Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in single-detached houses make up 93% in Metcalfe, more than in 93% of Canadian towns
Here 6.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 11%. At the 2021 Census, 5,434 people lived in Metcalfe, in 1,970 households. One-person households: 16% of the total. 28% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 70% of Canadian towns.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 70% of Canadian towns: 15%
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 10% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. As a reference point, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. Here, 18% of residents are under 15. The median age in Metcalfe is 43.8, higher than in three fifths of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Metcalfe, 43.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Larger households than 79% of Canadian towns: 2.7 people on average
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families: 6.6% here and 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
Married residents 15 and over make up 56% in Metcalfe, more than in 84% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 23% of adults, beside a typical 27%. Across Canada’s towns, 46% of residents 15 and over are married. Census figures put common-law partners at 11% in Metcalfe.
Only 12% of households rent their home in Metcalfe
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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: 21% date from 2001 or later, 17% from before 1961. To put it in context, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
$133,100 a year is the median household income here
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Metcalfe had $133,100 before tax, 55% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Ontario’s towns, half of households had more than $91,600 before tax. In 2020, 21% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
7.2% of residents are immigrants
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
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
Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (51%), then in the Americas (24%). On immigrants, Metcalfe sits lower than 73% of Canadian towns: 7.2%. Recent arrivals are nearly one in ten immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns.
Metcalfe sits above 67% of Canadian towns for Indigenous residents (4.5%)
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
By its share of visible minority residents (4.8%), Metcalfe is below 69% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, Indigenous residents come to 2.8%.
A larger share of bilingual residents than 82% of Canadian towns: 33%
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Compared with 1.5% across Canada’s towns, 9.4% of residents have French as their mother tongue here. The share of bilingual residents across Canada’s towns is 7.5%. At home: English 92%, French 4.4%.
26% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 51% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 6.2% (typical 9.5%). Across the comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 64% of residents aged 15 and over
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, below this 64%.
41 towns of 5,337 to 5,533 people: this is the 19th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
They run from Chisasibi, at 26.6, to Electoral Area L, Cariboo, at 60. The towns whose median age is nearest to Metcalfe’s: North Gower - Kars (43.5), Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce (43.6), Stonewall (44) and Wingham (44).
Metcalfe and its 6 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metcalfe | 5,434 | — | 43.8 | 15% | 7.2% |
| Greely | 10,359 | 9.9 km | 43.6 | 15% | 16% |
| Edwards - Carlsbad Springs | 3,536 | 10.8 km | 48.4 | 21% | 9.9% |
| Embrun | 23,655 | 13.5 km | 39.6 | 14% | 6.7% |
| Osgoode - Vernon | 6,398 | 14.1 km | 44.7 | 18% | 8.4% |
| Findlay Creek | 14,089 | 14.3 km | 32.9 | 6.6% | 39% |
| Manotick | 8,770 | 16.5 km | 50 | 25% | 16% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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. 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. There is no census profile for a neighbourhood, so we add up the dissemination areas inside it. Each count is a sum of Statistics Canada’s rounded counts, the median age and income come from the published groups, and with 2016’s areas drawn differently there is no 2016 count.
Questions about Metcalfe’s residents
How diverse is Metcalfe?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 7.2%. A visible minority makes up 4.8% and Indigenous residents 4.5%.
What religion are people in Metcalfe?
Most often Christian (71%) or no religion (28%); other religions make up 1%.
Is Metcalfe good for families?
Children under 15 are 18% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 69% of households and one-parent families 6.6%. Schools near Metcalfe are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Metcalfe?
Median total household income in Metcalfe was $133,100 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Metcalfe?
Metcalfe had 5,434 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Metcalfe?
Half the residents are older than 43.8 and half younger, older than 60% of Canadian towns; 18% are children under 15 and 15% are 65 or over.
Is Metcalfe bilingual?
English and French: 33% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 67%. French only: 0.3%. French mother tongue: 9.4%.
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).