Photo: Mhsheikholeslami · CC BY-SA 4.040% of residents are immigrants, a share 84% of Canadian towns don’t reach
The figure for visible minority residents is 46% in Markham Village and 15% across Canada’s towns. A quarter of residents are 65 or over. With a median age of 47.3, Markham Village is older than 78% of Canadian towns. The neighbourhood had 10,319 residents in 3,915 households at the 2021 Census.
A lower share of children under 15 than 57% of Canadian towns, at 15%
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The largest age band is 50–54: 7.3% of residents. For comparison, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Markham Village, 47.3. 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.
2.6 people per household, more than in 70% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-person households make up 24%, against 27% across Canada’s towns. The census found that 7.9% of households are one-parent families in Markham Village.
4.5% of residents 15 and over live common-law, below 92% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Across Canada’s towns, 46% of residents 15 and over are married; in Markham Village, 55%. The share of common-law partners across Canada’s towns is 11%.
A larger share of households in buildings of five or more storeys than 84% of Canadian towns: 15%
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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
Older homes outnumber new: 13% predate 1961, 8.2% date from 2001 or later. Single-detached houses hold 64% of households, less than in 50% of Canadian towns, and buildings of five or more storeys 15%. On renter households, 25% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
Median gross household income: $106,900 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
At $106,900, the middle household in Markham Village out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 24%. The middle household across Ontario’s towns has $91,600 before tax. Pandemic benefits reached 28% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
Above 62% of Canadian towns: 8.4% of residents are not Canadian citizens
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 50%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Of the immigrants living here, 17% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. A year before the census, 11% lived somewhere else: fewer than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns. For comparison, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (58%) and in Europe (23%).
Markham Village ranks below 54% of Canadian towns on residents with no religion: 34%
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Hindu (2.8%) and Muslim (2.3%). Indigenous residents are rarer here than in 96% of Canadian towns. Elsewhere, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
61% have English as their mother tongue; 7.5% also speak French
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
21% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 4.5% speak neither official language. At 1%, the share of residents whose mother tongue is French is lower than in 71% of Canadian towns.
45% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, a share 78% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
5.9% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
51% of residents 15 and over were in work
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, above this 51%; 25% of residents are 65 or over.
Oldest by rank: 8th of 41 towns of 10,124 to 10,498 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Leeds and the Thousand Islands is the oldest at 52, McConachie the youngest at 30.9. The closest ages to Markham Village’s belong to Arbour Lake (45.9), East St. Paul (46.8), New Glasgow (47.6) and Lynden (48.4).
Markham Village is older than every town around it
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Markham Village | 10,319 | — | 47.3 | 25% | 40% |
| Mount Joy | 8,345 | 0.9 km | 45.2 | 20% | 49% |
| Greensborough | 19,270 | 1.9 km | 40.7 | 17% | 56% |
| Wismer Commons | 20,591 | 2.4 km | 38.8 | 13% | 60% |
| Cornell | 22,014 | 2.6 km | 37.5 | 12% | 51% |
| Quantztown | 13,146 | 2.7 km | 47.1 | 21% | 61% |
| Upper Cornell | 8,304 | 2.8 km | 40.3 | 14% | 49% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
- The census’s own words. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
Questions about Markham Village’s residents
What is the average age in Markham Village?
Half the residents are older than 47.3 and half younger, older than 78% of Canadian towns; 15% are children under 15 and 25% are 65 or over.
Is Markham Village bilingual?
English and French: 7.5% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 88%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 1%.
How diverse is Markham Village?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 40%. A visible minority makes up 46% and Indigenous residents 0.1%.
What religion are people in Markham Village?
Most often Christian (58%) or no religion (34%); other religions make up 8.7%.
Is Markham Village good for families?
Children under 15 are 15% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 55% of households and one-parent families 7.9%. Schools near Markham Village are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Markham Village?
Median total household income in Markham Village was $106,900 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Markham Village?
Markham Village had 10,319 residents at the 2021 Census.
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).