Photo: Jjj84206 · CC BY-SA 4.0More immigrants than 88% of Canadian towns: 44%
With households in buildings of five or more storeys at 16%, Meadowvale is ahead of 84% of Canadian towns on that count. On the census count, 19% of residents said they have no religion. At 11%, the share of one-parent families is higher than in just over four fifths of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census put the neighbourhood’s population at 37,821, in 13,030 households.
What stands out about the people of Meadowvale
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 44% of residents; the medians are 26% across Ontario’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (53%) and in Europe (21%), and 27% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Meadowvale ranks below 69% of Canadian towns on residents aged 65 and over: 16%
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The median age in Meadowvale is 40.9, lower than in 57% of Canadian towns. Against that, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 8.2% of residents. Set against 11% across Canada’s towns, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 here.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Meadowvale, 40.9. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women.
Below 83% of Canadian towns: 18% of households are one person living alone
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
At 2.9 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across Canada’s towns. One-person households: 27% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
Common-law partners make up 6% in Meadowvale, less than in 86% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 29% of adults (typical: 27%). In Meadowvale, 52% of residents 15 and over are married. Across Canada’s towns, common-law partners come to 11%.
Below 78% of Canadian towns: 39% of households live in a single-detached house
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
Newer homes outnumber old: 3.3% date from 2001 or later, 2.2% from before 1961. As a reference point, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Just over a quarter of households rent their home; across Canada’s towns the figure is 25%.
$110,300 a year is the median household income here
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Meadowvale’s median household took in $110,300 before tax, 28% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across Ontario’s towns is $91,600. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 31% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
A larger share of residents without Canadian citizenship than 76% of Canadian towns: 13%
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 55%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Residents who moved in within the year make up 9.5%, against 11% across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (53%) and in Europe (21%). To put it in context, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns.
Visible minority residents make up 51% in Meadowvale, more than in 86% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Where 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns, Meadowvale has 0.6%. Typically, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Other faiths: Muslim (13%) and Hindu (6.6%).
57% have English as their mother tongue; 7.6% 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
At home: English 72%, French 0.5%. There is little gap on residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.4%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 42%, a higher share than 75% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 5.3% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
An employment rate of 59%
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.
About as many work here as in the typical town: 59%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Youngest by rank: 17th of 41 towns of 34,965 to 40,728 people
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Malton is the youngest of them at 34.8; Sorel-Tracy, at 53.2, the oldest. The closest ages to Meadowvale’s belong to Vellore (40.2), Dieppe (40.8), Sainte-Rose (41.2) and Central Erin Mills (41.2).
Older than Meadowvale: 3 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meadowvale | 37,821 | — | 40.9 | 16% | 44% |
| Lisgar | 31,627 | 1.8 km | 39.3 | 11% | 52% |
| Streetsville | 13,535 | 2.9 km | 43.9 | 19% | 40% |
| Churchill Meadows | 48,872 | 3.7 km | 35.9 | 9.2% | 65% |
| Central Erin Mills | 36,393 | 4.1 km | 41.2 | 16% | 59% |
| Barbertown | 9,209 | 4.3 km | 45.3 | 20% | 55% |
| Roseborough | 54,539 | 5.3 km | 40 | 14% | 62% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Built up from dissemination areas: Statistics Canada stops at the municipality. Rounded counts are added together and medians estimated from the published groups. The 2016 areas don’t line up with these, so the change since 2016 isn’t shown.
- 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. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
Questions about Meadowvale’s residents
What is the average age in Meadowvale?
Half the residents are older than 40.9 and half younger, younger than 57% of Canadian towns; 16% are children under 15 and 16% are 65 or over.
Is Meadowvale bilingual?
7.6% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0.1% speak French only and 91% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.4%.
How diverse is Meadowvale?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 44%. A visible minority makes up 51% and Indigenous residents 0.6%.
What religion are people in Meadowvale?
Most often Christian (58%) or no religion (19%); other religions make up 23%.
Is Meadowvale good for families?
Children under 15 are 16% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 58% of households and one-parent families 11%. Schools near Meadowvale are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Meadowvale?
Median total household income in Meadowvale was $110,300 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Meadowvale?
The 2021 Census counted 37,821 people in Meadowvale.
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).