Photo: Silver Dovelet · CC BY-SA 3.0Immigrants: 49%, a higher share than 92% of Canadian towns
By its share of renter households (8.4%), Mount Joy is below 93% of Canadian towns. The neighbourhood counted 8,345 residents and 2,635 households at the 2021 Census. Here, one in ten households are one person living alone. At 6.4%, the share of residents who moved in within the year is lower than in 94% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Mount Joy
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 49% 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 (76%) and in Europe (12%), and 17% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A mix of backgrounds
66% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 92% of Canadian towns; 49% are immigrants. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A median age of 45.2: Mount Joy is older than 69% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The largest age band is 55–59: nearly one in ten residents. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are common here: 12%, more than in just over two thirds of Canadian towns. Where 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns, Mount Joy has 20%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Mount Joy, 45.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Bigger households than 94% of Canadian towns: 3.2 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.
One-parent families: 7.2% of the total.
3.5% of residents 15 and over live common-law, fewer than in 96% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 27% of adults, beside a typical 27%. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%. Locally, 61% of residents 15 and over are married.
More households in single-detached houses than 81% of Canadian towns: 85%
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. As a yardstick, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 15% date from 2001 or later, 6.9% from before 1961.
Median gross household income: $128,500 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Mount Joy’s households had a total income above $128,500, 49% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Ontario’s towns, half of households had more than $91,600 before tax. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 31% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
Mount Joy ranks above 73% of Canadian towns on residents without Canadian citizenship: 12%
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 60%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
17% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. The share of residents without Canadian citizenship across Canada’s towns is 5.8%.
In Mount Joy, 66% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 92% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 35% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents with no religion in Mount Joy comes in at 39%. For visible minority residents, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 15%. The share of Indigenous residents stands at 0.3%.
Beyond English and French: 54% 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
32% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 6.7% speak neither official language. Compared with other places, residents whose mother tongue is French are scarce here: 0.8%, fewer than in just over four fifths of Canadian towns. At 7%, the share of bilingual residents is in line with the figure across Canada’s towns.
More degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 83% of Canadian towns: 48%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 5.4% here, 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.
In work on census day: 52% of adults
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 52%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 20% of residents are 65 or over.
Among 41 towns of 8,216 to 8,466 people, the 14th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Rosewood is the youngest of them at 32.4; Electoral Area G, Nanaimo, at 60.8, the oldest. Nearest to Mount Joy in age: Britannia (43), Drumheller (44), Deer Lake (45.8) and Huron-Kinloss (46).
2 of the 6 nearest towns are older than Mount Joy
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Joy | 8,345 | — | 45.2 | 20% | 49% |
| Markham Village | 10,319 | 0.9 km | 47.3 | 25% | 40% |
| Greensborough | 19,270 | 1.2 km | 40.7 | 17% | 56% |
| Wismer Commons | 20,591 | 1.6 km | 38.8 | 13% | 60% |
| Quantztown | 13,146 | 2.4 km | 47.1 | 21% | 61% |
| Upper Cornell | 8,304 | 2.7 km | 40.3 | 14% | 49% |
| Cornell | 22,014 | 2.9 km | 37.5 | 12% | 51% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Built up from dissemination areas: Statistics Canada stops at the municipality. Rounded counts are added together and medians estimated from the published groups. The 2016 areas don’t line up with these, so the change since 2016 isn’t shown.
- 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.
Questions about Mount Joy’s residents
Is Mount Joy bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 7% are. Another 0% speak only French and 86% only English, and French is the first language of 0.8%.
How diverse is Mount Joy?
Immigrants make up 49% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 66% are members of a visible minority, and 0.3% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Mount Joy?
Christian: 49%. No religion: 39%. Another religion: 12%.
Is Mount Joy good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 15%. 66% of households are couple families and 7.2% one-parent families. Schools near Mount Joy are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Mount Joy?
$128,500 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Mount Joy (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Mount Joy?
Mount Joy had 8,345 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Mount Joy?
45.2 is the median age, older than 69% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 15%. 65 and over: 20%.
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).