Photo: DaPuglet · CC BY-SA 2.0Renter households make up 74% in Vanier South, more than in 97% of Canadian towns
Recent arrivals are half of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. Across Vanier South, one in ten residents are under 15. On residents without Canadian citizenship, Vanier South sits higher than 90% of Canadian towns: 19%. At the 2021 Census, 7,259 people lived here, in 3,975 households.
What stands out about the people of Vanier South
A bilingual neighbourhood
48% of residents can hold a conversation in both English and French, more than in 89% of Canadian towns; 5.5% speak French only and 46% English only. English & French ↓
A neighbourhood of renters
Renters are 74% of households, more than in 97% of Canadian towns, and 88% of households live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Many people living alone
51% of households are one person living alone, more than in 97% of Canadian towns; 22% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
A neighbourhood of high-rises
Buildings of five storeys or more hold 31% of households, more than in 91% of Canadian towns, and 24% of homes are condos. Homes ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Bilingual residents make up 48% in Vanier South, more than in 89% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. 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
At home, 12% mostly speak another language; 1.7% speak neither English nor French. Elsewhere, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. Vanier South has more residents whose mother tongue is French than nearly four fifths of Canadian towns, at 29%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 69% of Canadian towns, at 22%
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
No age band is larger than 25–29: 9.7% of residents, 1.6 times the share across Canada’s towns. The usual figure: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. On the census count, just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. The median age in Vanier South is 42.9, higher than in 55% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Vanier South, 42.9. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
A higher share of one-person households than 97% of Canadian towns, at 51%
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.
Across Canada’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Vanier South, 1.8. Shared houses stand out: just over one in ten households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 98% of Canadian towns. Measured more widely, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. Locally, 8.1% of households are one-parent families.
A lower share of married residents 15 and over than 96% of Canadian towns, at 26%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Across Canada’s towns, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law; in Vanier South, 12%. 42% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%.
A higher share of households in buildings of five or more storeys than 91% of Canadian towns, at 31%
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
Compared with 64% across Canada’s towns, one in ten households live in a single-detached house here. Just over a third of homes were built before 1961 and 5.5% in 2001 or later.
Half above, half below $55,700 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. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Vanier South: half had less than $55,700, 35% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Ontario’s towns have a median of $91,600. COVID-19 benefits went to 31% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
Vanier South: 20% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, above 92% of Canadian towns
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
Most immigrants were born in Africa (32%) or in Asia (30%). Residents who moved in within the year make up 11% across Canada’s towns. Just over a quarter of residents are immigrants, a higher share than in 66% of Canadian towns.
Vanier South ranks above 71% of Canadian towns on visible minority residents: 33%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (6.9%). Few places have so few residents with no religion: 29% here, fewer than in 69% of Canadian towns. The benchmark for visible minority residents across Canada’s towns: 15%. With Indigenous residents at 5.4%, Vanier South is ahead of 72% of Canadian towns on that count.
Vanier South sits above 60% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (32%)
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 12% (typical 9.5%). Measured more widely, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 48% of residents aged 15 and over
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 48% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Among 41 towns of 7,131 to 7,391 people, the 15th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The span goes from 32.8 (Niverville) up to 58 (Trent Lakes). Nearest to Vanier South in age: Les Cèdres (41.2), Haysboro (42.4), Whyte Ridge (44.5) and North River Heights (44.6).
Around Vanier South, 2 of 6 towns have a higher median age
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanier South | 7,259 | — | 42.9 | 22% | 26% |
| Vanier North | 10,498 | 0.9 km | 40.3 | 18% | 19% |
| Overbrook | 19,953 | 1.0 km | 37.9 | 16% | 32% |
| Sandy Hill | 13,830 | 1.9 km | 29.7 | 13% | 24% |
| Manor Park | 9,491 | 1.9 km | 47.8 | 26% | 25% |
| New Edinburgh | 5,728 | 2.0 km | 50.2 | 29% | 23% |
| Lowertown East | 6,996 | 2.1 km | 39.1 | 21% | 29% |
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. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Ontario’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- 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. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
Questions about Vanier South’s residents
What religion are people in Vanier South?
Christian: 61%. No religion: 29%. Another religion: 11%.
Is Vanier South good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 9.9%. 26% of households are couple families and 8.1% one-parent families. Schools near Vanier South are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Vanier South?
$55,700 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Vanier South (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Vanier South?
Vanier South had 7,259 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Vanier South?
42.9 is the median age, older than 55% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 9.9%. 65 and over: 22%.
Is Vanier South bilingual?
English and French: 48% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 46%. French only: 5.5%. French mother tongue: 29%.
How diverse is Vanier South?
Immigrants make up 26% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 33% are members of a visible minority, and 5.4% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
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).