Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in single-detached houses: 95%, a higher share than 96% of Canadian towns
Recent arrivals are 8.8% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. Fewer residents who moved in within the year than in 83% of Canadian towns: 7.9%. McNab/Braeside is home to some 8,340 people (July 2025 estimate), in 3,035 households at the 2021 Census. Here, 7.2% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
From 2016 to 2021, McNab/Braeside outgrew 61% of Canadian towns: +6%
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 10%. Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Ontario’s towns, +6%.
Older than 80% of Canadian towns: half of McNab/Braeside is over 48
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9.7%, against 11% across Canada’s towns. McNab/Braeside has more residents aged 65 and over than 68% of Canadian towns, at 22%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ McNab/Braeside, 48. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
A lower share of one-person households than 80% of Canadian towns, at 19%
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The average household has 2.5 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Fewer one-parent families than in 87% of Canadian towns: 5.6%. Set beside that, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
More married residents 15 and over than 84% of Canadian towns: 56%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
20% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). Here, 12% of residents 15 and over live common-law.
McNab/Braeside sits below 90% of Canadian towns for renter households (9.9%)
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 nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Renter households make up 25% across Canada’s towns. 27% of homes were built before 1961 and 18% in 2001 or later.
The middle household earns $99,000 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
McNab/Braeside’s median household took in $99,000 before tax, 15% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among Ontario’s towns, the typical figure is $91,600. COVID-19 benefits went to 23% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
4.5% 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
Most immigrants were born in Europe (77%) or in the Americas (19%). Fewer immigrants than in 83% of Canadian towns: 4.5%. On top of that, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns, against 0.9% in McNab/Braeside.
31% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 62% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents make up 1.1%, against 15% across Canada’s towns. The share of residents with no religion across Canada’s towns is 35%.
McNab/Braeside sits above 62% of Canadian towns for bilingual residents (11%)
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
Residents whose mother tongue is French make up 3.1%, against 1.5% across Canada’s towns. Bilingual residents make up 7.5% across Canada’s towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 18% in McNab/Braeside, less than in 74% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 5.5% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. The wider picture: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 57% of adults
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%, much like this 57%.
In its size band (8,216 to 8,466), the 11th oldest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest of these towns is Rosewood, at 32.4; the oldest, Electoral Area G, Nanaimo, is at 60.8. Nearest to McNab/Braeside in age: Deer Lake (45.8), Huron-Kinloss (46), Douro-Dummer (48.4) and Brownsburg-Chatham (48.4).
Of the 3 towns nearest McNab/Braeside, 2 are older
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
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.
- 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. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
Questions about McNab/Braeside’s residents
What is the population of McNab/Braeside?
Statistics Canada estimates 8,340 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 7,591 in McNab/Braeside, 6% more than 2016.
What is the average age in McNab/Braeside?
48 is the median age, older than 80% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 15%. 65 and over: 22%.
Is McNab/Braeside bilingual?
11% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 90% English only. French is the mother tongue of 3.1%.
How diverse is McNab/Braeside?
Immigrants make up 4.5% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 1.1% are members of a visible minority, and 7.2% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in McNab/Braeside?
Christian: 68%. No religion: 31%. Another religion: 0.8%.
Is McNab/Braeside good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 15%. 67% of households are couple families and 5.6% one-parent families. Schools near McNab/Braeside are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in McNab/Braeside?
$99,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in McNab/Braeside (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
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).