Photo: Deinocheirus · CC BY-SA 3.0Beaverbrook sits below 82% of Canadian towns for households in single-detached houses (33%)
Here 11% of households are one-parent families, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 8.2%. Beaverbrook counted 6,762 residents and 2,810 households at the 2021 Census. Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over. The median age here is 44.9, higher than in two thirds of Canadian towns.
12% of residents are aged 15 to 24, a share 71% of Canadian towns don’t reach
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
On the census count, 16% of residents are under 15.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Beaverbrook, 44.9. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women.
28% of households are one person living alone, a share 53% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Households here average 2.4 people each. Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-person households is 27%.
7.9% of residents 15 and over live common-law, below 73% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
28% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). For comparison, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
9.8% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, a share 79% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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
Newer homes outnumber old: 18% date from 2001 or later, 1.6% from before 1961. 26% of households rent their home, against 25% across Canada’s towns.
Household income, middle of the range: $106,700 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Beaverbrook’s, at $106,700, is 24% higher. For Ontario’s towns, the median household income is $91,600. In 2020, 22% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
Immigrants: 27%, a higher share than 67% of Canadian towns
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
37% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. For immigrants, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 17%. The share of residents without Canadian citizenship stands at 9.9%.
More visible minority residents than 63% of Canadian towns: 26%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (5.5%) and Hindu (2.4%). Visible minority residents make up 15% across Canada’s towns. Compared with 35% across Canada’s towns, 36% of residents said they have no religion here.
Beaverbrook ranks above 79% of Canadian towns on bilingual residents: 28%
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
At home: English 81%, French 2.4%. For bilingual residents, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 7.5%. On residents whose mother tongue is French, Beaverbrook sits higher than 72% of Canadian towns: 5.3%.
51% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 86% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
2.7% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
In work on census day: 54% of adults
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
With 22% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 54% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Of 41 towns its size (6,613 to 6,914 people), the 13th oldest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Southern Gulf Islands is the oldest at 61.6, Rhineland the youngest at 27.2. The closest ages to Beaverbrook’s belong to Old Tuxedo (43.9), Parkhill (44), Harrietsfield (46.2) and Willow Park (46.7).
Beaverbrook and its 6 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaverbrook | 6,762 | — | 44.9 | 22% | 27% |
| Katimavik-Hazeldean | 11,437 | 2.2 km | 43.3 | 19% | 23% |
| Kanata Lakes | 19,861 | 2.5 km | 45.3 | 21% | 41% |
| Brookside - Briarbrook - Morgans Grant | 15,509 | 4.1 km | 37 | 9.2% | 37% |
| Glen Cairn | 14,020 | 4.6 km | 37.5 | 14% | 26% |
| Bells Corners West | 4,422 | 5.0 km | 40.1 | 18% | 25% |
| Bridlewood - Emerald Meadows | 25,824 | 5.5 km | 39.4 | 13% | 26% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
- 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.
Questions about Beaverbrook’s residents
Is Beaverbrook bilingual?
English and French: 28% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 71%. French only: 0.2%. French mother tongue: 5.3%.
How diverse is Beaverbrook?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 27%. A visible minority makes up 26% and Indigenous residents 2.5%.
What religion are people in Beaverbrook?
Most often Christian (53%) or no religion (36%); other religions make up 12%.
Is Beaverbrook good for families?
Children under 15 are 16% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 52% of households and one-parent families 11%. Schools near Beaverbrook are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Beaverbrook?
Median total household income in Beaverbrook was $106,700 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Beaverbrook?
The 2021 Census counted 6,762 people in Beaverbrook.
What is the average age in Beaverbrook?
Half the residents are older than 44.9 and half younger, older than 67% of Canadian towns; 16% are children under 15 and 22% are 65 or over.
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).