Photo: Martin Cathrae from Charlottetown, PE, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 54.4: Merrickville is older than 94% of Canadian towns
16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns, against 12% in Merrickville. This Ontario town is home to some 3,411 people (July 2025 estimate), in 1,290 households at the 2021 Census. Census figures put households in single-detached houses at 90% here. Few places have as many residents with no religion: 43% here, more than in 75% of Canadian towns. Statistics Canada counts Merrickville as part of Merrickville-Wolford: the figures on this page are the municipality’s.
What stands out about the people of Merrickville
Older than most towns
The middle resident of Merrickville is 54.4; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 30% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
+2% since 2016, a pace below 63% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns, the typical town changed +4%; across Ontario’s towns, +6%. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 9% higher again.
More residents aged 65 and over than 92% of Canadian towns: 30%
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The largest age band is 55–59: 9.6% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are scarce here: 9.3%, fewer than in 76% of Canadian towns. To put it in context, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Merrickville, 54.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Merrickville households average 2.3 people, smaller than in 64% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Against a figure of 27% across Canada’s towns, the share of one-person households in Merrickville comes in at 25%. One-parent families: 6.2% of the total.
More married residents 15 and over than 69% of Canadian towns: 52%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 19% of adults, against a typical 27%. Here, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law.
14% of households rent their home, below 77% of Canadian towns
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. Set beside that, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Older homes outnumber new: 35% predate 1961, 23% date from 2001 or later.
Household income, middle of the range: $89,000 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
At $89,000, the middle household in Merrickville earned close to the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). For Ontario’s towns, the median household income is $91,600. 21% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
In Merrickville, 10% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 59% of Canadian towns
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
Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (80%), then in the Americas (8.7%). Lower than in 75% of Canadian towns: 2% of residents are not Canadian citizens. By way of comparison, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Of the immigrants living here, 15% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%.
3.5% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 58% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Where 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns, Merrickville has 1.7%. By way of comparison, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
More bilingual residents than 73% of Canadian towns: 19%
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
5.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue; across Canada’s towns the figure is 1.5%. At home: English 97%, French 2%. Typically, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 21% in Merrickville, less than in 65% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 6.9% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Measured more widely, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
55% of residents 15 and over were in work
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%; 30% of residents are 65 or over.
7th highest median age among 41 towns of 3,349 to 3,473
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest is Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier (32.8) and the oldest North Kawartha (59.2). The towns whose median age is nearest to Merrickville’s: Meaghers Grant (54.4), Wellington (54.4), Richmond County, Subdivision C (54.8) and Shuniah (55.2).
Every neighbour of Merrickville has a younger population
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merrickville | 3,411 | — | 54.4 | 30% | 7.7% |
| Montague | 4,414 | 11.9 km | 44.4 | 20% | 5.6% |
| Smiths Falls | 11,093 | 12.4 km | 47.2 | 26% | 6% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- What these tables don’t give. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond 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 Merrickville’s residents
What is the average age in Merrickville?
Half the residents are older than 54.4 and half younger, older than 94% of Canadian towns; 12% are children under 15 and 30% are 65 or over.
Is Merrickville bilingual?
19% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0.2% speak French only and 81% English only. French is the mother tongue of 5.5%.
How diverse is Merrickville?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 7.7%. A visible minority makes up 1.7% and Indigenous residents 3.5%.
What religion are people in Merrickville?
Most often Christian (55%) or no religion (43%); other religions make up 1.5%.
Is Merrickville good for families?
Children under 15 are 12% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 59% of households and one-parent families 6.2%. Schools near Merrickville are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Merrickville?
Median total household income in Merrickville was $89,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Merrickville?
The latest figure is an estimate: 3,411 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Merrickville counted 3,135, 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).