Photo: Derek Hatfield from Peterborough, Canada · CC BY 2.092% of households live in a single-detached house, a share 91% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Of the immigrants living here, 5.7% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. On residents with no religion, Norwood sits higher than 83% of Canadian towns: 48%. Some 5,308 people live in the town, by the estimate for July 2025. Here, 21% of households are one person living alone. The census figures here are for the whole of Asphodel-Norwood, the municipality that includes Norwood.
What stands out about the people of Norwood
Growing faster than most
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, Norwood went from 4,109 to 4,658 residents (+13%), faster growth than in 90% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A +13% change since 2016: faster than 90% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Ontario’s towns the median is +6%, and across Canada’s towns +4%. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 14% higher again.
Norwood is older than 72% of Canadian towns: a median age of 46
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
Compared with 11% across Canada’s towns, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 here. By contrast, the highest share aged 65 or over among Ontario’s towns is Northern Bruce Peninsula’s: 41%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Norwood, 46. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Bigger households than 58% of Canadian towns: 2.5 people each on average
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Norwood, 7.4% of households are one-parent families.
52% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 69% of Canadian towns don’t reach
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
The figure for common-law partners is 13% in Norwood and 11% across Canada’s towns. The wider picture: 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Fewer renter households than 81% of Canadian towns: 13%
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, 25% of households rent their home. 31% of homes were built before 1961 and 21% in 2001 or later.
A median household income of $80,000 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Norwood’s, at $80,000, is 7% lower. Household incomes across Ontario’s towns have a median of $91,600. Pandemic benefits reached 26% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
Only 9.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Norwood
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
Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (57%), then in the Americas (23%). 5.8% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 79% of Canadian towns. Residents who moved in within the year make up 11% across Canada’s towns. With residents without Canadian citizenship at 1.2%, Norwood is behind 86% of Canadian towns on that count.
A larger share of Indigenous residents than 75% of Canadian towns: 6.1%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
3.2% of residents belong to a visible minority, against 15% across Canada’s towns. Across the comparison, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
95% have English as their mother tongue; 3.9% also speak French
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
Against a figure of 7.5% across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents in Norwood comes in at 3.9%. The share of residents whose mother tongue is French stands at 1.3%.
15% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 82% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 11% (typical 9.5%). Across Canada’s towns, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.
In work on census day: 52% of adults
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 52%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 24% are 65 or over.
Of 41 towns its size (5,215 to 5,393 people), the 10th oldest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
At one end is Chisasibi (26.6), at the other Electoral Area L, Cariboo (60). The towns whose median age is nearest to Norwood’s: Ogilvie Ridge (45.3), Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue (46), Westlock (46.8) and Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay (47.2).
Norwood is younger than every town around it
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norwood | 5,308 | — | 46 | 24% | 5.8% |
| Havelock | 5,663 | 11.3 km | 54.4 | 30% | 7% |
| Campbellford | 15,103 | 14.1 km | 55.2 | 31% | 9.2% |
| Douro-Dummer | 8,379 | 15.7 km | 48.4 | 23% | 6.1% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as 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.
- 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.
Questions about Norwood’s residents
What is the average age in Norwood?
Half the residents are older than 46 and half younger, older than 72% of Canadian towns; 16% are children under 15 and 24% are 65 or over.
Is Norwood bilingual?
English and French: 3.9% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 96%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 1.3%.
How diverse is Norwood?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 5.8%. A visible minority makes up 3.2% and Indigenous residents 6.1%.
What religion are people in Norwood?
Most often Christian (51%) or no religion (48%); other religions make up 0.9%.
Is Norwood good for families?
Children under 15 are 16% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 62% of households and one-parent families 7.4%. Schools near Norwood are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Norwood?
Median total household income in Norwood was $80,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Norwood?
The latest figure is an estimate: 5,308 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Norwood counted 4,658, 13% more than 2016.
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).