100 before tax, 56% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Ontario’s towns the median is $91,600. Pandemic benefits reached 29% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
In German Mills, 10% of residents are not Canadian citizens, more than in 69% of Canadian towns
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 65%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (70%) and in Europe (14%). For comparison, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns. Most recent wave: 15% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%).
A higher share of visible minority residents than 91% of Canadian towns, at 62%
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Jewish (9.7%), Muslim (8.1%) and Buddhist (2%). For comparison, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Indigenous residents are rarer here than in 98% of Canadian towns. What’s more, residents with no religion make up 34%, against 35% across Canada’s towns.
Beyond English and French: 58% grew up with another language
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
0.6% of residents have French as their mother tongue, about the same as across Canada’s towns. At home, 33% mostly speak another language; 4.1% speak neither English nor French.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 64% in German Mills, more than in 96% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 1.1% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
In work on census day: 52% of adults
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 52% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 26% of residents are 65 or over.
41 towns of 11,625 to 12,238 people: this is the 11th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Saint-Sauveur is the oldest at 58.4, Cityscape the youngest at 31.5. Closest in median age to German Mills are Milliken (47.6), St. Clements (48), Wetaskiwin County No. 10 (48.8) and Tay (49.2).
German Mills is younger than 4 of its 6 nearest neighbours
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| German Mills | 11,923 | — | 48.7 | 26% | 55% |
| Thornlea | 20,872 | 2.0 km | 47.8 | 27% | 61% |
| Hillcrest Village | 16,374 | 2.2 km | 49.7 | 29% | 66% |
| Bayview Woods-Steeles | 12,499 | 3.2 km | 51 | 30% | 59% |
| Steeles | 22,943 | 3.7 km | 49.4 | 28% | 70% |
| Steeles Corners | 9,468 | 4.1 km | 40.7 | 16% | 61% |
| Langstaff | 8,147 | 4.2 km | 49.5 | 26% | 49% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- 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. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Ontario’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- 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.
Questions about German Mills’s residents
Is German Mills good for families?
Under 15: 14% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 66% of households. One-parent families: 8.2%. Schools near German Mills are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in German Mills?
The median household in German Mills took in $134,100 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of German Mills?
German Mills had 11,923 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in German Mills?
A median age of 48.7, older than 82% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 14%, and people 65 and over 26%.
Is German Mills bilingual?
7.9% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 88% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.6%.
How diverse is German Mills?
55% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 62% belong to a visible minority and 0% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in German Mills?
42% are Christian and 34% have no religion; 24% follow another religion.
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).