Photo: Municipal Affairs and Housing · CC BY 2.0One-parent families: 11%, a higher share than 85% of Canadian towns
Of the immigrants living here, 21% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. Here, nearly a fifth of residents are under 15. More households in buildings of five or more storeys than in 73% of Canadian towns: 5.1%. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 33,070 residents; the 2021 Census found 11,055 households.
A +4% change since 2016: Orangeville grew faster than 52% 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
The July 2025 estimate adds another 10%.
Half of Orangeville is under 38.8, younger than 71% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
Residents aged 65 and over: 15% here and 19% across Canada’s towns. More residents are 30–34 than any other five-year age: 7.5% of residents.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Orangeville, 38.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women.
Bigger households than 76% of Canadian towns: 2.7 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.
Compared with 27% across Canada’s towns, 23% of households are one person living alone here.
A higher share of married residents 15 and over than 51% of Canadian towns, at 47%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
27% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. Typically, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners: 11% of the total.
A lower share of households in single-detached houses than 55% of Canadian towns, at 60%
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
Here, nearly a quarter of households rent their home. Against that, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
The middle household earns $103,000 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run high in Orangeville: half had more than $103,000, 20% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $91,600 is the median household income across Ontario’s towns. COVID-19 benefits went to 30% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
15% 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
Most immigrants were born in Europe (49%) or in Asia (28%). 11% lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns. Set against 17% across Canada’s towns, 15% of residents are immigrants in Orangeville.
42% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 70% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The census found that 2.5% of residents have an Indigenous identity in Orangeville. On religion, 54% answered Christian and 42% no religion, against 54% and 35% across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 87%, and 6.1% speak French as well
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
Locally, 1.2% of residents have French as their mother tongue. Orangeville has fewer bilingual residents than 62% of Canadian towns, at 6.1%.
Orangeville ranks below 59% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 23%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 8.5%, beside a typical 9.5%. Across the comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 62% of adults
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.
The employment rate of 62% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Among 41 towns of 30,930 to 34,965 people, the 12th youngest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
DT Core is the youngest of them at 34.8; North Cowichan, at 51.2, the oldest. By median age, Orangeville sits among West Humber-Clairville (38.1), Arcola East (38.7), Des Explorateurs (39) and Okotoks (39.2).
Among its 5 nearest neighbours, 4 are older than Orangeville
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orangeville | 33,070 | — | 38.8 | 15% | 15% |
| Mono | 10,036 | 6.9 km | 47.2 | 20% | 21% |
| East Garafraxa | 2,976 | 11.1 km | 44 | 16% | 16% |
| Amaranth | 4,808 | 11.3 km | 42.4 | 15% | 15% |
| Grand Valley | 4,759 | 17.0 km | 36.8 | 12% | 16% |
| Erin | 12,924 | 17.2 km | 46.8 | 17% | 17% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Ontario’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
Questions about Orangeville’s residents
What is the average age in Orangeville?
A median age of 38.8, younger than 71% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 19%, and people 65 and over 15%.
Is Orangeville bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 6.1% are. Another 0.1% speak only French and 93% only English, and French is the first language of 1.2%.
How diverse is Orangeville?
15% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 14% belong to a visible minority and 2.5% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Orangeville?
54% are Christian and 42% have no religion; 4.6% follow another religion.
Is Orangeville good for families?
Under 15: 19% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 54% of households. One-parent families: 11%. Schools near Orangeville are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Orangeville?
The median household in Orangeville took in $103,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Orangeville?
Orangeville had about 33,070 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 30,167, 4% 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).