Photo: Loozrboy from Toronto, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Greensborough: 56% of residents are immigrants, above 96% of Canadian towns
The typical household size is 3.2 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. At the 2021 Census, 19,270 people lived in Greensborough, in 6,055 households. Here, just over one in ten households rent their home. More children under 15 than in four fifths of Canadian towns: 19%.
What stands out about the people of Greensborough
More immigrants than most towns
56% of residents are immigrants, against 26% across Ontario’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (80%) and in Europe (7.7%); 18% of them arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A mix of backgrounds
81% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 97% of Canadian towns; 56% are immigrants. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Half of Greensborough is under 40.7, younger than 59% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
17% of residents are 65 or over (Canada’s towns: 19%). Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 11% in Greensborough.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Greensborough, 40.7. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women.
One-person households make up 13% in Greensborough, less than in 94% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Here, 7.1% of households are one-parent families. The wider picture: 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Below 94% of Canadian towns: 4.1% 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
Just over three in five residents 15 and over are married (Canada’s towns: 46%). The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
A lower share of households in single-detached houses than 60% of Canadian towns, at 57%
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 80% date from 2001 or later, 3% from before 1961. By way of comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
$122,100 a year is the median household income here
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Greensborough had $122,100 before tax, 42% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across Ontario’s towns is $91,600. In 2020, 33% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
In Greensborough, 11% of residents are not Canadian citizens, more than in 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 65%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (80%) and in Europe (7.7%). Across Canada’s towns, residents without Canadian citizenship come to 5.8%. Compared with other places, residents who moved in within the year are scarce here: 9.1%, fewer than in 71% of Canadian towns. Recent arrivals are 18% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of visible minority residents than 97% of Canadian towns: 81%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Indigenous residents are rarer here than in 98% of Canadian towns. By way of comparison, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Other faiths: Hindu (11%), Muslim (7.2%) and Buddhist (3.8%). Little separates the share of residents with no religion here, 35%, from the figure across Canada’s towns.
Beyond English and French: 61% grew up with another language
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
Little separates the share of residents whose mother tongue is French here, 0.6%, from the figure across Canada’s towns. At home: English 55%, French 0.2%.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 50%, a higher share than 85% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 6.4% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. On average, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 55% of residents 15 and over had a job
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 55%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 17% of residents are 65 or over.
Ranked by age, 21st oldest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
At one end is Petawawa (32), at the other Bracebridge (51.2). In age, Greensborough keeps company with Weston (39.1), Vinegar Hill (40), Stony Plain (40.8) and Tétreaultville (42.2).
Greensborough sits below 3 of its 6 closest neighbours on median age
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greensborough | 19,270 | — | 40.7 | 17% | 56% |
| Mount Joy | 8,345 | 1.2 km | 45.2 | 20% | 49% |
| Wismer Commons | 20,591 | 1.8 km | 38.8 | 13% | 60% |
| Upper Cornell | 8,304 | 1.8 km | 40.3 | 14% | 49% |
| Markham Village | 10,319 | 1.9 km | 47.3 | 25% | 40% |
| Cornell | 22,014 | 2.5 km | 37.5 | 12% | 51% |
| Quantztown | 13,146 | 3.4 km | 47.1 | 21% | 61% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- The census’s own words. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as 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. Statistics Canada reports the census by municipality; a neighbourhood’s figures are the sum of its dissemination areas, rounded counts and all, with medians estimated from age and income groups and no 2016 count, as the 2016 areas don’t fit.
Questions about Greensborough’s residents
What religion are people in Greensborough?
Christian: 42%. No religion: 35%. Another religion: 24%.
Is Greensborough good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 19%. 62% of households are couple families and 7.1% one-parent families. Schools near Greensborough are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Greensborough?
$122,100 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Greensborough (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Greensborough?
The 2021 Census counted 19,270 people in Greensborough.
What is the average age in Greensborough?
40.7 is the median age, younger than 59% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 19%. 65 and over: 17%.
Is Greensborough bilingual?
6.7% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 86% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.6%.
How diverse is Greensborough?
Immigrants make up 56% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 81% are members of a visible minority, and 0% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
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).