Photo: 40rev · CC BY-SA 3.0Moosonee is younger than 99% of Canadian towns: a median age of 29.8
Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Moosonee has 14%. About 1,510 people lived in the town in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates. On the census count, 16% of households are one-parent families. More residents with no religion than in 69% of Canadian towns: 41%.
What stands out about the people of Moosonee
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 68% of residents, more than in 99% of Canadian towns. 65% are Registered or Treaty Indians and 8.3% grew up speaking an Indigenous language. Identity & religion ↓
Younger than most towns
Line Moosonee’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 29.8; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 29% are under 15 and 7.3% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A town of renters
Renters are 62% of households, more than in 92% of Canadian towns, and 13% of households live in an apartment. Homes ↓
A town people move to
20% of residents lived at another address a year before the census, 1.9 times the typical share; 44% moved within five years. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Slower growth than 63% of Canadian towns: Moosonee changed by +2% since 2016
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate is close to the census count. Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Ontario’s towns, +6%.
7.3% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 97% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 5–9, with 10% of residents, 1.9 times the share across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 29% of residents are under 15. Measured more widely, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women.
3.1 people per household, more than in 92% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The figure for one-person households is 25% in Moosonee and 27% across Canada’s towns.
Fewer married residents 15 and over than 83% of Canadian towns: 32%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
43% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. More common-law partners than in 66% of Canadian towns: 13%. Typically, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
62% of households rent their home, a share 92% of Canadian towns don’t reach
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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
Here just over two thirds of households live in a single-detached house, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 64%. 17% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 9.2% built before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Typically, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Half above, half below $94,000 a year in household income
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
At $94,000, the middle household in Moosonee out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 9%. $91,600 is the median household income across Ontario’s towns. Pandemic benefits reached 26% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
More residents who moved in within the year than 94% of Canadian towns: 20%
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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
In Moosonee, 5.6% of residents are immigrants, beside 17% across Canada’s towns. Elsewhere, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (77%) and in the Americas (12%).
In Moosonee, 68% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 99% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
One in ten residents belong to a visible minority (Canada’s towns: 15%). Set beside that, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 84%, and 2.3% speak French as well
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: English 92%, French 0.3%. Moosonee has fewer bilingual residents than 97% of Canadian towns, at 2.3%. On residents whose mother tongue is French, 1% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
A smaller share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 52% of Canadian towns: 26%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 18% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. By way of comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 62%
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 62%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Moosonee sits below 1 of its 2 closest neighbours on median age
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are. No closer places have figures: these lie 3–134 km from Moosonee.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moosonee | 1,510 | — | 29.8 | 7.3% | 5.6% |
| Factory Island 1 | 1,511 | 3.2 km | 31 | 8.7% | 0% |
| Waskaganish | 2,726 | 133.6 km | 25 | 6.3% | 0% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
Questions about Moosonee’s residents
Is Moosonee good for families?
Children under 15 are 29% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 35% of households and one-parent families 16%. Schools near Moosonee are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Moosonee?
Median total household income in Moosonee was $94,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Moosonee?
The latest figure is an estimate: 1,510 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Moosonee counted 1,512, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Moosonee?
Half the residents are older than 29.8 and half younger; 29% are children under 15 and 7.3% are 65 or over.
Is Moosonee bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 2.3% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 98% speak only English and 0% only French; 1% grew up with French.
How diverse is Moosonee?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 5.6%. A visible minority makes up 10% and Indigenous residents 68%.
What religion are people in Moosonee?
Most often Christian (53%) or no religion (41%); other religions make up 6%.
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).