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North Algona WilberforceOntario

This town in Ontario has a population of 3,290. It grew by 7% between the 2016 and 2021 censuses.

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North Algona Wilberforce, Ontario · Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0

Population
3,290
people, 2025 estimate
Median age
52
years · Ontario’s towns: 46.8
Postsecondary
52%
of residents 15 and over hold a postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree · Canadian towns: 56%
Walk, cycle, transit
2%
walk, cycle or take transit to work · Canadian towns: 8%
TownGrade
C−
#2,299 of 2,556

Is North Algona Wilberforce a good place to live?

A town with more to fix than most. Getting around depends on the car (D). Also worth knowing: crime is low (A−). Homes were valued at a median $348,000 at the 2021 census, 4.3 times the typical household’s income. Put together, the subjects come to a C− overall, ranking #797 of 858 in Ontario. That leaves it better than 16% of Canadian towns.

Figures: home values and income: Statistics Canada, Census 2021.

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. Safety less sure: no police service names this town, so its crime figure is the nearest police detachment's, shared with a wider area. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread.

What makes North Algona Wilberforce stand out

The 3 things North Algona Wilberforce does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

How North Algona Wilberforce grades

Each subject compares North Algona Wilberforce with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.

How grading works

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in North Algona Wilberforce.

SafetySafety A−

The police who cover North Algona Wilberforce record less serious crime than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: a Crime Severity Index of 42

No police detachment reports under North Algona Wilberforce’s name, so these are the nearest detachment’s figures, not the town’s own · Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 for the Upper Ottawa Valley (Killaloe) detachment area

Thefts, break-ins and damage add up to 11.9 per 1,000 residents a year where it is policed. Where it is policed, 8.4 violent incidents per 1,000 residents are recorded each year.

42Crime Severity Index

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

202360
202423
2023–2025North Algona WilberforceOntarioCanada
Property crime per 1,00011.930.531.2
Crime Severity Index425667
Violent crime8.410.512
27
non-violent Crime Severity Index
63%
of incidents cleared, 2023–25

Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average

Work & commuteJobs & income C−

Trips to work from North Algona Wilberforce take longer than from Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 32 min on average

2%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van96%
Walk2%
Census 2021North Algona WilberforceOntarioCanada
Average trip32 min29 min26 min
$82,000
median household income, 2020
15%
worked from home, May 2021
9%
of commuters work inside the municipality

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.

HealthHealth C−

North Algona Wilberforce’s health region counts 16% of adults who smoke, above the typical Canadian town’s 12%

The health survey and life expectancy numbers here cover the Renfrew County and District Health Unit

Across the region, half of adults say their health is very good or excellent, much as in Ontario (51%). Chronic conditions run at nearly a fifth of adults, age-standardised, higher than both Ontario’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (17%). For 2022/2024, the region’s figure is 81.0 years at birth, 83.0 for women and 78.7 for men. Measured from where North Algona Wilberforce’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 25 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km.

50%very good or excellent healthC−Health Grade

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

North Algona Wilberforce50%
Ontario’s towns51%
Canadian towns52%
HealthNorth Algona WilberforceOntarioCanada
Smokers16%10%12%
Chronic conditions (average share)19%17%17%
Life expectancy at birth81.082.881.5
Very good or excellent health50%51%52%
81.0
years of life expectancy, 2022/2024
25 km
from homes to a hospital, on average
16%
of adults smoke, age-standardised
8.3 km
from homes to a pharmacy, on average

Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities

HousingCost of living C

Only 12% of households in North Algona Wilberforce spend 30% or more of their income on shelter, against 18% in the typical Canadian town

Nearly nine in ten households own their home, above both Ontario’s towns (76%) and Canadian towns (74%). A year’s rent came to nearly a fifth of the median household income, below Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (20%) alike.

$348,000median home value, 2021CCost of living Grade

What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census

North Algona Wilberforce$348,000
Ontario$695,000
Canadian towns$406,000
Census 2021North Algona WilberforceOntarioCanada
Households spending 30%+ on shelter12%22%18%
Households owning their home89%76%74%
Median home value, 2021$348,000$695,000$406,000
Rent as a share of income19%22%20%
$960
monthly rent for a two-bedroom
$740
median monthly shelter cost for owners, 2021

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.

Climate

Winter nights bite in North Algona Wilberforce: January lows of −17.9°C, colder than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns

The warmest stretch brings July afternoons of 26.3°C, about level with Ontario’s towns (26.7°C) and above Canadian towns (25.5°C). Most of the snow comes in January, about 49 cm. For the wettest month, look to June: 96 mm on average.

26.3°CJuly afternoons

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter−4.0°C
Spring10.9°C
Summer25.2°C
Autumn12.7°C
Normals, 1991–2020North Algona WilberforceOntarioCanada
January night low−17.9°C−9.1°C−13.5°C
Snowfall a year199 cm146 cm141 cm
July afternoon high26.3°C26.7°C25.5°C
199 cm
of snow a year
132
days with precipitation a year

Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Petawawa)

Natural hazardsHazard risk C+

North Algona Wilberforce’s hazards at a glance: a low wildfire record and 8% of area homes over the radon guideline

Earthquakes add more: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.096 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. No one has filed a flood map for North Algona Wilberforce on the national inventory.

Lowwildfire bandC+Hazard risk Grade

Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³

North Algona Wilberforce8%
Ontario’s towns4%
Canadian towns6.6%
HazardsNorth Algona WilberforceOntarioCanada
Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year$0.096$0.043$0.030
Radon tests above the guideline8%4%6.6%
$0.096
expected earthquake loss a year per $1,000 of buildings
Low
wildfire band
18 km
to the nearest land burned since 1986

NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory

Who lives here

More of North Algona Wilberforce’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 8.8%

1.6% of residents belong to a visible minority, lower than both Ontario’s towns (26%) and Canadian towns (15%). Immigrants make up 4.6% of residents, below both Ontario’s towns (7.6%) and Canadian towns (6.4%).

52median age
North Algona WilberforceOntarioCanada

Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree17%
Postsecondary qualification52%

Women and men · all residents

Women make up 48.1% of North Algona Wilberforce

Here the census found 1,610 men and 1,495 women; the figure for women across Canada is 50.9%.

Who lives in North Algona Wilberforce
North Algona WilberforceOntarioCanada
Under 1514%15%16%
15 to 6461%65%64%
65+25%19%19%
No certificate, diploma or degree17%15%16%
Postsecondary qualification52%56%56%

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Ontario and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+

SchoolsSchools C+

North Algona Wilberforce has 2 of its 5 tested schools in the top fifth in Ontario

The closest elementary school is 9.9 km away, above both Ontario’s towns (0.5 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km). 3 of the 6 are Catholic, more than the 34% in Ontario. Elementary schools here average 173 students; in Ontario, 365.

6schools within 3 kmC+Schools Grade
SchoolLevelStudentsSystem
Eganville & District Public School Bottom fifth in OntarioLargest elementary schoolElementary · Grades JK–8Elementary · Grades JK–8415English public
Opeongo High School Bottom fifth in OntarioLargest secondary schoolSecondary · Grades 9–12Secondary · Grades 9–12415English public
St James Separate School CatholicResults in the top fifth in OntarioElementary · Grades JK–8Elementary · Grades JK–8120English Catholic

See all 6 schools →

Schools by system · Schools within 3 km

English public3
English Catholic3
Schools within 3 kmNorth Algona WilberforceOntarioCanada
School boards243
Nearest secondary school14 km1.2 km1.2 km
Nearest elementary school9.9 km0.5 km0.5 km
1,280
students at the schools within 3 km, 2024-25
14 km
to the nearest secondary school
9.9 km
to the nearest elementary school

Provincial school lists and results, 2024-25

Weather

In North Algona Wilberforce, November normally means 5°C afternoons and −4°C nights

Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Pembroke forecast, on the Weather page. About 25 cm of snow falls in a normal November. In November, the normal is 77 mm of rain and snow. Looking ahead to December, expect highs near −2°C and lows near −12°C.

5°Ca normal November afternoon

Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

November5°C
December−2°C
January−6°C
February−4°C
SeasonHighLowRain and snow
Winter−4°C−15°C191 mm
Spring11°C−3°C222 mm
Summer25°C11°C276 mm
Autumn13°C2°C244 mm
−4°C
a normal November night
77 mm
of rain and snow in a normal November

ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Petawawa); the forecast is on the Weather page

Town hall

44% of North Algona Wilberforce voters cast a ballot in 2022, more than in 82% of Ontario municipalities

North Algona Wilberforce sends one MP to Ottawa from Algonquin—Renfrew—Pembroke, its riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP): Cheryl Gallant (Conservative Party of Canada).

TurnoutNorth Algona WilberforceOntarioCanada
Municipal election, 202244%31%31%

Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade B

No public library stands in North Algona Wilberforce: the closest, Bonnechere Union Public Library, is 10 km away

After it comes Whitewater Region Public Library - Cobden Branch (Whitewater Region), 19 km away.

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

Outdoors

Deacon Escarpment Conservation Reserve reaches North Algona Wilberforce

The nearest provincial park, Foy Property Provincial Park, is 4.1 km away. No national park lies within 100 km. OpenStreetMap shows one beach within 5 km, without a name.

1.8%of the land within 10 km protected

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

North Algona Wilberforce1.8%
Ontario’s towns2.3%
Canadian towns2.3%
OutdoorsNorth Algona WilberforceOntarioCanada
Public protected areas within 10 km744
Protected land within 10 km1.8%2.3%2.3%
4.1 km
to Foy Property Provincial Park
1
beach within 5 km
7
public protected areas within 10 km

Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches

Nearby attractions

Bonnechere Caves and 2 more in and around North Algona Wilberforce

From museums to parks and historic sites: North Algona Wilberforce’s places to visit and those just beyond its edge, most famous first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Wikidata · ODCAF · federal and Québec heritage registers · CPCAD
Keep exploring

Everything we know about North Algona Wilberforce

15pages on North Algona Wilberforce

Famous people from around North Algona Wilberforce

No notable person born in North Algona Wilberforce is on our list; these were born in the towns around it.

How we find them →
Photo credits

Melissa Bishop: Fernando Frazão/Agência Brasil, CC BY 3.0 · Shawn Heins: Fanny Schertzer, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dale McTavish: Tuomas Vitikainen, CC BY-SA 3.0

North Algona Wilberforce’s neighbours

The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada

EganvilleEganvilleNorth Algona Wilberforce
How the neighbours grade
TownPeoplekmOverallCostSafetyHealth
North Algona Wilberforce3,290—C−CA−C−
Eganville4,32611CC−AC−

People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.

Questions about North Algona Wilberforce

Who are the people of North Algona Wilberforce?

2% of residents belong to a visible minority, against 15% for the median of Canadian towns; 9% have an Indigenous identity and 5% are immigrants.

What kind of homes are in North Algona Wilberforce?

Single-detached houses make up 99% of the homes here, where Canadian towns sit at 64%; 0% are in high-rise apartments. 23% of households are one person, and the average is 2.4.

Is North Algona Wilberforce a young town or an old one?

Half its people are older than 52 (the middle of Canadian towns: 45.2); children under 15 make up 14%, people 65 and over 25%.

Has North Algona Wilberforce grown?

Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses it went from 2,915 to 3,111 residents (up 6.7%; Canadian towns’ median: 4.1%), and Statistics Canada now estimates 3,290.

About North Algona Wilberforce

Town in Ontario

TownRatings follows Statistics Canada’s map: North Algona Wilberforce is one municipality in Ontario, figures and all.

Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.

Population
3,290 (people, 2025 estimate)
Province or territory
Ontario
Census division
Renfrew
Census subdivision
3547070

Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · Uniform Crime Reporting Survey 2023–25 (35-10-0026, 35-10-0183 to 35-10-0190) · 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).