Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0Barbertown sits above 95% of Canadian towns for immigrants (55%)
A household here has 3.5 people on average; across Canada’s towns, 2.4. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 14% in Barbertown. One in ten households rent their home, a lower share than in 90% of Canadian towns. The neighbourhood counted 9,209 residents and 2,615 households at the 2021 Census.
What stands out about the people of Barbertown
More immigrants than most towns
55% of residents are immigrants, against 26% across Ontario’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Asia (70%) or in Europe (16%); 15% of them arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A mix of backgrounds
Visible minority residents make up 68%, more than in 93% of Canadian towns, and immigrants 55%. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A smaller share of children under 15 than 85% of Canadian towns: 12%
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Half of Barbertown’s residents are over 45.3, older than in 70% of Canadian towns. No age band is larger than 55–59: nearly one in ten residents. Typically, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. By its share of residents aged 65 and over (20%), Barbertown is above 60% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Barbertown, 45.3. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Barbertown sits below 99% of Canadian towns for one-person households (7.1%)
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The share of one-parent families trails 76% of Canadian towns: 6.6%. The wider picture: 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Common-law partners: 2.1%, a lower share than 99% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Married residents 15 and over make up 57%, against 46% across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners make up 11% across Canada’s towns.
In Barbertown, 84% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 78% of Canadian towns
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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
Newer homes outnumber old: 3.4% date from 2001 or later, 0.4% from before 1961. As a reference point, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
$147,700 a year: the median household income
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Barbertown’s, at $147,700, is 72% higher. Within Ontario’s towns, the household in the middle had $91,600. The pandemic’s benefits: 31% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
More residents without Canadian citizenship than 71% of Canadian towns: 11%
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 65%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Most immigrants were born in Asia (70%) or in Europe (16%). A year before the census, 9.7% lived somewhere else: fewer than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns. By contrast, 15% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns.
Barbertown ranks above 93% of Canadian towns on visible minority residents: 68%
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Compared with 35% across Canada’s towns, 16% of residents said they have no religion here. Across Canada’s towns, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority. Among other religions: Muslim (18%), Hindu (10%), Sikh (5.7%) and Buddhist (2.4%). Indigenous residents are rarer here than in 98% of Canadian towns.
57% have a mother tongue other than English or French
English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
The figure for residents whose mother tongue is French is 0.3% in Barbertown and 1.5% across Canada’s towns. 29% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 3.8% speak neither official language.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 54% in Barbertown, more than in 89% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 3.8% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
54% of residents 15 and over were in work
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, above this 54%; 20% of residents are 65 or over.
The 5th oldest of 41 towns of 9,037 to 9,387 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Vankleek Hill is the oldest at 52.4, Hampton Village the youngest at 32.3. The towns whose median age is nearest to Barbertown’s: Silver Springs (45.2), Kimberley (45.2), La Pêche (46.4) and Hawkwood (47.1).
Every nearby town is younger than Barbertown
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbertown | 9,209 | — | 45.3 | 20% | 55% |
| Roseborough | 54,539 | 1.0 km | 40 | 14% | 62% |
| Streetsville | 13,535 | 1.5 km | 43.9 | 19% | 40% |
| Britannia | 4,641 | 2.8 km | 39.4 | 13% | 61% |
| Central Erin Mills | 36,393 | 3.3 km | 41.2 | 16% | 59% |
| Creditview | 10,972 | 3.9 km | 41 | 20% | 59% |
| Hurontario | 43,877 | 4.3 km | 42.2 | 17% | 61% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. There is no census profile for a neighbourhood, so we add up the dissemination areas inside it. Each count is a sum of Statistics Canada’s rounded counts, the median age and income come from the published groups, and with 2016’s areas drawn differently there is no 2016 count.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Barbertown’s residents
What is the population of Barbertown?
Barbertown had 9,209 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Barbertown?
Half the residents are older than 45.3 and half younger, older than 70% of Canadian towns; 12% are children under 15 and 20% are 65 or over.
Is Barbertown bilingual?
7.2% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 89% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.3%.
How diverse is Barbertown?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 55%. A visible minority makes up 68% and Indigenous residents 0%.
What religion are people in Barbertown?
Most often Christian (45%) or no religion (16%); other religions make up 39%.
Is Barbertown good for families?
Children under 15 are 12% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 65% of households and one-parent families 6.6%. Schools near Barbertown are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Barbertown?
Median total household income in Barbertown was $147,700 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population. 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).