Photo: P199 · Public domainMarkstay-Warren: 14% of residents have an Indigenous identity, above 93% of Canadian towns
Just over one in ten households rent their home (Canada’s towns: 25%). Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.7% in Markstay-Warren. The median age in the town is 45.2, higher than in 69% of Canadian towns. This Ontario town had about 2,990 residents in July 2025, by Statistics Canada’s estimate, and 1,110 households at the 2021 Census.
What stands out about the people of Markstay-Warren
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 14% of residents, more than in 93% of Canadian towns, and 3.5% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Above 87% of Canadian towns: 44% of residents speak English and French
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. 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
30% of residents have French as their mother tongue (Canada’s towns: 1.5%). Measured more widely, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
+2% since 2016, a pace below 64% of Canadian towns
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 10%. Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Ontario’s towns, +6%.
A higher share of children under 15 than 61% of Canadian towns, at 17%
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 10% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. To put it in context, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over: 18% of the total.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Markstay-Warren, 45.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women.
24% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 61% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
In Markstay-Warren the average household is 2.4 people, beside 2.4 across Canada’s towns. One-person households make up 27% across Canada’s towns. 7.2% of households are one-parent families.
A larger share of common-law partners than 80% of Canadian towns: 17%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
20% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. By way of comparison, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of households in single-detached houses than 89% of Canadian towns, at 90%
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
14% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. Across Canada’s towns, 64% of households live in a single-detached house. Locally, 0.5% of households live in a building of five or more storeys.
Half of households earn more than $82,000 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
Markstay-Warren’s median household took in $82,000 before tax, about the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $91,600 is the median household income across Ontario’s towns. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 25% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
3.3% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 35%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (67%) and in the Americas (22%). Set against 17% across Canada’s towns, 3.3% of residents are immigrants in Markstay-Warren.
Residents with no religion: 37%, a higher share than 55% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The figure for visible minority residents is 1.5% in Markstay-Warren and 15% across Canada’s towns. By way of comparison, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
Markstay-Warren ranks below 96% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 10%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 17%, against 9.5%. Across Canada’s towns, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.
A job for 52% of residents aged 15 and over
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 52% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 18% of residents are 65 or over.
17th highest median age among 41 towns of 2,943 to 3,037
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Albany is the youngest of them at 29.9; Electoral Area C, Strathcona, at 58.4, the oldest. Next to Markstay-Warren on this scale come Lorne (44.4), Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil (45.2), Varsity View (46.6) and Hillcrest Management Area (46.8).
Markstay-Warren is younger than 3 of its 4 nearest neighbours
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page. No closer places have figures: these lie 15–41 km from Markstay-Warren.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Markstay-Warren | 2,990 | — | 45.2 | 18% | 3.3% |
| St.-Charles | 1,654 | 15.5 km | 55.6 | 27% | 3% |
| Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury | 188,504 | 39.3 km | 43.2 | 20% | 6% |
| Sturgeon Falls | 16,682 | 40.0 km | 51.2 | 26% | 2.2% |
| French River / Rivière des Français | 3,178 | 40.6 km | 58 | 32% | 4.9% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Markstay-Warren’s residents
What is the average age in Markstay-Warren?
The median age is 45.2, older than 69% of Canadian towns. 17% are under 15 and 18% 65 or older.
Is Markstay-Warren bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 44% are. Another 0.9% speak only French and 55% only English, and French is the first language of 30%.
How diverse is Markstay-Warren?
Immigrants: 3.3% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 1.5%. Indigenous identity: 14%.
What religion are people in Markstay-Warren?
37% said they have no religion and 63% that they are Christian; 0.6% named another faith.
Is Markstay-Warren good for families?
17% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 59% of households and one-parent families 7.2%. Schools near Markstay-Warren are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Markstay-Warren?
Half of Markstay-Warren’s households had more than $82,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Markstay-Warren?
About 2,990, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 2,708 people in Markstay-Warren, 2% more than 2016.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population · Statistics Canada, population estimates for 1 July 2025 (table 17-10-0155). 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).