Photo: WabbitWanderer from London, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0One-person households make up 15% in Middlesex Centre, less than in 91% of Canadian towns
Of the immigrants living here, 9.9% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 21,689 residents; the 2021 Census found 6,695 households. Renter households: 10% of the total. Fewer residents who moved in within the year than in 76% of Canadian towns: 8.7%.
A +10% change since 2016: faster than 80% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +6% across Ontario’s towns. The July 2025 estimate adds another 15%.
More children under 15 than 80% of Canadian towns: 19%
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The largest age band is 55–59: 7.8% of residents. 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 60% of Canadian towns. Residents aged 65 and over are about as common here as across Canada’s towns: 19%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Middlesex Centre, 43.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Bigger households than 82% of Canadian towns: 2.8 people each on average
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families: 5.6% here and 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
In Middlesex Centre, 62% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 98% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
The share of common-law partners is 7.2%, against 11% across Canada’s towns. Typically, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of households in single-detached houses than 90% of Canadian towns, at 91%
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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. Newer homes outnumber old: 33% date from 2001 or later, 21% from before 1961. As a yardstick, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
The midpoint household income is $125,000 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Middlesex Centre’s median household took in $125,000 before tax, 45% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Ontario’s towns: $91,600. 21% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
11% of residents are immigrants
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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
Across Canada’s towns, the share of immigrants is 17%; Middlesex Centre has 11%. Residents without Canadian citizenship account for 1.9%.
63% said they are Christian and 35% that they have no religion
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 2.8% across Canada’s towns, the share of Indigenous residents in Middlesex Centre comes in at 1.3%. 6.1% of residents belong to a visible minority.
89% have English as their mother tongue; 5.8% also speak French
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Residents whose mother tongue is French are about as common here as across Canada’s towns: 0.8%. Lower than in 66% of Canadian towns: 5.8% of residents speak English and French.
Middlesex Centre sits above 65% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (36%)
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
3.6% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
In work on census day: 62% of adults
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 62%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Oldest by rank: 12th of 41 towns of 21,267 to 22,170 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Port Colborne is the oldest at 50.4, Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver the youngest at 31.4. The Beaches (43.6), East L'Amoreaux (43.6), Parcours-du-Cerf - Du Tremblay (43.8) and Heights (44.2): the towns nearest Middlesex Centre in median age.
Middlesex Centre is younger than 3 of its 6 nearest neighbours
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middlesex Centre | 21,689 | — | 43.6 | 19% | 11% |
| River Bend | 5,930 | 4.3 km | 45.9 | 27% | 21% |
| Hyde Park | 14,769 | 4.8 km | 34.4 | 11% | 38% |
| Oakridge | 16,247 | 6.2 km | 45.3 | 22% | 21% |
| Medway | 18,922 | 6.6 km | 35.9 | 16% | 27% |
| Byron | 15,277 | 7.2 km | 44.4 | 23% | 16% |
| Sunningdale | 21,645 | 8.3 km | 37.6 | 15% | 39% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Ontario’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- 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 Middlesex Centre’s residents
Is Middlesex Centre bilingual?
English and French: 5.8% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 94%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 0.8%.
How diverse is Middlesex Centre?
Immigrants: 11% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 6.1%. Indigenous identity: 1.3%.
What religion are people in Middlesex Centre?
35% said they have no religion and 63% that they are Christian; 2.6% named another faith.
Is Middlesex Centre good for families?
19% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 74% of households and one-parent families 5.6%. Schools near Middlesex Centre are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Middlesex Centre?
Half of Middlesex Centre’s households had more than $125,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Middlesex Centre?
About 21,689, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 18,928 people in Middlesex Centre, 10% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Middlesex Centre?
The median age is 43.6, older than 59% of Canadian towns. 19% are under 15 and 19% 65 or older.
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).