Photo: Mike Kalasnik from Charlotte, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0In Iris, 16% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 96% of Canadian towns
The share of visible minority residents tops 71% of Canadian towns: 33%. There were 2,420 households in Iris at the 2021 Census, home to 5,733 people. Across Iris, just over a fifth of households live in a building of five or more storeys. The neighbourhood has more residents without Canadian citizenship than 87% of Canadian towns, at 17%.
What stands out about the people of Iris
A neighbourhood of renters
56% of households rent their home, more than in 89% of Canadian towns; 42% live in an apartment. Homes ↓
A neighbourhood people move to
19% of residents lived at another address a year before the census, 1.7 times the typical share; 45% moved within five years. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
13% of residents are under 15, below 84% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
Half of Iris’s residents are under 38.1, younger than in 76% of Canadian towns. To put it in context, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. For Iris, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 18%. The largest age band is 20–24: just over one in ten residents, 2.2 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Iris, 38.1. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
One-parent families: 10%, a higher share than 78% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Households average 2.3 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. One-person households account for 30%. Shared houses stand out: just over one in ten households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 98% of Canadian towns. Against that, nearly one in ten households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns.
Below 76% of Canadian towns: 35% of residents 15 and over are married
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
37% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). Set beside that, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners account for 13%.
Iris: 56% of households rent their home, above 89% of Canadian towns
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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
Here 43% of households live in a single-detached house, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 64%. The benchmark for renter households across Canada’s towns: 25%. Older homes outnumber new: 27% predate 1961, 3.1% date from 2001 or later.
Half above, half below $84,100 a year in household income
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
At $84,100, the middle household in Iris earned close to the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). For Ontario’s towns, the median household income is $91,600. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 28% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
19% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 91% of Canadian towns
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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 41% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. The share of residents who moved in within the year across Canada’s towns is 11%. In Iris, nearly a quarter of residents are immigrants.
More Indigenous residents than 64% of Canadian towns: 4.2%
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (6.4%) and Hindu (3.6%). The comparison figure for Indigenous residents is 2.8% across Canada’s towns. Residents with no religion are about as common here as across Canada’s towns, at 35%.
Bilingual residents make up 25% in Iris, more than in 77% of Canadian towns
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home, 11% mostly speak another language; 0.8% speak neither English nor French. The comparison figure for bilingual residents is 7.5% across Canada’s towns. Few places have as many residents whose mother tongue is French: 7.1% here, more than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
More degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 69% of Canadian towns: 38%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 6.4%, beside a typical 9.5%. On average, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 59% of adults
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
About as many work here as in the typical town: 59%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Among 41 towns of 5,642 to 5,830 people, the 11th youngest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
At one end is Montcalm (27.8), at the other Osoyoos (63.2). Confederation Park (37.9), Sherwood/McCarthy (38.1), Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan (38.8) and Forest Hill (39.4): the towns nearest Iris in median age.
Median age: 5 of the 6 towns around Iris are older
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iris | 5,733 | — | 38.1 | 18% | 24% |
| Queensway Terrace North | 3,160 | 1.1 km | 40.2 | 17% | 19% |
| Centrepointe - Briargreen | 9,259 | 1.3 km | 44.3 | 21% | 29% |
| Qualicum - Redwood | 4,761 | 1.4 km | 40.4 | 19% | 24% |
| Bayshore | 14,491 | 1.9 km | 33.6 | 14% | 41% |
| Britannia | 8,421 | 1.9 km | 43 | 23% | 31% |
| Leslie Park - Bruce Farm | 3,056 | 2.0 km | 45.8 | 23% | 26% |
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. The middle of Ontario’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Statistics Canada reports the census by municipality; a neighbourhood’s figures are the sum of its dissemination areas, rounded counts and all, with medians estimated from age and income groups and no 2016 count, as the 2016 areas don’t fit.
- 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.
Questions about Iris’s residents
What is the average age in Iris?
The median age is 38.1, younger than 76% of Canadian towns. 13% are under 15 and 18% 65 or older.
Is Iris bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 25% are. Another 1% speak only French and 73% only English, and French is the first language of 7.1%.
How diverse is Iris?
Immigrants: 24% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 33%. Indigenous identity: 4.2%.
What religion are people in Iris?
35% said they have no religion and 50% that they are Christian; 15% named another faith.
Is Iris good for families?
13% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 43% of households and one-parent families 10%. Schools near Iris are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Iris?
Half of Iris’s households had more than $84,100 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Iris?
5,733, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Iris alone.
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).