Photo: Jason Zhang · CC0Immigrants: 71%, a higher share than 99% of Canadian towns
11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns, against 5.8% in Underwood. There were 1,875 households in the neighbourhood at the 2021 Census, home to 5,972 people. The share of residents with no religion stands at 62%. Fewer one-person households than in 96% of Canadian towns: 12%.
What stands out about the people of Underwood
The highest immigrant share of Ontario’s towns
71% of residents are immigrants, against 26% across Ontario’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Asia (88%) or in the Americas (5%); 22% of them arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A mix of backgrounds
Visible minority residents make up 94%, more than in 99% of Canadian towns, and immigrants 71%. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Only 13% of residents are under 15 in Underwood
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
Half of Underwood’s residents are over 45.6, older than in 71% of Canadian towns. On average, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. Here, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Underwood, 45.6. 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.
9.9% of households are one-parent families (Canada’s towns: 8.2%).
Underwood sits below 95% of Canadian towns for common-law partners (3.8%)
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns, against 54% in Underwood. For common-law partners, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%.
Underwood sits above 83% of Canadian towns for households in buildings of five or more storeys (14%)
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
Across Canada’s towns, the share of renter households is 25%; Underwood has 14%. The share of households in single-detached houses stands at 66%.
Median gross household income: $85,900 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000, and Underwood’s, at $85,900, is close to it. The figure for Ontario’s towns: $91,600. 40% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
Residents without Canadian citizenship: 22%, a higher share than 93% of Canadian towns
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 85%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Most immigrants were born in Asia (88%) or in the Americas (5%). The wider picture: 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns.
94% of residents belong to a visible minority, a share 99% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Buddhist (6.1%) and Hindu (5.5%). Indigenous residents are rarer here than in 98% of Canadian towns. As a reference point, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns.
77% have a mother tongue other than English or 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
Residents whose mother tongue is French: 0.3% here and 1.5% across Canada’s towns. 3.1% of residents speak English and French.
A university degree: 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 28% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
In work on census day: 42% of adults
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 42%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 23% are 65 or over.
Oldest by rank: 11th of 41 towns of 5,862 to 6,093 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Nutana Urban Centre is the oldest at 62, University the youngest at 31.1. In age, Underwood keeps company with Lawfield (45.3), Richelieu (45.6), River Bend (45.9) and Crystal Bay - Lakeview Park (48.2).
4 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Underwood
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Underwood | 5,972 | — | 45.6 | 23% | 71% |
| Milliken | 12,138 | 0.6 km | 47.6 | 27% | 68% |
| Hagerman's Corners | 43,555 | 1.7 km | 40.5 | 19% | 65% |
| Steeles | 22,943 | 2.4 km | 49.4 | 28% | 70% |
| Milliken | 24,431 | 2.5 km | 46.8 | 24% | 68% |
| Agincourt North | 27,790 | 3.6 km | 47.2 | 24% | 68% |
| East L'Amoreaux | 21,533 | 3.7 km | 43.6 | 20% | 64% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. The middle of Ontario’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
- 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. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
Questions about Underwood’s residents
What is the population of Underwood?
5,972, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Underwood alone.
What is the average age in Underwood?
45.6 is the median age, older than 71% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 13%. 65 and over: 23%.
Is Underwood bilingual?
3.1% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 71% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.3%.
How diverse is Underwood?
Immigrants make up 71% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 94% are members of a visible minority, and 0% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Underwood?
Christian: 23%. No religion: 62%. Another religion: 15%.
Is Underwood good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 13%. 50% of households are couple families and 9.9% one-parent families. Schools near Underwood are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Underwood?
$85,900 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Underwood (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
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).