Photo: ChadPerez49 · CC BY-SA 3.0Upper Cornell sits above 95% of Canadian towns for visible minority residents (74%)
The figure for one-person households is 8.6% in Upper Cornell and 27% across Canada’s towns. The neighbourhood has fewer residents who moved in within the year than 93% of Canadian towns, at 6.5%. The 2021 Census counted 8,304 residents in 2,555 households. The share of renter households stands at 10%.
What stands out about the people of Upper Cornell
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. Most immigrants were born in Asia (78%) or in the Americas (9.2%), and 17% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A mix of backgrounds
Visible minority residents make up 74%, more than in 95% of Canadian towns, and immigrants 49%. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A larger share of children under 15 than 82% of Canadian towns: 20%
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
More residents are 45–49 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. For Upper Cornell, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 14%. With a median age of 40.3, Upper Cornell is younger than 62% of Canadian towns. Elsewhere, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Upper Cornell, 40.3. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Bigger households than 95% of Canadian towns: 3.3 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.
For Upper Cornell, the census puts one-parent families at 7.8%.
3.7% of residents 15 and over live common-law, fewer than in 95% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Where 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns, Upper Cornell has 62%. Common-law partners: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
In Upper Cornell, 66% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 54% of Canadian towns
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 74% of Canadian towns. For households in single-detached houses, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 64%.
Household income, middle of the range: $130,200 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
At $130,200, the middle household in Upper Cornell out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 51%. Within Ontario’s towns, the household in the middle had $91,600. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 33% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
Immigrants: 49%, a higher share than 91% of Canadian towns
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
Most recent wave: 17% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%). Residents without Canadian citizenship are more common here than in 64% of Canadian towns.
35% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 50% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Indigenous residents are rarer here than in 98% of Canadian towns. Among other religions: Hindu (10%), Muslim (5.3%) and Buddhist (3.5%).
55% have a mother tongue other than English or French
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
31% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 6% speak neither official language. Lower than in just over four fifths of Canadian towns: 0.8% of residents have French as their mother tongue. Bilingual residents are about as common here as across Canada’s towns: 6.7%.
Upper Cornell sits above 84% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (50%)
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
7% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%). On average, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
59% of residents 15 and over were in work
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment here, 59%, matches the middle of Canada’s towns (58%) within a couple of points.
Ranked by age, 15th youngest of 41 towns this size
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Electoral Area G, Nanaimo is the oldest at 60.8, Secord the youngest at 32.4. Nearest to Upper Cornell in age: South-West Oxford (39.6), Crestview-Tanglewood (40.3), Somerset (40.9) and Kildare-Redonda (41.2).
3 of the 6 nearest towns are older than Upper Cornell
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Cornell | 8,304 | — | 40.3 | 14% | 49% |
| Cornell | 22,014 | 1.2 km | 37.5 | 12% | 51% |
| Greensborough | 19,270 | 1.8 km | 40.7 | 17% | 56% |
| Mount Joy | 8,345 | 2.7 km | 45.2 | 20% | 49% |
| Markham Village | 10,319 | 2.8 km | 47.3 | 25% | 40% |
| Wismer Commons | 20,591 | 3.6 km | 38.8 | 13% | 60% |
| Box Grove | 25,496 | 5.0 km | 38.1 | 13% | 57% |
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. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- The census’s own words. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
- 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 Upper Cornell’s residents
What religion are people in Upper Cornell?
Christian: 43%. No religion: 35%. Another religion: 22%.
Is Upper Cornell good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 20%. 66% of households are couple families and 7.8% one-parent families. Schools near Upper Cornell are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Upper Cornell?
$130,200 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Upper Cornell (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Upper Cornell?
Upper Cornell had 8,304 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Upper Cornell?
40.3 is the median age, younger than 62% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 20%. 65 and over: 14%.
Is Upper Cornell bilingual?
English and French: 6.7% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 87%. French only: 0.1%. French mother tongue: 0.8%.
How diverse is Upper Cornell?
Immigrants make up 49% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 74% are members of a visible minority, and 0% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
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).