Photo: P199 · Public domainNipissing is older than 95% of Canadian towns: a median age of 54.8
Against a figure of 64% across Canada’s towns, the share of households in single-detached houses in Nipissing comes in at 99%. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 7.6%. Higher than in 77% of Canadian towns: 44% of residents said they have no religion. About 1,840 people lived locally in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates.
What stands out about the people of Nipissing
Older than most towns
Half of Nipissing’s residents are under 54.8 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 28% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
+4% since 2016: slower than 53% 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 Ontario’s towns the median is +6%, and across Canada’s towns +4%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 88% of Canadian towns, at 28%
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The figure for children under 15 is 12% in Nipissing and 16% across Canada’s towns. Across the comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
Fewer one-person households than 74% of Canadian towns: 21%
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Against a figure of 8.2% across Canada’s towns, the share of one-parent families in Nipissing comes in at 5.3%. As a yardstick, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. On average, 2.3 people share a household.
More married residents 15 and over than 92% of Canadian towns: 59%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
16% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). Elsewhere, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. For Nipissing, the census puts common-law partners at 11%.
6.8% of households rent their home, fewer than in 96% of Canadian towns
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. On average, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Before tax, the median household income is $83,000 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Nipissing’s median household took in $83,000 before tax, about the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Ontario’s towns have a median of $91,600. 19% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
Below 89% of Canadian towns: 7.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
Immigrants: 4.9%, below 82% of Canadian towns. On top of that, on residents without Canadian citizenship, Nipissing sits lower than 91% of Canadian towns: 0.9%. Across the comparison, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Europe (59%) or in the Americas (24%).
6% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 75% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The share of visible minority residents is 0.9%, against 15% across Canada’s towns. By way of comparison, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of residents whose mother tongue is French than 69% of Canadian towns, at 3.4%
Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Set against 7.5% across Canada’s towns, 8.8% of residents speak English and French in Nipissing. As a yardstick, 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns.
In Nipissing, 13% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 88% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 9.3%, beside a typical 9.5%. Against that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 46% of residents aged 15 and over
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 46%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 28% of residents are 65 or over.
Every neighbour of Nipissing has a younger population
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
- 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.
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
Questions about Nipissing’s residents
What is the median income in Nipissing?
The median household in Nipissing took in $83,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Nipissing?
Nipissing had about 1,840 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 1,769, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Nipissing?
A median age of 54.8. Children under 15 make up 12%, and people 65 and over 28%.
Is Nipissing bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 8.8% are. Another 0% speak only French and 91% only English, and French is the first language of 3.4%.
How diverse is Nipissing?
4.9% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 0.9% belong to a visible minority and 6% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Nipissing?
54% are Christian and 44% have no religion; 1.5% follow another religion.
Is Nipissing good for families?
Under 15: 12% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 66% of households. One-parent families: 5.3%. Schools near Nipissing are on its Schools page.
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).