A higher share of immigrants than 99% of Canadian towns, at 61%
Households average 3 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Census day 2021: 7,597 residents and 2,505 households in Fairview. 18% of residents said they have no religion. Compared with other places, residents without Canadian citizenship are common here: 14%, more than in four fifths of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Fairview
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 61% of residents; the medians are 26% across Ontario’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Asia (67%) or in Europe (22%), and 15% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A mix of backgrounds
Visible minority residents make up 71%, more than in 94% of Canadian towns, and immigrants 61%. Identity & religion ↓
A neighbourhood of high-rises
Buildings of five storeys or more hold 27% of households, more than in 90% of Canadian towns, and 24% of homes are condos. Homes ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Fairview sits below 91% of Canadian towns for children under 15 (11%)
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
55–59 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents. Typically, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. With a median age of 45.9, Fairview is older than 72% of Canadian towns. Compared with 19% across Canada’s towns, 22% of residents are 65 or over here.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Fairview, 45.9. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
A lower share of one-person households than 90% of Canadian towns, at 15%
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
In Fairview, one in ten households are one-parent families, beside 8.2% across Canada’s towns. Set beside that, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Below 97% of Canadian towns: 3% of residents 15 and over live common-law
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: nearly a third of adults (typical: 27%). Common-law partners: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. Across Fairview, 53% of residents 15 and over are married.
Households in buildings of five or more storeys make up 27% in Fairview, more than in 90% 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
Households in single-detached houses: 50%, below just over two thirds of Canadian towns. Just over a fifth of households rent their home.
$104,100 a year: the median household income
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Fairview had $104,100 before tax, 21% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The middle household across Ontario’s towns has $91,600 before tax. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 33% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
Residents who moved in within the year: 9%, a lower share than 72% 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 75%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Most immigrants were born in Asia (67%) or in Europe (22%). Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%. Recent arrivals, from 2011 to 2021, are 15% of immigrants (typical: 27%); non-permanent residents add 4.4% of residents.
Above 94% of Canadian towns: 71% of residents belong to a visible minority
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (14%), Hindu (8.7%), Sikh (4.1%) and Buddhist (4%). Indigenous residents are rarer here than in 98% of Canadian towns. To put it in context, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns.
65% 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
With bilingual residents at 5.5%, Fairview is behind 69% of Canadian towns on that count. 36% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 6.1% speak neither official language. Compared with other places, residents whose mother tongue is French are scarce here: 0.7%, fewer than in 86% of Canadian towns.
A larger share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 77% of Canadian towns: 44%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 12%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. Measured more widely, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
50% of adults were employed in May 2021
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
50% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 22% are 65 or more.
41 towns of 7,437 to 7,767 people: this is the 15th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Louiseville is the oldest at 57.6, Ambleside the youngest at 34.4. The closest ages to Fairview’s belong to Stoneybrook (45.4), Kentville (45.6), Fort Frances (46.4) and Mountview (46.4).
Every neighbour of Fairview has a younger population
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview | 7,597 | — | 45.9 | 22% | 61% |
| DT Core | 33,003 | 1.0 km | 34.8 | 13% | 60% |
| Cooksville NHD (West) | 14,821 | 1.4 km | 44.7 | 21% | 59% |
| DT Fairview | 18,209 | 1.5 km | 38.9 | 17% | 64% |
| DT Cooksville | 8,864 | 1.6 km | 38.1 | 17% | 66% |
| Creditview | 10,972 | 1.8 km | 41 | 20% | 59% |
| Erindale | 22,755 | 2.3 km | 42.1 | 18% | 52% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- 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. 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.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Statistics Canada reports the census by municipality; a neighbourhood’s figures are the sum of its dissemination areas, rounded counts and all, with medians estimated from age and income groups and no 2016 count, as the 2016 areas don’t fit.
Questions about Fairview’s residents
What is the population of Fairview?
7,597, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Fairview alone.
What is the average age in Fairview?
Half the residents are older than 45.9 and half younger, older than 72% of Canadian towns; 11% are children under 15 and 22% are 65 or over.
Is Fairview bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 5.5% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 88% speak only English and 0.1% only French; 0.7% grew up with French.
How diverse is Fairview?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 61%. A visible minority makes up 71% and Indigenous residents 0%.
What religion are people in Fairview?
Most often Christian (49%) or no religion (18%); other religions make up 33%.
Is Fairview good for families?
Children under 15 are 11% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 56% of households and one-parent families 10%. Schools near Fairview are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Fairview?
Median total household income in Fairview was $104,100 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).