Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Younger than 94% of Canadian towns: half of Bayshore is under 33.6
The figure for households in single-detached houses is 8.7% in Bayshore and 64% across Canada’s towns. The neighbourhood counted 14,491 residents and 5,840 households at the 2021 Census. 24% of residents said they have no religion. On residents who moved in within the year, Bayshore sits higher than 84% of Canadian towns: 16%.
What stands out about the people of Bayshore
A neighbourhood of renters
Renters are 76% of households, more than in 98% of Canadian towns, and 62% of households live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Bayshore’s residents are under 33.6 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 18% are under 15 and 14% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A neighbourhood of high-rises
56% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, more than in 96% of Canadian towns; 14% of homes are condominiums. Homes ↓
A mix of backgrounds
61% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 90% of Canadian towns; 41% are immigrants. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A higher share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 87% of Canadian towns, at 14%
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Residents aged 65 and over: 14% here and 19% across Canada’s towns. Against that, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Bayshore, 33.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women.
Bayshore sits above 96% of Canadian towns for one-parent families (14%)
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Nearly a third of households are one person living alone (Canada’s towns: 27%). The share of one-parent families across Canada’s towns is 8.2%. There are 2.5 people in the average household. Shared houses stand out: 8.6% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 93% of Canadian towns.
7.7% of residents 15 and over live common-law, fewer than in 75% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
39% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%. The census found that 38% of residents 15 and over are married in Bayshore.
Bayshore: 76% of households rent their home, above 98% of Canadian towns
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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
With households in buildings of five or more storeys at 56%, Bayshore is ahead of 96% of Canadian towns on that count. Across Canada’s towns, renter households come to 25%. Older homes outnumber new: 11% predate 1961, 6.1% date from 2001 or later.
Household income, middle of the range: $71,300 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Bayshore: half had less than $71,300, 17% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Ontario’s towns: $91,600. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 33% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
In Bayshore, 41% of residents are immigrants, more than in 86% of Canadian towns
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 50%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Of the immigrants living here, 47% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. Across Canada’s towns, immigrants come to 17%. The share of residents without Canadian citizenship stands at 25%.
61% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 90% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (26%) and Hindu (8.2%). The benchmark for visible minority residents across Canada’s towns: 15%. Indigenous residents are about as common here as across Canada’s towns: 2.7%.
Bayshore ranks above 74% of Canadian towns on bilingual residents: 20%
English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: English 59%, French 4.2%. As a reference point, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. 6.7% of residents have French as their mother tongue, more than in 74% of Canadian towns.
Bayshore sits above 74% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (41%)
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
11% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
53% of residents 15 and over were in work
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 53%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 14% are 65 or over.
The 4th youngest of 41 towns of 14,205 to 14,774 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy is the oldest at 57, La Crète the youngest at 23.4. In age, Bayshore keeps company with Harbour Landing (31.6), Hickory Woods (33.2), Hyde Park (34.4) and Martindale (34.5).
Every neighbour of Bayshore has an older population
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore | 14,491 | — | 33.6 | 14% | 41% |
| Crystal Bay - Lakeview Park | 6,059 | 1.4 km | 48.2 | 24% | 21% |
| Qualicum - Redwood | 4,761 | 1.5 km | 40.4 | 19% | 24% |
| Britannia | 8,421 | 1.6 km | 43 | 23% | 31% |
| Queensway Terrace North | 3,160 | 1.6 km | 40.2 | 17% | 19% |
| Iris | 5,733 | 1.9 km | 38.1 | 18% | 24% |
| Leslie Park - Bruce Farm | 3,056 | 2.0 km | 45.8 | 23% | 26% |
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. The middle of Ontario’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Statistics Canada reports the census by municipality; a neighbourhood’s figures are the sum of its dissemination areas, rounded counts and all, with medians estimated from age and income groups and no 2016 count, as the 2016 areas don’t fit.
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
Questions about Bayshore’s residents
What is the average age in Bayshore?
33.6 is the median age, younger than 94% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 18%. 65 and over: 14%.
Is Bayshore bilingual?
English and French: 20% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 76%. French only: 1.8%. French mother tongue: 6.7%.
How diverse is Bayshore?
Immigrants make up 41% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 61% are members of a visible minority, and 2.7% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Bayshore?
Christian: 38%. No religion: 24%. Another religion: 38%.
Is Bayshore good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 18%. 39% of households are couple families and 14% one-parent families. Schools near Bayshore are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Bayshore?
$71,300 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Bayshore (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Bayshore?
Bayshore had 14,491 residents at the 2021 Census.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population. 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).