Photo: Canadian Postcard Company · Public domainA smaller share of renter households than 96% of Canadian towns: 6.8%
The figure for residents who moved in within the year is 6.4% in Fallingbrook and 11% across Canada’s towns. One-person households account for 15%. Lower than in nearly four fifths of Canadian towns: 24% of residents said they have no religion. At the 2021 Census, 17,836 people lived in the neighbourhood, in 6,430 households.
What stands out about the people of Fallingbrook
A bilingual neighbourhood
Both official languages: 52% of residents speak English and French, more than in 91% of Canadian towns. Another 2.3% speak only French and 45% only English. English & French ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Above 91% of Canadian towns: 52% of residents speak English and French
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. 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
5.6% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 0.6% speak neither official language. As a yardstick, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. Compared with other places, residents whose mother tongue is French are common here: 27%, more than in 79% of Canadian towns.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 13%, a higher share than 78% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with nearly one in ten residents. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 66% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Fallingbrook, 42.9. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
2.8 people per household, more than in 80% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Canada’s towns, 8.2% of households are one-parent families; in Fallingbrook, 9.3%.
Married residents 15 and over: 54%, a higher share than 77% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Just over a quarter of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. By way of comparison, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners account for 8.9%.
Households in buildings of five or more storeys: 1.2%, a higher share than 62% 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
1.4% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 1.1% built before 1961. Against a figure of 64% across Canada’s towns, the share of households in single-detached houses in Fallingbrook comes in at 65%.
The midpoint household income is $133,400 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run high in Fallingbrook: half had more than $133,400, 55% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Ontario’s towns have a median of $91,600. COVID-19 benefits went to 21% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
Fallingbrook sits above 55% of Canadian towns for immigrants (20%)
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
Nearly a quarter of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. On average, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (36%) and in Africa (21%).
25% of residents belong to a visible minority, a share 61% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (6.1%). Measured more widely, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. There is little gap on Indigenous residents: 2.5%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Fallingbrook ranks above 75% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 42%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 2.8%, beside a typical 9.5%. Across Canada’s towns, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.
61% of residents 15 and over were in work
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, below this 61%.
The 11th oldest of 41 towns of 17,341 to 18,364 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Schmidtville is the youngest of them at 29; Edmundston, at 54, the oldest. In age, Fallingbrook keeps company with Oakbank (42.4), Canmore (42.8), Victoria Village (43) and Sainte-Catherine (43.6).
4 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Fallingbrook
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fallingbrook | 17,836 | — | 42.9 | 16% | 20% |
| Queenswood Heights | 8,998 | 1.4 km | 47.7 | 25% | 16% |
| Cardinal Creek | 11,676 | 1.8 km | 39.9 | 13% | 20% |
| Queenswood - Chatelaine | 4,537 | 1.9 km | 47.4 | 26% | 16% |
| Portobello South | 29,960 | 2.8 km | 35.2 | 8.7% | 30% |
| Orleans Village - Chateauneuf | 12,399 | 3.0 km | 46.6 | 22% | 18% |
| Convent Glen - Orleans Woods | 14,118 | 4.0 km | 46.8 | 26% | 17% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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.
- 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. 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 Fallingbrook’s residents
Is Fallingbrook good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 17%. 66% of households are couple families and 9.3% one-parent families. Schools near Fallingbrook are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Fallingbrook?
$133,400 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Fallingbrook (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Fallingbrook?
The 2021 Census counted 17,836 people in Fallingbrook.
What is the average age in Fallingbrook?
42.9 is the median age, older than 55% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 17%. 65 and over: 16%.
Is Fallingbrook bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 52% are. Another 2.3% speak only French and 45% only English, and French is the first language of 27%.
How diverse is Fallingbrook?
Immigrants make up 20% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 25% are members of a visible minority, and 2.5% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Fallingbrook?
Christian: 67%. No religion: 24%. Another religion: 9.2%.
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).