MoonbeamOntario
With 1,262 residents, it is a town in Ontario. Between 2016 and 2021, its population shrank by 6%.
Is Moonbeam a good place to live?
Moonbeam does especially well on cost of living (A−). Residents’ health trails most towns (D). Hazard risk is lower than in most Canadian towns (A). Jobs & income is weaker too (C).
With fewer than 2,500 residents, Moonbeam gets subject grades but no overall one among Canadian towns.
This town's rent is the 2021 census rent scaled to 2025 by its province's ratio of surveyed to census rents: no rental survey covers it, so its Cost Grade is less sure. No Safety Grade: no police service publishes a crime rate for this place on its own. Crime here is counted against the people who live here, but many visitors or second-home owners add to it, so the rate per resident runs higher than residents' own risk. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread.
How Moonbeam grades
Each subject compares Moonbeam with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
With fewer than 2,500 residents, Moonbeam gets subject grades but no overall one among Canadian towns.
How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →
What makes Moonbeam stand out
The 3 things Moonbeam does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Moonbeam.
Moonbeam earns an A for hazard risk
For earthquakes Moonbeam is middling, $0.019 a year per $1,000 against $0.030 for the typical town. Fewer homes than usual carry radon here, 1% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. No one has filed a flood map for Moonbeam on the national inventory.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Moonbeam | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radon tests above the guideline | 1% | 4% | 6.6% |
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.019 | $0.043 | $0.030 |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory
Moonbeam has colder winters than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: January lows of −23.3°C
Gardeners get 104 frost-free days, from 4 June to 17 September. Frosty days number 207 in a normal year, above Ontario’s towns (139) and Canadian towns (159) alike. Moonbeam sees July afternoons of 24.1°C on average. Most of the snow comes in December, about 57 cm.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Moonbeam | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| January night low | −23.3°C | −9.1°C | −13.5°C |
| Snowfall a year | 303 cm | 146 cm | 141 cm |
| Days with frost a year | 207 | 139 | 159 |
| July afternoon high | 24.1°C | 26.7°C | 25.5°C |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Kapuskasing)
Lives run shorter around Moonbeam: 77.3 years, 4.2 below the typical Canadian town’s region
Area-wide: health survey and life expectancy, counted over the Porcupine Health Unit
Closer to home, a hospital is 19 km from the average resident of Moonbeam, further than the usual 3.7 km. Smokers make up 16% of the region’s adults, above Ontario’s towns (10%) and Canadian towns (12%) alike. Even so, in the health survey, 48% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, fewer than Ontario’s 51%.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Moonbeam | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy at birth | 77.3 | 82.8 | 81.5 |
| Smokers | 16% | 10% | 12% |
| Very good or excellent health | 48% | 51% | 52% |
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 18% | 17% | 17% |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities
Most households in Moonbeam own their home: 93%, more than in both Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns
A year’s rent came to 17% of the median household income, below both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (20%). 8% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, lower than both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%).
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Moonbeam | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 8% | 22% | 18% |
| Households owning their home | 93% | 76% | 74% |
| Rent as a share of income | 17% | 22% | 20% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · Values come from owners at the 2021 census and incomes from 2020, so they predate the later rise in rates.
A smaller share of people aged 15 to 64 are in work in Moonbeam than in 96% of Canadian towns
The average trip to work takes 24 min. The car carried nine in ten commuters at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Moonbeam | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 24 min | 29 min | 26 min |
| Car or van | 90% | 88% | 89% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · Counted in May 2021, under pandemic rules: fewer commutes and more people between jobs than in a normal year.
More of Moonbeam’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 16%
Just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over, above both Ontario’s towns (19%) and Canadian towns (19%). Under 15: one in ten residents.
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
47.2% of Moonbeam’s residents are women
Here the census found 545 women and 610 men; across Canada the share of women is 50.9%.
| Moonbeam | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 10% | 15% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 64% | 65% | 64% |
| 65+ | 26% | 19% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 23% | 15% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 45% | 56% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Ontario and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
The nearest high school to Moonbeam is 18 km away
Young children have 4.1 km to the nearest elementary school, above both Ontario’s towns (0.5 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km).
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| École catholique St-Jules FrenchLargest elementary schoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | Elementary · Grades JK–8 | 55 | French Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Moonbeam | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nearest secondary school | 18 km | 1.2 km | 1.2 km |
| Nearest elementary school | 4.1 km | 0.5 km | 0.5 km |
Provincial school lists and results, 2024-25
What November brings in Moonbeam: −8°C at night, freezing by day
Snowfall in a normal November: 52 cm. December follows at −7°C by day and −17°C by night. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 67 mm. ECCC’s forecast for Kapuskasing is on the Weather page, hour by hour.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −9°C | −21°C | 134 mm |
| Spring | 7°C | −6°C | 170 mm |
| Summer | 23°C | 10°C | 252 mm |
| Autumn | 9°C | −1°C | 251 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Kapuskasing); the forecast is on the Weather page
Moonbeam’s MP is Gaétan Malette (Conservative Party of Canada), for Kapuskasing—Timmins—Mushkegowuk
71 of the 122 MPs from Ontario belong to the Liberal Party of Canada.
| Turnout | Moonbeam | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Municipal election, 2022 | 37% | 31% | 31% |
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
Moonbeam public library lends 8.1 items per person served, more than nine in ten Ontario’s town libraries
The population Moonbeam public library serves is 1,231.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
Step out of Moonbeam into René Brunelle Provincial Park
One unnamed beach is mapped within 5 km. The nearest national park is more than 100 km away. CPCAD lists 2 protected areas within 10 km.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Moonbeam | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 3.1% | 2.3% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 2 | 4 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
Since 1961: 88% of the homes in Moonbeam
| Heritage | Moonbeam | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1961 | 12% | 22% | 18% |
Canadian Register of Historic Places, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel, Wikidata; Census 2021 homes by period
Everything we know about Moonbeam
Famous people from around Moonbeam
No notable person born in Moonbeam is on our list; these were born in the towns around it.
Photo credits
Kelly VanderBeek: Christian Jansky, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pete McLeod: Japanbird, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Shera Bechard: Toglenn, CC BY-SA 3.0
About Moonbeam
Town in Ontario
The boundary here is Statistics Canada’s: Moonbeam is one census subdivision in Ontario, and TownRatings describes all of it.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 1,262 (people, 2025 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Ontario
- Census division
- Cochrane
- Census subdivision
- 3556056
Moonbeam’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moonbeam | 1,262 | — | — | A− | — | D |
| Kapuskasing | 8,825 | 18 | B− | B+ | C− | C |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Moonbeam
Who are the people of Moonbeam?
0% of residents belong to a visible minority, against 15% for the median of Canadian towns; 16% have an Indigenous identity and 1% are immigrants.
Do people in Moonbeam speak French?
71% of residents can hold a conversation in both English and French, against 8% for the median of Canadian towns; 9.5% speak French but not English.
What kind of homes are in Moonbeam?
98% of homes are single-detached houses, against 64% for the median of Canadian towns, and 0% are in apartment buildings of five storeys or more. A household averages 2.2 people; 27% are one person living alone.
Has Moonbeam grown?
It went from 1,231 people in 2016 to 1,157 in 2021, down 6%, while the median of Canadian towns grew 4.1%. StatCan’s 2025 estimate is 1,262.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · CMHC rents as published by Statistics Canada (34-10-0133) · grades by TownRatings. 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).