Photo: Doktor Ellis · CC BY-SA 3.0Morrisburg is older than 87% of Canadian towns: a median age of 50.8
Recent arrivals are just over one in ten immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. 6.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 91% of Canadian towns. Statistics Canada puts Morrisburg’s population at 11,943 for July 2025. Across Morrisburg, 8.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Every figure here is for South Dundas as a whole, the municipality Morrisburg belongs to.
What stands out about the people of Morrisburg
Older than most towns
Line Morrisburg’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 50.8; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 27% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Since 2016, Morrisburg has changed by +2%, slower than 66% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Ontario’s towns, by more than +6%. The July 2025 estimate adds another 8%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 27% in Morrisburg, more than in 86% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: 9.1% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. The share of children under 15 stands at 15%. As a yardstick, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Morrisburg, 50.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Households here average 2.4 people, below 53% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
7.1% of households are one-parent families, fewer than in 68% of Canadian towns. For Morrisburg, the census puts one-person households at 26%.
13% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 67% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Here 51% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 46%. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
Households in single-detached houses: 80%, a higher share than 73% of Canadian towns
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
Nearly two in five homes were built before 1961 and 13% in 2001 or later. Typically, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. The share of renter households is 19%, against 25% across Canada’s towns.
Households here have a median income of $78,000 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Morrisburg’s, at $78,000, is 9% lower. Across Ontario’s towns the median is $91,600. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 19% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
6.3% of residents are immigrants
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
Set against 17% across Canada’s towns, 6.3% of residents are immigrants in Morrisburg. Lower than in 85% of Canadian towns: 1.3% of residents are not Canadian citizens. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (70%) and in the Americas (19%).
Fewer residents with no religion than 53% of Canadian towns: 34%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 15% across Canada’s towns, the share of visible minority residents in Morrisburg comes in at 1.7%. On the census count, 2.7% of residents have an Indigenous identity. As a yardstick, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of residents whose mother tongue is French than 70% of Canadian towns, at 4.1%
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
Compared with 7.5% across Canada’s towns, 13% of residents speak English and French here. As a reference point, 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns.
Morrisburg ranks below 93% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 11%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 13% here, 9.5% in the typical town. On average, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
50% of residents 15 and over were in work
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 50%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 27% of residents are 65 or over.
Of 41 towns its size (11,663 to 12,258 people), the 7th oldest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The group spans Cityscape, youngest at 31.5, to Saint-Sauveur, oldest at 58.4. Next to Morrisburg on this scale come Tay (49.2), Hamilton (49.6), Georgian Bluffs (51.2) and Mont-Tremblant (53.6).
Every nearby town is younger than Morrisburg
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page. The nearest places to Morrisburg with figures are 18–32 km away.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morrisburg | 11,943 | — | 50.8 | 27% | 6.3% |
| Cardinal | 7,952 | 17.5 km | 48.4 | 23% | 5.1% |
| Winchester | 12,706 | 19.8 km | 44.8 | 21% | 5.5% |
| Prescott | 4,342 | 30.8 km | 49.6 | 27% | 5.9% |
| Long Sault | 14,602 | 30.9 km | 48 | 23% | 4.8% |
| Kemptville | 19,733 | 31.6 km | 46.4 | 21% | 7.1% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
- 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.
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
Questions about Morrisburg’s residents
Is Morrisburg bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 13% are. Another 0.1% speak only French and 87% only English, and French is the first language of 4.1%.
How diverse is Morrisburg?
Immigrants: 6.3% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 1.7%. Indigenous identity: 2.7%.
What religion are people in Morrisburg?
34% said they have no religion and 65% that they are Christian; 0.6% named another faith.
Is Morrisburg good for families?
15% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 58% of households and one-parent families 7.1%. Schools near Morrisburg are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Morrisburg?
Half of Morrisburg’s households had more than $78,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Morrisburg?
About 11,943, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 11,044 people in Morrisburg, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Morrisburg?
The median age is 50.8, older than 87% of Canadian towns. 15% are under 15 and 27% 65 or older.
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).