Photo: ChadPerez49 · CC BY-SA 3.0More immigrants than 98% of Canadian towns: 60%
Households in Wismer Commons hold 3.3 people on average (Canada’s towns: 2.4). In Wismer Commons, 18% of residents are not Canadian citizens. Lower than in 85% of Canadian towns: 13% of residents are 65 or over. Census day 2021: 20,591 residents and 6,175 households in the neighbourhood.
What stands out about the people of Wismer Commons
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 60% 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 (89%) and in the Americas (5.1%), and 24% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A mix of backgrounds
Visible minority residents make up 92%, more than in 99% of Canadian towns, and immigrants 60%. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Wismer Commons sits above 81% of Canadian towns for children under 15 (20%)
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Compared with 11% across Canada’s towns, 13% of residents are aged 15 to 24 here. The median age in Wismer Commons is 38.8, lower than in 71% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Wismer Commons, 38.8. 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.
One-person households make up 12% in Wismer Commons, less than in 96% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families account for 8.1%. Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-person households is 27%.
3.4% of residents 15 and over live common-law, fewer than in 96% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Compared with 46% across Canada’s towns, 60% of residents 15 and over are married here. Common-law partners make up 11% across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of households in buildings of five or more storeys than 81% of Canadian towns: 12%
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
Newer homes outnumber old: 95% date from 2001 or later, 0.6% from before 1961. Few places have so few renter households: 16% here, fewer than in 72% of Canadian towns. What’s more, across Canada’s towns, 64% of households live in a single-detached house; in Wismer Commons, 53%.
Household income, middle of the range: $110,900 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run high in Wismer Commons: half had more than $110,900, 29% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across Ontario’s towns is $91,600. COVID-19 benefits went to 36% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 66% of Canadian towns, at 9.4%
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
Most recent wave: 24% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%). The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (89%) and in the Americas (5.1%). Across Canada’s towns, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
92% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 99% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Hindu (11%), Buddhist (5.8%) and Muslim (5.3%). On average, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Higher than in 83% of Canadian towns: 48% of residents said they have no religion.
72% 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
With bilingual residents at 5%, Wismer Commons is behind 74% of Canadian towns on that count. For Wismer Commons, the census puts residents whose mother tongue is French at 0.3%.
49% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 84% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
8.6% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
An employment rate of 55%
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. 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 55%; 13% of residents are 65 or over.
Ranked by age, 14th youngest of 41 towns this size
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Between Édouard-Montpetit (32.5) and Niagara-on-the-Lake (57.2) lies the rest of the group. The towns whose median age is nearest to Wismer Commons’s: Chameran/Montpellier (38.2), Gabriel-Sagard (38.3), Fenside-Parkwoods (39.8) and Sturgeon County (41.2).
The towns around Wismer Commons are all older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wismer Commons | 20,591 | — | 38.8 | 13% | 60% |
| Mount Joy | 8,345 | 1.6 km | 45.2 | 20% | 49% |
| Greensborough | 19,270 | 1.8 km | 40.7 | 17% | 56% |
| Quantztown | 13,146 | 2.0 km | 47.1 | 21% | 61% |
| Berczy Village | 22,149 | 2.3 km | 39.7 | 12% | 62% |
| Markham Village | 10,319 | 2.4 km | 47.3 | 25% | 40% |
| Upper Cornell | 8,304 | 3.6 km | 40.3 | 14% | 49% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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.
- 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.
Questions about Wismer Commons’s residents
Is Wismer Commons good for families?
Children under 15 are 20% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 60% of households and one-parent families 8.1%. Schools near Wismer Commons are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Wismer Commons?
Median total household income in Wismer Commons was $110,900 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Wismer Commons?
Wismer Commons had 20,591 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Wismer Commons?
Half the residents are older than 38.8 and half younger, younger than 71% of Canadian towns; 20% are children under 15 and 13% are 65 or over.
Is Wismer Commons bilingual?
English and French: 5% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 83%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 0.3%.
How diverse is Wismer Commons?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 60%. A visible minority makes up 92% and Indigenous residents 0%.
What religion are people in Wismer Commons?
Most often Christian (29%) or no religion (48%); other religions make up 23%.
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).