Photo: Ross Dunn · CC BY-SA 2.0A larger share of renter households than 93% of Canadian towns: 64%
12% of residents are under 15; across Canada’s towns the figure is 16%. The 2021 Census counted 10,498 residents in 5,520 households. Here, 6.7% of residents have an Indigenous identity. The median age in Vanier North is 40.3, lower than in 62% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Vanier North
A bilingual neighbourhood
Both official languages: 51% of residents speak English and French, more than in 91% of Canadian towns. Another 3.9% speak only French and 44% only English. English & French ↓
A neighbourhood of renters
64% of households rent their home, more than in 93% of Canadian towns; 76% live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Many people living alone
46% of households are one person living alone, more than in 94% of Canadian towns; 18% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
A neighbourhood people move to
A year before the census, 18% of residents lived elsewhere, 1.7 times the typical share; over five years, 54% moved. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Bilingual residents: 51%, a higher share than 91% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. 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
The share of residents whose mother tongue is French tops 79% of Canadian towns: 29%. As a yardstick, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. At home: English 65%, French 21%.
Below 73% of Canadian towns: 9.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 30–34, with 10% of residents, 1.6 times the share across Canada’s towns. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. Across Vanier North, 18% of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Vanier North, 40.3. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Vanier North sits above 94% of Canadian towns for one-person households (46%)
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Shared houses stand out: 9.1% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 94% of Canadian towns. The comparison figure for one-person households is 27% across Canada’s towns. A household here holds 1.9 people on average. The share of one-parent families is 9.2%, against 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
Fewer married residents 15 and over than 94% of Canadian towns: 27%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
By its share of common-law partners (16%), Vanier North is above 78% of Canadian towns. For comparison, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Vanier North ranks below 92% of Canadian towns on households in single-detached houses: 13%
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
One in ten homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. Households in single-detached houses make up 64% across Canada’s towns. Census figures put households in buildings of five or more storeys at 17% in Vanier North.
Half above, half below $69,400 a year in household income
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Vanier North: half had less than $69,400, 19% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). For Ontario’s towns, the median household income is $91,600. 28% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
Residents who moved in within the year make up 18% in Vanier North, more than in 91% of Canadian towns
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
Of the immigrants living here, 37% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. Residents who moved in within the year: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. Immigrants account for 19%.
Vanier North ranks above 61% of Canadian towns on visible minority residents: 25%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canada’s towns, just over a third of residents said they have no religion; in Vanier North, 39%. Other faiths: Muslim (4.8%). Measured more widely, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns.
44% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, a share 78% of Canadian towns don’t reach
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
9.8% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
58% of adults were employed in May 2021
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. 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%, much like this 58%.
Ranked by age, 18th youngest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Median ages here range from 30.9 in McConachie to 51.3 in Markland Wood. By median age, Vanier North sits among West Hillhurst (39.9), Hidden Valley (40.1), Coal Harbour (40.9) and Saint-Zotique (41.2).
Around Vanier North, 3 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanier North | 10,498 | — | 40.3 | 18% | 19% |
| Vanier South | 7,259 | 0.9 km | 42.9 | 22% | 26% |
| New Edinburgh | 5,728 | 1.2 km | 50.2 | 29% | 23% |
| Manor Park | 9,491 | 1.2 km | 47.8 | 26% | 25% |
| Overbrook | 19,953 | 1.8 km | 37.9 | 16% | 32% |
| Lowertown East | 6,996 | 1.8 km | 39.1 | 21% | 29% |
| Sandy Hill | 13,830 | 2.0 km | 29.7 | 13% | 24% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. Each comparison is its own median: over Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
- 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.
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
Questions about Vanier North’s residents
What religion are people in Vanier North?
52% are Christian and 39% have no religion; 9.7% follow another religion.
Is Vanier North good for families?
Under 15: 12% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 32% of households. One-parent families: 9.2%. Schools near Vanier North are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Vanier North?
The median household in Vanier North took in $69,400 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Vanier North?
The 2021 Census counted 10,498 people in Vanier North.
What is the average age in Vanier North?
A median age of 40.3, younger than 62% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 12%, and people 65 and over 18%.
Is Vanier North bilingual?
English and French: 51% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 44%. French only: 3.9%. French mother tongue: 29%.
How diverse is Vanier North?
19% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 25% belong to a visible minority and 6.7% have an Indigenous identity.
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).