Photo: Chicken4War · CC BY-SA 4.0More Indigenous residents than 93% of Canadian towns: 14%
Compared with 16% across Canada’s towns, 13% of residents are under 15 here. Here, 11% of households are one-parent families. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are more common here than in just over three quarters of Canadian towns. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 19,305 residents; the 2021 Census found 7,850 households.
What stands out about the people of Midland
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 14% of residents, more than in 93% of Canadian towns, and 2.8% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Older than most towns
Half of Midland’s residents are under 50 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.
A growing town: +6% since 2016, faster than 60% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +6% across Ontario’s towns. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 8% higher again.
Older than 85% of Canadian towns: half of Midland is over 50
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.1%, Midland is behind 79% of Canadian towns on that count. The census found that 28% of residents are 65 or over in the town.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Midland, 50. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Midland households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 74% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Set against 27% across Canada’s towns, 31% of households are one person living alone in Midland.
Fewer married residents 15 and over than 64% of Canadian towns: 42%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%; Midland has 12%. The usual figure: 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
34% of households rent their home, more than in 67% of Canadian towns
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
30% of homes were built before 1961 and 16% in 2001 or later. The wider picture: a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. In Midland, 65% of households live in a single-detached house, beside 64% across Canada’s towns.
Median household income: $69,500 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Midland’s households had a total income below $69,500, 19% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Ontario’s towns have a median of $91,600. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 26% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 9.9%, a lower share than 61% of Canadian towns
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
Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (63%), then in Asia (24%). Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 71% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%. Recent arrivals are 17% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns.
More residents with no religion than 69% of Canadian towns: 41%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
5.3% of residents belong to a visible minority, against 15% across Canada’s towns. The comparison figure for residents with no religion is 35% across Canada’s towns.
More residents whose mother tongue is French than 69% of Canadian towns: 3.3%
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
At home: English 96%, French 0.5%. Across the comparison, 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns. Bilingual residents are about as common here as across Canada’s towns: 8.3%.
Midland ranks below 75% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 18%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 11%, against 9.5%. Across the comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 46% of residents 15 and over had a job
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 46%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 28% of residents are 65 or over.
Of 41 towns its size (18,733 to 19,935 people), the 1st oldest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
They run from Petawawa, at 32, to Midland, at 50. The towns whose median age is nearest to Midland’s: Port Alberni (49.2) and Miramichi (50).
Midland is younger than 2 of its 3 nearest neighbours
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midland | 19,305 | — | 50 | 28% | 9.5% |
| Penetanguishene | 11,141 | 4.9 km | 52 | 30% | 6.8% |
| Tay | 11,968 | 8.9 km | 49.2 | 24% | 6.7% |
| Tiny | 14,195 | 9.8 km | 55.2 | 29% | 12% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
- 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.
Questions about Midland’s residents
What is the average age in Midland?
Half the residents are older than 50 and half younger, older than 85% of Canadian towns; 13% are children under 15 and 28% are 65 or over.
Is Midland bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 8.3% are. Another 0% speak only French and 92% only English, and French is the first language of 3.3%.
How diverse is Midland?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 9.5%. A visible minority makes up 5.3% and Indigenous residents 14%.
What religion are people in Midland?
Most often Christian (56%) or no religion (41%); other religions make up 2.5%.
Is Midland good for families?
Children under 15 are 13% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 47% of households and one-parent families 11%. Schools near Midland are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Midland?
Median total household income in Midland was $69,500 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Midland?
The latest figure is an estimate: 19,305 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Midland counted 17,817, 6% 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).