Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Below 97% of Canadian towns: 6.4% of households rent their home
The share of residents aged 65 and over trails nearly three quarters of Canadian towns: 15%. The 2021 Census counted 10,359 residents in 3,525 households. Here, 12% of households are one person living alone. Lower than in 77% of Canadian towns: 8.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Greely ranks above 79% of Canadian towns on children under 15: 19%
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.
Here 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 11%. The median age in Greely is 43.6, higher than in 59% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Greely, 43.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Bigger households than 88% of Canadian towns: 2.9 people each on average
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The figure for one-parent families is 5.7% in Greely and 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of married residents 15 and over than 95% of Canadian towns, at 60%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%; Greely has 9%. The wider picture: 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Above 89% of Canadian towns: 90% of households live in a single-detached house
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. 47% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 5.8% built before 1961. Across Canada’s towns, 64% of households live in a single-detached house.
The midpoint household income is $157,200 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
At $157,200, the middle household in Greely out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 83%. Across Ontario’s towns the median is $91,600. The pandemic’s benefits: 21% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
16% 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
Residents without Canadian citizenship make up 3%, against 5.8% across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Asia (40%) or in Europe (37%).
Below 71% of Canadian towns: 28% of residents said they have no religion
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (3.2%). The usual figure: 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Bilingual residents: 36%, a higher share than 84% 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
By its share of residents whose mother tongue is French (10%), Greely is above 76% of Canadian towns. To put it in context, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. At home: English 87%, French 4.2%.
43% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 76% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
5.5% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
An employment rate of 63%
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 63%.
In its size band (10,147 to 10,571), the 14th oldest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The group spans McConachie, youngest at 30.9, to Leeds and the Thousand Islands, oldest at 52. The towns whose median age is nearest to Greely’s: Wheatland County (42.4), Dover (43.2), City Centre (44.4) and Masonville (44.5).
Nearby, 2 of 6 towns have older populations than Greely
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greely | 10,359 | — | 43.6 | 15% | 16% |
| Manotick | 8,770 | 7.4 km | 50 | 25% | 16% |
| Findlay Creek | 14,089 | 7.4 km | 32.9 | 6.6% | 39% |
| Riverside South - Leitrim | 19,802 | 7.9 km | 36.7 | 9.9% | 28% |
| Metcalfe | 5,434 | 9.9 km | 43.8 | 15% | 7.2% |
| Rideaucrest - Davidson Heights | 13,998 | 10.0 km | 39.9 | 10% | 31% |
| Chapman Mills | 12,075 | 10.8 km | 35.5 | 9.6% | 44% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Built up from dissemination areas: Statistics Canada stops at the municipality. Rounded counts are added together and medians estimated from the published groups. The 2016 areas don’t line up with these, so the change since 2016 isn’t shown.
- What these tables don’t give. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- 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 Greely’s residents
What is the average age in Greely?
Half the residents are older than 43.6 and half younger, older than 59% of Canadian towns; 19% are children under 15 and 15% are 65 or over.
Is Greely bilingual?
English and French: 36% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 63%. French only: 0.3%. French mother tongue: 10%.
How diverse is Greely?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 16%. A visible minority makes up 15% and Indigenous residents 2.8%.
What religion are people in Greely?
Most often Christian (66%) or no religion (28%); other religions make up 6.2%.
Is Greely good for families?
Children under 15 are 19% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 73% of households and one-parent families 5.7%. Schools near Greely are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Greely?
Median total household income in Greely was $157,200 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Greely?
Greely had 10,359 residents at the 2021 Census.
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).