Photo: Carlosgabriel11 · CC BY-SA 3.0Immigrants: 54%, a higher share than 94% of Canadian towns
The median age in Unionville is 47.5, higher than in 78% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census counted 17,632 residents in 6,145 households. Across Unionville, 18% of households are one person living alone. The share of residents with no religion tops 84% of Canadian towns: 48%.
What stands out about the people of Unionville
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 54% of residents; the medians are 26% across Ontario’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (80%), then in Europe (10%), and 19% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A mix of backgrounds
Visible minority residents make up 71%, more than in 94% of Canadian towns, and immigrants 54%. Identity & religion ↓
Many graduates
A bachelor’s degree or higher is held by 60% of 25- to 64-year-olds, more than in 94% of Canadian towns, and a master’s by 15%. Qualifications ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 76% of Canadian towns, at 24%
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 13% here and 11% across Canada’s towns. The usual figure: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 8% of residents.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Unionville, 47.5. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
2.8 people per household, more than in 83% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families: 7.9% of the total.
3.4% of residents 15 and over live common-law, below 96% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns, against 58% in Unionville. The share of common-law partners across Canada’s towns is 11%.
More households in buildings of five or more storeys than 78% of Canadian towns: 8.5%
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
The figure for renter households is 16% in Unionville and 25% across Canada’s towns. The share of households in single-detached houses stands at 71%.
Median gross household income: $112,800 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run high in Unionville: half had more than $112,800, 31% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $91,600 is the median household income across Ontario’s towns. COVID-19 benefits went to 29% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
Above 81% of Canadian towns: 14% of residents are not Canadian citizens
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 65%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (80%), then in Europe (10%). The usual figure: 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns. Unionville has more residents who moved in within the year than just over three fifths of Canadian towns, at 12%. Recent arrivals, from 2011 to 2021, are nearly a fifth of immigrants (typical: 27%); non-permanent residents add 2.5% of residents.
71% of residents belong to a visible minority, a share 94% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Indigenous residents: 0.1% here and 2.8% across Canada’s towns. Set beside that, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns.
60% have a mother tongue other than English or French
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
37% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 8.2% speak neither official language. At 0.7%, the share of residents whose mother tongue is French is lower than in 86% of Canadian towns. Bilingual residents: 6.1% here and 7.5% across Canada’s towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 60% in Unionville, more than in 94% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 4.6% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. As a reference point, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
49% of adults were employed in May 2021
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, above this 49%; 24% of residents are 65 or over.
In its size band (17,139 to 18,105), the 5th oldest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Schmidtville is the youngest of them at 29; Greater Napanee, at 50.4, the oldest. Closest in median age to Unionville are Saint-Michel (45.6), Cap-Rouge (47.3), L'Ancienne-Lorette (47.6) and Thornhill (47.9).
The towns around Unionville are all younger
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionville | 17,632 | — | 47.5 | 24% | 54% |
| Cachet | 6,361 | 2.2 km | 45.6 | 18% | 58% |
| Quantztown | 13,146 | 2.3 km | 47.1 | 21% | 61% |
| Brown's Corners | 7,228 | 2.4 km | 40.5 | 19% | 69% |
| Berczy Village | 22,149 | 2.5 km | 39.7 | 12% | 62% |
| Buttonville | 15,001 | 3.0 km | 47.3 | 22% | 65% |
| Hagerman's Corners | 43,555 | 3.4 km | 40.5 | 19% | 65% |
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. 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. 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 Unionville’s residents
What is the median income in Unionville?
The median household in Unionville took in $112,800 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Unionville?
17,632, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Unionville alone.
What is the average age in Unionville?
A median age of 47.5, older than 78% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 14%, and people 65 and over 24%.
Is Unionville bilingual?
6.1% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 86% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.7%.
How diverse is Unionville?
54% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 71% belong to a visible minority and 0.1% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Unionville?
42% are Christian and 48% have no religion; 10% follow another religion.
Is Unionville good for families?
Under 15: 14% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 61% of households. One-parent families: 7.9%. Schools near Unionville are on its Schools page.
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).