Photo: MikeStnly · CC BY-SA 4.0Half of Minden Hills is over 58.8, older than 99% of Canadian towns
A quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns, against 12% in Minden Hills. The share of children under 15 stands at 11%. Few places have as many residents with no religion: 46% here, more than in 79% of Canadian towns. The town had about 7,841 residents in July 2025, by Statistics Canada’s estimate, and 3,230 households at the 2021 Census.
What stands out about the people of Minden Hills
Older than most towns
The middle resident of Minden Hills is 58.8; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 35% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Growing faster than most
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, Minden Hills went from 6,088 to 6,971 residents (+15%), faster growth than in 92% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Minden Hills grew +15% from 2016 to 2021, faster than 92% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +6% across Ontario’s towns. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 12%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 35% in Minden Hills, more than in 97% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
60–64 is the most common age band: 13% of residents, 1.8 times the share across Canada’s towns. On average, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 6.4%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Minden Hills, 58.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Smaller households than 83% of Canadian towns: 2.1 people on average
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.
Here 5.7% of households are one-parent families, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 8.2%. In Minden Hills, 30% of households are one person living alone.
Married residents 15 and over make up 51% in Minden Hills, more than in 66% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
18% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). For comparison, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. The share of common-law partners stands at 13%.
Households in single-detached houses make up 93% in Minden Hills, more than in 94% of Canadian towns
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
21% of homes were built before 1961 and 19% in 2001 or later. The benchmark for households in single-detached houses across Canada’s towns: 64%. There is little gap on households in buildings of five or more storeys: 0.2%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
The midpoint household income is $74,500 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Minden Hills’s households had a total income below $74,500, 13% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Ontario’s towns have a median of $91,600. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 22% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
In Minden Hills, 10% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 56% of Canadian towns
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
Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (77%), then in the Americas (13%). The comparison figure for residents who moved in within the year is 11% across Canada’s towns. At 1.2%, the share of residents without Canadian citizenship is lower than in 86% of Canadian towns. Recent arrivals are 3.3% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns.
54% said they are Christian and 46% that they have no religion
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canada’s towns, the share of Indigenous residents is 2.8%; Minden Hills has 1.4%. Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 78% of Canadian towns.
English is the mother tongue of 93%, and 4.9% speak French as well
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
Minden Hills sits close to the norm on residents whose mother tongue is French: 0.9%, about the same as across Canada’s towns. Fewer bilingual residents than in 76% of Canadian towns: 4.9%.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 79% of Canadian towns: 16%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 11% here, 9.5% in the typical town. To put it in context, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 44% of residents aged 15 and over
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 44%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 35% are 65 or over.
41 towns of 7,712 to 7,974 people: this is the 1st oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Between La Broquerie (28.6) and Minden Hills (58.8) lies the rest of the group. Next to Minden Hills on this scale come Kenora, Unorganized (54.8) and Baie-Saint-Paul (54.8).
Nearby, 2 of 5 towns have older populations than Minden Hills
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page. Minden Hills has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 18–49 km out.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minden Hills | 7,841 | — | 58.8 | 35% | 8.7% |
| Algonquin Highlands | 2,915 | 18.1 km | 60.4 | 38% | 8.1% |
| Haliburton Village | 8,100 | 23.1 km | 59.2 | 36% | 7.8% |
| Highlands East | 4,372 | 35.0 km | 58.8 | 33% | 7.5% |
| Trent Lakes | 7,357 | 43.1 km | 58 | 32% | 11% |
| Lake of Bays | 4,105 | 48.9 km | 58.4 | 34% | 10% |
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. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- 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.
Questions about Minden Hills’s residents
Is Minden Hills good for families?
11% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 56% of households and one-parent families 5.7%. Schools near Minden Hills are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Minden Hills?
Half of Minden Hills’s households had more than $74,500 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Minden Hills?
About 7,841, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 6,971 people in Minden Hills, 15% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Minden Hills?
The median age is 58.8, older than 99% of Canadian towns. 11% are under 15 and 35% 65 or older.
Is Minden Hills bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 4.9% are. Another 0% speak only French and 95% only English, and French is the first language of 0.9%.
How diverse is Minden Hills?
Immigrants: 8.7% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 2.8%. Indigenous identity: 1.4%.
What religion are people in Minden Hills?
46% said they have no religion and 54% that they are Christian; 0.9% named another faith.
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).