Photo: TheGiantVermin · CC BY-SA 3.0Residents who moved in within the year make up 7.1% in New Hamburg, less than in 90% of Canadian towns
Children under 15: 19% here and 16% across Canada’s towns. For New Hamburg, the census puts one-person households at 17%. More households in single-detached houses than in 72% of Canadian towns: 79%. This Ontario town had about 22,890 residents in July 2025, by Statistics Canada’s estimate, and 7,890 households at the 2021 Census. Every figure here is for Wilmot as a whole, the municipality New Hamburg belongs to.
Faster growth than 51% of Canadian towns: New Hamburg changed by +4% since 2016
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 7%.
21% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 63% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
With a median age of 42.8, New Hamburg is older than 54% of Canadian towns. The biggest five-year age group is 5–9, with 6.8% of residents. To put it in context, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. This Ontario town sits close to the norm on residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ New Hamburg, 42.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
New Hamburg households average 2.7 people, larger than in 76% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
With one-parent families at 6%, New Hamburg is behind 83% of Canadian towns on that count.
A larger share of married residents 15 and over than 96% of Canadian towns: 61%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
By its share of common-law partners (7.7%), New Hamburg is below three quarters of Canadian towns. As a yardstick, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Renter households: 15%, a lower share than 76% 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
Newer homes outnumber old: 35% date from 2001 or later, 22% from before 1961. Set beside that, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Nothing unusual on households in buildings of five or more storeys: 0.1%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
$114,000 a year: the median household income
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
At $114,000, the middle household in New Hamburg out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 33%. The middle household across Ontario’s towns has $91,600 before tax. Pandemic benefits reached 21% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
10% 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 nearly one in ten immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. New Hamburg has fewer residents without Canadian citizenship than 77% of Canadian towns, at 1.9%. Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (68%), then in the Americas (15%).
A smaller share of residents with no religion than 53% of Canadian towns: 34%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The figure for visible minority residents is 4.3% in New Hamburg and 15% across Canada’s towns. By way of comparison, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. In New Hamburg, 2.2% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
89% have English as their mother tongue; 4.5% 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
Against a figure of 7.5% across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents in New Hamburg comes in at 4.5%. Lower than in 86% of Canadian towns: 0.7% of residents have French as their mother tongue. At home: English 96%, French 0.2%.
Above 55% of Canadian towns: 29% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 7.5% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. For comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
61% of residents 15 and over were in work
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 61%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Among 41 towns of 22,149 to 23,655 people, the 11th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The youngest of these towns is Cité-Universitaire, at 32.5; the oldest, Cobourg, is at 54.8. By median age, New Hamburg sits among Renfrew-Collingwood (42.3), Colwood (42.4), Bedford Park-Nortown (44) and Willowridge-Martingrove-Richview (44.2).
No nearby town is as old as New Hamburg
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Hamburg | 22,890 | — | 42.8 | 21% | 10% |
| Highland West | 12,476 | 10.1 km | 36.3 | 11% | 39% |
| Forest Heights | 14,369 | 10.5 km | 41.9 | 19% | 21% |
| Laurentian West | 16,857 | 11.9 km | 33.9 | 7.1% | 42% |
| Victoria Hills | 10,760 | 12.0 km | 33.5 | 12% | 41% |
| Westmount | 5,048 | 12.2 km | 37.1 | 17% | 28% |
| Forest Hill | 5,760 | 12.4 km | 39.4 | 19% | 27% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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. 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 New Hamburg’s residents
How diverse is New Hamburg?
10% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 4.3% belong to a visible minority and 2.2% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in New Hamburg?
64% are Christian and 34% have no religion; 2% follow another religion.
Is New Hamburg good for families?
Under 15: 19% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 70% of households. One-parent families: 6%. Schools near New Hamburg are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in New Hamburg?
The median household in New Hamburg took in $114,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of New Hamburg?
New Hamburg had about 22,890 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 21,429, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in New Hamburg?
A median age of 42.8, older than 54% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 19%, and people 65 and over 21%.
Is New Hamburg bilingual?
4.5% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 95% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.7%.
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).