Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0A higher share of one-parent families than 93% of Canadian towns, at 13%
With households in buildings of five or more storeys at 9.9%, Blackburn Hamlet is ahead of 79% of Canadian towns on that count. Higher than in 71% of Canadian towns: 23% of residents are 65 or over. At the 2021 Census, 7,606 people lived in the neighbourhood, in 2,945 households. Children under 15 account for 18%.
What stands out about the people of Blackburn Hamlet
A bilingual neighbourhood
Both official languages: 46% of residents speak English and French, more than in 88% of Canadian towns. Another 2.4% speak only French and 52% only English. English & French ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Older than 56% of Canadian towns: half of Blackburn Hamlet is over 43.1
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
In Blackburn Hamlet, 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24, beside 11% across Canada’s towns. No age band is larger than 30–34: 6.6% of residents.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Blackburn Hamlet, 43.1. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
One-person households: 22%, a lower share than 69% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Households average 2.5 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. The comparison figure for one-person households is 27% across Canada’s towns.
10% of residents 15 and over live common-law, below 55% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 26% of adults, beside a typical 27%. Typically, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
39% of households live in a single-detached house, fewer than in 78% 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
Older homes outnumber new: 5.4% predate 1961, 3.4% date from 2001 or later. Against that, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Renter households are about as common here as across Canada’s towns, at 25%.
Median gross household income: $100,300 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Blackburn Hamlet had $100,300 before tax, 17% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). For Ontario’s towns, the median household income is $91,600. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 24% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
17% of residents are immigrants
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 35%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Recent arrivals are 22% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. 11% lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (32%), then in Europe (26%).
Blackburn Hamlet sits above 57% of Canadian towns for visible minority residents (21%)
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
33% of residents said they have no religion (Canada’s towns: 35%). Among other religions: Muslim (4.2%). Across Canada’s towns, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority.
More bilingual residents than 88% of Canadian towns: 46%
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
The share of residents whose mother tongue is French tops 78% of Canadian towns: 20%. For bilingual residents, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 7.5%. At home, 6.3% mostly speak another language; 0.9% speak neither English nor French.
Blackburn Hamlet ranks above 70% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 39%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 6.3%, 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.
An employment rate of 57%
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment here, 57%, matches the middle of Canada’s towns (58%) within a couple of points.
Among 41 towns of 7,447 to 7,770 people, the 20th youngest
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The span goes from 34.4 (Ambleside) up to 57.6 (Louiseville). In age, Blackburn Hamlet keeps company with Lakeview (42.3), Eastview (42.7), Playter Estates-Danforth (43.5) and Brazeau County (43.6).
A younger town than 3 of the 6 around it: Blackburn Hamlet
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackburn Hamlet | 7,606 | — | 43.1 | 23% | 17% |
| Greenbelt (east) | 3,094 | 0.8 km | 44.4 | 26% | 14% |
| Beacon Hill South - Cardinal Heights | 7,746 | 3.0 km | 40.7 | 19% | 32% |
| Chapel Hill North | 11,715 | 3.1 km | 43.2 | 19% | 23% |
| Chapel Hill South | 14,278 | 3.2 km | 37.8 | 12% | 29% |
| Pineview | 6,346 | 3.5 km | 38.1 | 15% | 30% |
| Rothwell Heights - Beacon Hill North | 10,985 | 3.8 km | 47.3 | 25% | 25% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. There is no census profile for a neighbourhood, so we add up the dissemination areas inside it. Each count is a sum of Statistics Canada’s rounded counts, the median age and income come from the published groups, and with 2016’s areas drawn differently there is no 2016 count.
- 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. 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. Two medians frame each figure: one for Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
Questions about Blackburn Hamlet’s residents
Is Blackburn Hamlet good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 18%. 56% of households are couple families and 13% one-parent families. Schools near Blackburn Hamlet are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Blackburn Hamlet?
$100,300 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Blackburn Hamlet (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Blackburn Hamlet?
The 2021 Census counted 7,606 people in Blackburn Hamlet.
What is the average age in Blackburn Hamlet?
43.1 is the median age, older than 56% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 18%. 65 and over: 23%.
Is Blackburn Hamlet bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 46% are. Another 2.4% speak only French and 52% only English, and French is the first language of 20%.
How diverse is Blackburn Hamlet?
Immigrants make up 17% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 21% are members of a visible minority, and 2.7% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Blackburn Hamlet?
Christian: 59%. No religion: 33%. Another religion: 8.1%.
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).