Photo: Cantons-de-l'Est · CC BY-SA 4.06.5% of households rent their home, below 97% of Canadian towns
One-person households make up 15%, against 27% across Canada’s towns. The 2021 Census counted 8,770 residents in 3,270 households. Across Manotick, 31% of residents said they have no religion. 1.9% of residents are not Canadian citizens, a lower share than in 77% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Manotick
Older than most towns
The middle resident of Manotick is 50; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 25% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Half of Manotick is over 50, older than 85% of Canadian towns
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 largest age band is 55–59: nearly one in ten residents. On residents aged 65 and over, Manotick sits higher than four fifths of Canadian towns: 25%. At 16%, the share of children under 15 is in line with the figure across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Manotick, 50. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
2.7 people per household, more than in 72% 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 Manotick, 4.7%.
Above 99% of Canadian towns: 63% of residents 15 and over are married
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Set against 11% across Canada’s towns, nearly one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law in Manotick. Single and never married: nearly a fifth of adults, against a typical 27%.
93% of households live in a single-detached house, a share 94% 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
Newer homes outnumber old: 26% date from 2001 or later, 8.7% from before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Measured more widely, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
$158,800 a year is the median household income here
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
Half of Manotick’s households had a total income above $158,800, 85% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The middle household across Ontario’s towns has $91,600 before tax. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 19% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
In Manotick, 13% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 65% of Canadian towns
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
Recent arrivals are 5.9% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. Typically, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (50%), then in Asia (29%).
66% said they are Christian and 31% that they have no religion
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The figure for visible minority residents is 10% in Manotick and 15% across Canada’s towns. On Indigenous residents, Manotick sits lower than 63% of Canadian towns: 1.9%.
Manotick: 32% of residents speak English and French, above 82% 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 91%, French 2.3%. The comparison figure for bilingual residents is 7.5% across Canada’s towns. Few places have as many residents whose mother tongue is French: 6.7% here, more than in 74% of Canadian towns.
54% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 89% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 2.1% (typical 9.5%). For comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
56% of residents 15 and over were in work
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.
About as many work here as in the typical town: 56%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
In its size band (8,560 to 8,989), the 5th oldest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest of these towns is Iqaluit, at 32.8; the oldest, Renfrew, is at 54. Nearest to Manotick in age: Puslinch (49.2), Electoral Area F, Nanaimo (49.6), Drummond/North Elmsley (50.8) and Pictou County, Subdivision C (52).
No nearby town is as old as Manotick
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manotick | 8,770 | — | 50 | 25% | 16% |
| Riverside South - Leitrim | 19,802 | 5.6 km | 36.7 | 9.9% | 28% |
| Stonebridge - Half Moon Bay | 28,714 | 6.1 km | 35.3 | 10% | 36% |
| Chapman Mills | 12,075 | 6.2 km | 35.5 | 9.6% | 44% |
| Rideaucrest - Davidson Heights | 13,998 | 6.9 km | 39.9 | 10% | 31% |
| Greely | 10,359 | 7.4 km | 43.6 | 15% | 16% |
| Old Barrhaven East | 23,585 | 8.0 km | 37.4 | 11% | 34% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
- 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 Manotick’s residents
What is the median income in Manotick?
$158,800 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Manotick (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Manotick?
The 2021 Census counted 8,770 people in Manotick.
What is the average age in Manotick?
50 is the median age, older than 85% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 16%. 65 and over: 25%.
Is Manotick bilingual?
English and French: 32% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 67%. French only: 0.1%. French mother tongue: 6.7%.
How diverse is Manotick?
Immigrants make up 16% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 10% are members of a visible minority, and 1.9% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Manotick?
Christian: 66%. No religion: 31%. Another religion: 3.9%.
Is Manotick good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 16%. 74% of households are couple families and 4.7% one-parent families. Schools near Manotick are on its Schools page.
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).