Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0More households in buildings of five or more storeys than 94% of Canadian towns: 43%
Just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns, against 18% in Westboro. The 2021 Census counted 12,899 residents in 6,560 households. Residents aged 15 to 24: 8% of the total. Compared with other places, residents with no religion are common here: 41%, more than in 69% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Westboro
Many graduates
68% of residents aged 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 98% of Canadian towns; 22% have a master’s. Qualifications ↓
A neighbourhood of high-rises
43% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, more than in 94% of Canadian towns; 23% of homes are condominiums. Homes ↓
Many people living alone
One-person households make up 45%, more than in 94% of Canadian towns, and 23% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
A neighbourhood of renters
Renters are 52% of households, more than in 87% of Canadian towns, and 60% of households live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Westboro ranks below 81% of Canadian towns on children under 15: 13%
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
With a median age of 44.5, Westboro is older than 65% of Canadian towns. By way of comparison, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. The largest age band is 30–34: 7.9% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Westboro, 44.5. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
45% of households are one person living alone, a share 94% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
In Westboro the average household is 1.9 people, beside 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-person households is 27%. On the census count, 6.4% of households are one-parent families.
Married residents 15 and over: 41%, a lower share than 66% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
29% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). Common-law partners: 13% of the total. The usual figure: 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Westboro: 52% of households rent their home, above 87% of Canadian towns
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
The share of households in single-detached houses trails 88% of Canadian towns: 22%. 34% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 28% built before 1961. Across Canada’s towns, renter households come to 25%.
Half above, half below $99,600 a year in household income
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Westboro’s households had a total income above $99,600, 16% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Ontario’s towns have a median of $91,600. 17% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
20% of residents are immigrants, more than in 56% 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
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (36%) and in Asia (32%). The share of immigrants across Canada’s towns is 17%. Nearly a quarter of immigrants arrived from 2011 to 2021 (typical: 27%), and non-permanent residents make up a further 1.3% of residents.
Above 56% of Canadian towns: 20% of residents belong to a visible minority
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (4.3%) and Jewish (2.5%). For visible minority residents, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 15%. 2.2% of residents have an Indigenous identity, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Above 85% of Canadian towns: 39% of residents speak English and French
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
At home, 6.8% mostly speak another language; 1.3% speak neither English nor French. Compared with other places, residents whose mother tongue is French are common here: 8.6%, more than in 75% of Canadian towns. Measured more widely, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
In Westboro, 68% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 98% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 3.1% here, 9.5% in the typical town. As a yardstick, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 59%
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
59% of residents 15 and over have a job, in line with the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Ranked by age, 17th oldest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
At one end is Thompson (31), at the other North Saanich (56.8). In age, Westboro keeps company with Kincardine (44.4), Highland Creek (44.5), View Royal (44.8) and Winchester (44.8).
Older than Westboro: 2 of the 6 towns nearby
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westboro | 12,899 | — | 44.5 | 23% | 20% |
| Island Park-Wellington Village | 5,486 | 1.2 km | 43.4 | 18% | 14% |
| Laurentian | 11,133 | 1.6 km | 45.4 | 22% | 19% |
| Carlington | 16,354 | 2.1 km | 37.6 | 14% | 32% |
| Hintonburg-Mechanicsville | 10,966 | 2.3 km | 36.9 | 15% | 19% |
| Civic Hospital | 6,091 | 2.7 km | 40.9 | 17% | 16% |
| Whitehaven - Woodpark - Glabar Park | 11,111 | 2.9 km | 51.4 | 30% | 22% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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.
- The census’s own words. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
Questions about Westboro’s residents
Is Westboro good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 13%. 44% of households are couple families and 6.4% one-parent families. Schools near Westboro are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Westboro?
$99,600 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Westboro (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Westboro?
12,899, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Westboro alone.
What is the average age in Westboro?
44.5 is the median age, older than 65% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 13%. 65 and over: 23%.
Is Westboro bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 39% are. Another 0.6% speak only French and 59% only English, and French is the first language of 8.6%.
How diverse is Westboro?
Immigrants make up 20% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 20% are members of a visible minority, and 2.2% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Westboro?
Christian: 48%. No religion: 41%. Another religion: 11%.
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).