Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Fewer renter households than 97% of Canadian towns: 6.5%
Of the immigrants living here, 13% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. On the census count, 14% of households are one person living alone. 7.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 87% of Canadian towns. Carp had 5,621 residents in 1,950 households at the 2021 Census.
Older than 70% of Canadian towns: half of Carp is over 45.4
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 8.5% of residents. More residents aged 15 to 24 than in 80% of Canadian towns: 13%. Residents aged 65 and over: 19%, near enough the figure across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Carp, 45.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Carp households average 2.9 people, larger than in 84% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
With one-parent families at 5.9%, Carp is behind 84% of Canadian towns on that count.
Married residents 15 and over make up 60% in Carp, more than in 93% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 22% of adults, beside a typical 27%. Elsewhere, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners account for 8.6%.
89% of households live in a single-detached house, a share 86% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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
43% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 8.4% built before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. As a yardstick, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
The middle household earns $157,500 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
Half of Carp’s households had a total income above $157,500, 83% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $91,600 is the median household income across Ontario’s towns. COVID-19 benefits went to 19% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
13% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
Here 2% of residents are not Canadian citizens, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 5.8%. Most immigrants were born in Europe (49%) or in Asia (33%).
37% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 55% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns, against 9.3% in Carp. The share of residents with no religion across Canada’s towns is 35%. On the census count, 1.9% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
29% of residents speak English and French, more than in 80% of Canadian towns
Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: English 92%, French 2.2%. For comparison, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. Few places have as many residents whose mother tongue is French: 6% here, more than in 73% of Canadian towns.
Carp ranks above 85% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 51%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 0.9% here, 9.5% in the typical town. Elsewhere, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
63% of adults were employed in May 2021
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
More people work here than in the typical town: 63%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
In its size band (5,533 to 5,729), the 15th oldest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Median ages here range from 27.8 in Montcalm to 63.2 in Osoyoos. Nearest to Carp in age: Westwood (44.5), Lanoraie (44.8), Memramcook (45.6) and Oakridge (46.2).
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Carp
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carp | 5,621 | — | 45.4 | 19% | 13% |
| Brookside - Briarbrook - Morgans Grant | 15,509 | 7.4 km | 37 | 9.2% | 37% |
| Kanata Lakes | 19,861 | 8.4 km | 45.3 | 21% | 41% |
| Dunrobin | 5,724 | 9.4 km | 46.4 | 16% | 18% |
| Corkery | 3,822 | 9.5 km | 43.4 | 15% | 10% |
| Beaverbrook | 6,762 | 10.4 km | 44.9 | 22% | 27% |
| Stittsville North | 13,331 | 10.7 km | 36.3 | 9.9% | 25% |
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. For each measure we take the median of Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Statistics Canada publishes the census for municipalities, not neighbourhoods, so these figures add up the dissemination areas inside the neighbourhood. Counts are sums of StatCan’s rounded counts; the median age and income are worked out from the published age and income groups; and 2016 areas don’t add up to these, so there is no 2016 count.
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
Questions about Carp’s residents
Is Carp good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 18%. 72% of households are couple families and 5.9% one-parent families. Schools near Carp are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Carp?
$157,500 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Carp (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Carp?
Carp had 5,621 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Carp?
45.4 is the median age, older than 70% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 18%. 65 and over: 19%.
Is Carp bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 29% are. Another 0.1% speak only French and 70% only English, and French is the first language of 6%.
How diverse is Carp?
Immigrants make up 13% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 9.3% are members of a visible minority, and 1.9% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Carp?
Christian: 58%. No religion: 37%. Another religion: 5.1%.
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).