Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0In Dunrobin, 3.2% of households rent their home, fewer than in 99% of Canadian towns
The average household has 2.9 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Here, 14% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Fewer residents who moved in within the year than in 86% of Canadian towns: 7.6%. Dunrobin counted 5,724 residents and 1,970 households at the 2021 Census.
Dunrobin is older than 74% of Canadian towns: a median age of 46.4
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.
No age band is larger than 55–59: one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. 16% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 65% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Dunrobin, 46.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
12% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 95% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
5.1% of households are one-parent families; across Canada’s towns the figure is 8.2%. Typically, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of married residents 15 and over than 92% of Canadian towns, at 59%
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 nearly a quarter of adults, beside a typical 27%. The census found that 9.4% of residents 15 and over live common-law in Dunrobin.
In Dunrobin, 99% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 99% 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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. The usual figure: 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 31% date from 2001 or later, 8.9% from before 1961.
A median household income of $168,100 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 Dunrobin: half had more than $168,100, 95% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Ontario’s towns: $91,600. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 21% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
Dunrobin: 18% of residents are immigrants, above 52% 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 35%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
14% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Europe (45%) or in Asia (35%). On residents without Canadian citizenship, Dunrobin sits lower than 64% of Canadian towns: 3.2%. Across the comparison, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns.
Dunrobin sits above 59% of Canadian towns for residents with no religion (38%)
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Indigenous residents account for 1.8%. On religion, 56% answered Christian and 38% no religion, against 54% and 35% across Canada’s towns.
30% of residents speak English and French, a share 81% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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
Across Canada’s towns, 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue; in Dunrobin, 6.3%. 5.5% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 0.6% speak neither official language. On average, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Dunrobin sits above 82% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (47%)
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
2.1% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%). Typically, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 60% of residents aged 15 and over
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 60%.
Ranked by age, 13th oldest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Osoyoos is the oldest at 63.2, Montcalm the youngest at 27.8. Rosedale Village (45), Heritage Park (45.1), Sandstone Valley (46.9) and Annapolis County, Subdivision C (50): the towns nearest Dunrobin in median age.
Dunrobin is older than every town around it
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunrobin | 5,724 | — | 46.4 | 16% | 18% |
| Pontiac | 6,490 | 7.4 km | 41.6 | 15% | 3.1% |
| Brookside - Briarbrook - Morgans Grant | 15,509 | 9.0 km | 37 | 9.2% | 37% |
| Carp | 5,621 | 9.4 km | 45.4 | 19% | 13% |
| Des Explorateurs | 31,128 | 10.5 km | 39 | 15% | 17% |
| Kanata Lakes | 19,861 | 12.6 km | 45.3 | 21% | 41% |
| Beaverbrook | 6,762 | 13.0 km | 44.9 | 22% | 27% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. The figures sum the neighbourhood’s dissemination areas, since the census is published for municipalities only. Medians are estimated from the age and income groups, counts carry Statistics Canada’s rounding, and no 2016 count matches these boundaries.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Dunrobin’s residents
Is Dunrobin bilingual?
English and French: 30% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 69%. French only: 0.1%. French mother tongue: 6.3%.
How diverse is Dunrobin?
Immigrants: 18% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 15%. Indigenous identity: 1.8%.
What religion are people in Dunrobin?
38% said they have no religion and 56% that they are Christian; 6.7% named another faith.
Is Dunrobin good for families?
16% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 74% of households and one-parent families 5.1%. Schools near Dunrobin are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Dunrobin?
Half of Dunrobin’s households had more than $168,100 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Dunrobin?
5,724, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Dunrobin alone.
What is the average age in Dunrobin?
The median age is 46.4, older than 74% of Canadian towns. 16% are under 15 and 16% 65 or older.
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).