Photo: P199 · CC0Half of McDougall is over 52, older than 90% of Canadian towns
Against a figure of 25% across Canada’s towns, the share of renter households in McDougall comes in at 8.2%. This Ontario town is home to some 3,002 people (July 2025 estimate), in 1,155 households at the 2021 Census. The census found that 7.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier locally. Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, a lower share than in 85% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of McDougall
Older than most towns
Half of McDougall’s residents are under 52 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 28% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
McDougall changed by +2% from 2016 to 2021, behind 67% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 9% higher again. The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across Ontario’s towns +6%.
28% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 88% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
60–64 is the most common age band: one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. On average, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. Children under 15: 14% of the total.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ McDougall, 52. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women.
Below 71% of Canadian towns: 22% of households are one person living alone
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Canada’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in McDougall, 2.4. One-person households: 27% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. The census found that 5.6% of households are one-parent families locally.
Married residents 15 and over make up 59% in McDougall, more than in 91% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
18% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). The usual figure: 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Census figures put common-law partners at 11% in McDougall.
97% of households live in a single-detached house, a share 98% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. 23% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 16% built before 1961. Typically, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
The median household brings in $92,000 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
McDougall’s median household took in $92,000 before tax, 7% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $91,600 is the median household income across Ontario’s towns. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 20% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
6.9% 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
17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns, against 6.9% in McDougall. Locally, 0.7% of residents are not Canadian citizens.
45% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 79% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
In McDougall, 4.7% of residents have an Indigenous identity, beside 2.8% across Canada’s towns. Lower than in 89% of Canadian towns: 1.6% of residents belong to a visible minority. To put it in context, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 94%, and 4.9% speak French as well
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
7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns, against 4.9% in McDougall. Census figures put residents whose mother tongue is French at 1.3% in the town.
McDougall ranks above 52% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 28%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 5.8%, against 9.5%. The wider picture: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 55% of residents 15 and over had a job
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.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, above this 55%; 28% of residents are 65 or over.
6th highest median age among 41 towns of 2,961 to 3,048
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
At one end is Albany (29.9), at the other Electoral Area C, Strathcona (58.4). Nearest to McDougall in age: Poplar Park (50.3), Cocagne (51.6), Saint-Marc-des-Carrières (52.4) and Division No. 1, Subdivision E (52.8).
Every nearby town is older than McDougall
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McDougall | 3,002 | — | 52 | 28% | 6.9% |
| Parry Sound | 7,584 | 12.0 km | 53.2 | 32% | 7.5% |
| McKellar | 1,534 | 12.5 km | 60.4 | 37% | 12% |
| Carling | 1,609 | 14.1 km | 58 | 32% | 8.8% |
| The Archipelago | 1,057 | 17.0 km | 60.4 | 37% | 9.5% |
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. For each measure we take the median of Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
- 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 McDougall’s residents
Is McDougall bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 4.9% are. Another 0% speak only French and 95% only English, and French is the first language of 1.3%.
How diverse is McDougall?
Immigrants make up 6.9% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 1.6% are members of a visible minority, and 4.7% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in McDougall?
Christian: 53%. No religion: 45%. Another religion: 1.5%.
Is McDougall good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 14%. 66% of households are couple families and 5.6% one-parent families. Schools near McDougall are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in McDougall?
$92,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in McDougall (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of McDougall?
Statistics Canada estimates 3,002 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 2,744 in McDougall, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in McDougall?
52 is the median age, older than 90% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 14%. 65 and over: 28%.
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).