Photo: Jfvoll · CC BY-SA 4.07.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 90% of Canadian towns
Here 27% of residents said they have no religion, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 35%. Compared with other places, children under 15 are common here: 20%, more than in 82% of Canadian towns. With about 6,247 residents in July 2025, Mildmay counted 2,280 households at the 2021 Census. The census found that 88% of households live in a single-detached house locally. The census figures here are for the whole of South Bruce, the municipality that includes Mildmay.
Mildmay grew +4% from 2016 to 2021, faster than 51% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Ontario’s towns the median is +6%, and across Canada’s towns +4%.
Mildmay is younger than 55% of Canadian towns: a median age of 41.2
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents. The highest share aged 65 or over among Ontario’s towns is Northern Bruce Peninsula’s: 41%. Mildmay sits close to the norm on residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Mildmay, 41.2. 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 67% of Canadian towns, at 23%
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families make up 6.1%, against 8.2% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, 27% of households are one person living alone. The average household has 2.6 people.
56% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 85% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up just over a fifth of adults, beside a typical 27%. The wider picture: 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Census figures put common-law partners at 10% in Mildmay.
Fewer renter households than 63% of Canadian towns: 20%
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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
Older homes outnumber new: 50% predate 1961, 14% date from 2001 or later. Set beside that, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
Half of households earn more than $88,000 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Mildmay had $88,000 before tax, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). For Ontario’s towns, the median household income is $91,600. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 20% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
2.9% of residents are immigrants
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
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
Where 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns, Mildmay has 2.9%. On the census count, 0.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens.
73% said they are Christian and 27% that they have no religion
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
0.7% of residents belong to a visible minority, against 15% across Canada’s towns. Lower than in just over three fifths of Canadian towns: 2% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
94% have English as their mother tongue; 4% also speak French
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Against a figure of 1.5% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents whose mother tongue is French in Mildmay comes in at 0.3%. Lower than in 86% of Canadian towns: 4% of residents speak English and French.
15% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 83% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 12% (typical 9.5%). On average, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 62% of residents 15 and over had a job
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 62% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Ranked by age, 19th youngest of 41 towns this size
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The youngest is The Orchards At Ellerslie (31.3) and the oldest Peachland (60). By median age, Mildmay sits among Electoral Area C, Peace River (40.4), Barrhead County No. 11 (40.8), Sargent Park (41.4) and Willow Creek No. 26 (41.6).
No nearby town is as young as Mildmay
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. 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 Mildmay’s residents
Is Mildmay bilingual?
English and French: 4% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 96%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 0.3%.
How diverse is Mildmay?
2.9% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 0.7% belong to a visible minority and 2% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Mildmay?
73% are Christian and 27% have no religion; 0.5% follow another religion.
Is Mildmay good for families?
Under 15: 20% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 66% of households. One-parent families: 6.1%. Schools near Mildmay are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Mildmay?
The median household in Mildmay took in $88,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Mildmay?
Mildmay had about 6,247 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 5,880, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Mildmay?
A median age of 41.2, younger than 55% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 20%, and people 65 and over 20%.
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).