Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0Mitchell sits below 93% of Canadian towns for residents who moved in within the year (6.5%)
The share of households in single-detached houses tops 84% of Canadian towns: 88%. Mitchell had about 10,080 residents in July 2025, by Statistics Canada’s estimate, and 3,435 households at the 2021 Census. For Mitchell, the census puts children under 15 at 20%. With a median age of 40, Mitchell is younger than 63% of Canadian towns. The census figures here are for the whole of West Perth, the municipality that includes Mitchell.
+2% since 2016, a pace below 64% 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
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 12%. Across Canada’s towns, the typical town changed +4%; across Ontario’s towns, +6%.
12% of residents are aged 15 to 24, a share 63% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
No age band is larger than 55–59: 7.5% of residents. As a reference point, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. Among Ontario’s towns, Northern Bruce Peninsula has the highest share aged 65 or over, at 41%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Mitchell, 40. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Mitchell households average 2.6 people, larger than in 67% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The share of one-parent families trails nearly three quarters of Canadian towns: 6.7%. One-person households: nearly a quarter of the total.
Mitchell sits above 81% of Canadian towns for married residents 15 and over (55%)
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Common-law partners: 9.4% here and 11% across Canada’s towns. On average, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
In Mitchell, 21% of households rent their home, fewer than in 59% 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
44% of homes were built before 1961 and 19% in 2001 or later. The comparison figure for renter households is 25% across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are about as common here as across Canada’s towns, at 0.1%.
Household income, middle of the range: $92,000 a year
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 median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Mitchell’s, at $92,000, is 7% higher. $91,600 is the median household income across Ontario’s towns. Pandemic benefits reached 22% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
5.9% of residents are immigrants
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
Recent arrivals are just over a fifth of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. Across Mitchell, 2.3% of residents are not Canadian citizens. Fewer immigrants than in 78% of Canadian towns: 5.9%.
Mitchell ranks below 69% of Canadian towns on residents with no religion: 29%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents: 3.1%, below 76% of Canadian towns. The wider picture: 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 1.4% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
English is the mother tongue of 94%, and 2% 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
The share of residents whose mother tongue is French trails 97% of Canadian towns: 0.3%. Lower than in 98% of Canadian towns: 2% of residents speak English and French.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 83% of Canadian towns: 15%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 12%, beside a typical 9.5%. As a reference point, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 68% of adults
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.
The employment rate of 68% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Among 41 towns of 9,913 to 10,218 people, the 17th youngest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Blind Bay is the oldest at 58.8, Stanley the youngest at 25.6. By median age, Mitchell sits among Citadel (39.6), Notre-Dame-de-Grâces (39.8), Lac-Saint-Charles (40.2) and Springbank Hill (40.4).
Median age: 4 of the 5 towns around Mitchell are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page. Distances here run 19–25 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Mitchell.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell | 10,080 | — | 40 | 19% | 5.9% |
| Seaforth | 10,402 | 18.7 km | 41.6 | 22% | 6.3% |
| Perth South | 4,055 | 20.7 km | 44.8 | 19% | 5.7% |
| Stratford | 36,097 | 21.2 km | 46 | 24% | 11% |
| Perth East | 13,423 | 21.5 km | 36.4 | 16% | 6% |
| St. Marys | 8,203 | 24.6 km | 48.4 | 27% | 8.5% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town 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. 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.
Questions about Mitchell’s residents
How diverse is Mitchell?
5.9% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 3.1% belong to a visible minority and 1.4% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Mitchell?
70% are Christian and 29% have no religion; 1% follow another religion.
Is Mitchell good for families?
Under 15: 20% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 64% of households. One-parent families: 6.7%. Schools near Mitchell are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Mitchell?
The median household in Mitchell took in $92,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Mitchell?
Mitchell had about 10,080 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 9,038, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Mitchell?
A median age of 40, younger than 63% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 20%, and people 65 and over 19%.
Is Mitchell bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 2% are. Another 0% speak only French and 98% only English, and French is the first language of 0.3%.
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).