Photo: Enoch Leung from Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Above 98% of Canadian towns: 61% of residents are immigrants
A household here has 3.2 people on average; across Canada’s towns, 2.4. Renter households: nearly a tenth of the total. On residents with no religion, Quantztown sits higher than 86% of Canadian towns: 49%. At the 2021 Census, 13,146 people lived here, in 4,090 households.
What stands out about the people of Quantztown
More immigrants than most towns
61% of residents are immigrants, against 26% across Ontario’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Asia (83%) or in Europe (7.6%); 16% 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; 61% are immigrants. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Quantztown is older than 76% of Canadian towns: a median age of 47.1
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Residents aged 65 and over: 21% here and 19% across Canada’s towns. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 13%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Quantztown, 47.1. 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.
A smaller share of one-person households than 97% of Canadian towns: 9.9%
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The census found that 8.7% of households are one-parent families in Quantztown. The usual figure: 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
2.7% of residents 15 and over live common-law, fewer than in 98% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Where 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns, Quantztown has 59%. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%.
In Quantztown, 83% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 78% of Canadian towns
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
13% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 0.2% built before 1961. Across the comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Few places have as many households in buildings of five or more storeys: 4.6% here, more than in 72% of Canadian towns.
Median gross household income: $119,900 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Quantztown’s households had a total income above $119,900, 39% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among Ontario’s towns, the typical figure is $91,600. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 32% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 90% of Canadian towns, at 7%
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 70%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Recent arrivals are 16% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier. Residents without Canadian citizenship: 14% of the total.
More visible minority residents than 97% of Canadian towns: 81%
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Buddhist (4.6%), Hindu (2.9%) and Muslim (2%). Elsewhere, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Quantztown has fewer Indigenous residents than 94% of Canadian towns, at 0.2%.
Beyond English and French: 67% 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
Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents whose mother tongue is French is 1.5%; Quantztown has 0.3%. In Quantztown, 4.5% of residents speak English and French.
Quantztown ranks above 83% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 48%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 5.9%, against 9.5%. The wider picture: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
50% of residents 15 and over were in work
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 50%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 21% are 65 or over.
The 8th oldest of 41 towns of 12,917 to 13,388 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Median ages here range from 31 in Thompson to 56.8 in Forest. By median age, Quantztown sits among Dakota Crossing (45.8), Erin (46.8), Signal Hill (49.4) and Pine Grove (49.8).
Quantztown and its 6 nearest towns: 2 of them are older
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quantztown | 13,146 | — | 47.1 | 21% | 61% |
| Berczy Village | 22,149 | 1.7 km | 39.7 | 12% | 62% |
| Wismer Commons | 20,591 | 2.0 km | 38.8 | 13% | 60% |
| Unionville | 17,632 | 2.3 km | 47.5 | 24% | 54% |
| Mount Joy | 8,345 | 2.4 km | 45.2 | 20% | 49% |
| Markham Village | 10,319 | 2.7 km | 47.3 | 25% | 40% |
| Cachet | 6,361 | 3.1 km | 45.6 | 18% | 58% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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 publishes the census for municipalities, not neighbourhoods, so these figures add up the dissemination areas inside the neighbourhood. Counts are sums of StatCan’s rounded counts; the median age and income are worked out from the published age and income groups; and 2016 areas don’t add up to these, so there is no 2016 count.
- 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.
Questions about Quantztown’s residents
What religion are people in Quantztown?
39% are Christian and 49% have no religion; 12% follow another religion.
Is Quantztown good for families?
Under 15: 14% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 60% of households. One-parent families: 8.7%. Schools near Quantztown are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Quantztown?
The median household in Quantztown took in $119,900 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Quantztown?
Quantztown had 13,146 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Quantztown?
A median age of 47.1, older than 76% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 14%, and people 65 and over 21%.
Is Quantztown bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 4.5% are. Another 0% speak only French and 85% only English, and French is the first language of 0.3%.
How diverse is Quantztown?
61% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 81% belong to a visible minority and 0.2% have an Indigenous identity.
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).