Photo: Andrew Currie from Toronto, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Milliken sits above 99% of Canadian towns for immigrants (68%)
Where 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns, Milliken has 5%. At the 2021 Census, 12,138 people lived in the neighbourhood, in 3,950 households. For Milliken, the census puts households in buildings of five or more storeys at 16%. Half of the neighbourhood’s residents are over 47.6, older than in nearly four fifths of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Milliken
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 68% of residents; the medians are 26% across Ontario’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (87%), then in the Americas (8%), and 17% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A mix of backgrounds
94% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 99% of Canadian towns; 68% are immigrants. Identity & religion ↓
Many older residents
27% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 86% of Canadian towns; 7.7% are 80 or over, and 18% of households are one person living alone. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 86% of Canadian towns: 27%
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 7.7% of residents. At 13%, the share of children under 15 is lower than in 82% of Canadian towns. For comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Milliken, 47.6. 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.
Bigger households than 92% of Canadian towns: 3.1 people each on average
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The share of one-person households is 18%, against 27% across Canada’s towns. In Milliken, 8.2% of households are one-parent families.
Milliken sits below 96% of Canadian towns for common-law partners (3.4%)
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
With married residents 15 and over at 54%, Milliken is ahead of 74% of Canadian towns on that count. For common-law partners, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%.
Fewer renter households than 70% of Canadian towns: 17%
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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
25% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 1.4% built before 1961. Lower than in 64% of Canadian towns: 53% of households live in a single-detached house.
Median gross household income: $81,300 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Milliken had $81,300 before tax, 5% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Ontario’s towns have a median of $91,600. In 2020, 37% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
Above 91% of Canadian towns: 20% of residents are not Canadian citizens
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 80%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Recent arrivals are 17% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. The usual figure: 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (87%), then in the Americas (8%).
Milliken: 94% of residents belong to a visible minority, above 99% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Buddhist (9%) and Hindu (6%). More residents with no religion than in 86% of Canadian towns: 50%. As a yardstick, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns.
Beyond English and French: 79% grew up with another language
Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Here 0.2% of residents have French as their mother tongue, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 1.5%. Lower than in 96% of Canadian towns: 2.6% of residents speak English and French. At home, 60% mostly speak another language; 27% speak neither English nor French.
Milliken sits below 52% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (26%)
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Across Canada’s towns, 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds hold a degree; in Milliken, 26%, and 18% have a college or trades credential (typical: 29%).
In work on census day: 39% of adults
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
With 27% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 39% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
In its size band (11,871 to 12,399), the 13th oldest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Elliot Lake is the oldest at 60.4, Blackfalds the youngest at 31.8. Next to Milliken on this scale come St. Andrews (46.8), Saint-Raymond (46.8), St. Clements (48) and German Mills (48.7).
Milliken sits below 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milliken | 12,138 | — | 47.6 | 27% | 68% |
| Underwood | 5,972 | 0.6 km | 45.6 | 23% | 71% |
| Steeles | 22,943 | 1.8 km | 49.4 | 28% | 70% |
| Hagerman's Corners | 43,555 | 2.3 km | 40.5 | 19% | 65% |
| Milliken | 24,431 | 2.4 km | 46.8 | 24% | 68% |
| East L'Amoreaux | 21,533 | 3.1 km | 43.6 | 20% | 64% |
| Agincourt North | 27,790 | 3.3 km | 47.2 | 24% | 68% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. The figures sum the neighbourhood’s dissemination areas, since the census is published for municipalities only. Medians are estimated from the age and income groups, counts carry Statistics Canada’s rounding, and no 2016 count matches these boundaries.
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
- 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.
Questions about Milliken’s residents
Is Milliken good for families?
13% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 48% of households and one-parent families 8.2%. Schools near Milliken are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Milliken?
Half of Milliken’s households had more than $81,300 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Milliken?
The 2021 Census counted 12,138 people in Milliken.
What is the average age in Milliken?
The median age is 47.6, older than 79% of Canadian towns. 13% are under 15 and 27% 65 or older.
Is Milliken bilingual?
English and French: 2.6% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 70%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 0.2%.
How diverse is Milliken?
Immigrants: 68% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 94%. Indigenous identity: 0%.
What religion are people in Milliken?
50% said they have no religion and 31% that they are Christian; 20% 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).