Photo: Canmenwalker · CC BY 4.051% of residents are immigrants, a share 93% of Canadian towns don’t reach
36% of residents belong to a visible minority (Canada’s towns: 15%). The 2021 Census counted 3,749 residents in 1,555 households. Locally, 16% of households live in a single-detached house. The median age in Dixie is 45.4, higher than in 70% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Dixie
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 51% of residents; the medians are 26% across Ontario’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (54%) and in Asia (33%), and 19% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A neighbourhood of high-rises
Buildings of five storeys or more hold 55% of households, more than in 96% of Canadian towns, and 2.8% of homes are condos. Homes ↓
A neighbourhood of renters
63% of households rent their home, more than in 92% of Canadian towns; 64% live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 69% of Canadian towns, at 22%
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Set against 16% across Canada’s towns, 14% of residents are under 15 in Dixie. The largest age band is 55–59: 7.7% of residents. Measured more widely, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Dixie, 45.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women.
In Dixie, 11% of households are one-parent families, more than in 86% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
At 2.3 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across Canada’s towns. The share of one-person households stands at 34%. The comparison figure for one-parent families is 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
Common-law partners make up 6.5% in Dixie, less than in 83% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
The share of married residents 15 and over is 43%, against 46% across Canada’s towns. For common-law partners, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%.
Dixie ranks above 96% of Canadian towns on households in buildings of five or more storeys: 55%
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
The figure for renter households is 63% in Dixie and 25% across Canada’s towns. 11% of homes were built before 1961 and 11% in 2001 or later.
$64,400 a year: the median household income
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Dixie had $64,400 before tax, 25% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Ontario’s towns have a median of $91,600. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 33% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
In Dixie, 14% of residents are not Canadian citizens, more than in 80% 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 60%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Recent arrivals, from 2011 to 2021, are nearly a fifth of immigrants (typical: 27%); non-permanent residents add 4% of residents. Fewer residents who moved in within the year than in 69% of Canadian towns: 9.2%. Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents without Canadian citizenship is 5.8%. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (54%) and in Asia (33%).
Only 21% of residents said they have no religion in Dixie
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (18%) and Buddhist (2.6%). The benchmark for residents with no religion across Canada’s towns: 35%. 0.7% of residents have an Indigenous identity, fewer than in 86% of Canadian towns.
60% have a mother tongue other than English or 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
5.3% of residents speak English and French; across Canada’s towns the figure is 7.5%. On top of that, fewer residents whose mother tongue is French than in 92% of Canadian towns: 0.5%. At home, 35% mostly speak another language; 6.3% speak neither English nor French.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 35% in Dixie, more than in 64% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 10% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. The wider picture: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 44% of adults
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
With 22% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 44% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Among 41 towns of 3,691 to 3,808 people, the 18th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Between Clareview Town Centre (32.1) and Georgian Bay (58.4) lies the rest of the group. Sainte-Claire (45.2), Flagstaff County (45.2), Golf Course (46.5) and Electoral Area C, Nanaimo (46.8): the towns nearest Dixie in median age.
Dixie and its 6 nearest towns: 2 of them are older
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dixie | 3,749 | — | 45.4 | 22% | 51% |
| Applewood | 33,229 | 1.6 km | 42.7 | 19% | 54% |
| Markland Wood | 10,559 | 1.9 km | 51.3 | 28% | 38% |
| Alderwood | 12,596 | 2.9 km | 43 | 18% | 34% |
| Rathwood | 27,388 | 3.2 km | 46.9 | 24% | 53% |
| Etobicoke West Mall | 12,218 | 3.4 km | 40.7 | 19% | 50% |
| Mississauga Valleys | 11,799 | 3.8 km | 44.2 | 22% | 54% |
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. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Dixie’s residents
How diverse is Dixie?
Immigrants: 51% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 36%. Indigenous identity: 0.7%.
What religion are people in Dixie?
21% said they have no religion and 56% that they are Christian; 23% named another faith.
Is Dixie good for families?
14% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 43% of households and one-parent families 11%. Schools near Dixie are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Dixie?
Half of Dixie’s households had more than $64,400 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Dixie?
3,749, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Dixie alone.
What is the average age in Dixie?
The median age is 45.4, older than 70% of Canadian towns. 14% are under 15 and 22% 65 or older.
Is Dixie bilingual?
5.3% 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 0.5%.
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).