Photo: Benjamin Pickles · CC BY-SA 2.0Below 83% of Canadian towns: 12% of households rent their home
The share of one-person households is 19%, against 27% across Canada’s towns. Here, nearly two in five residents said they have no religion. The median age in Paris is 44, higher than in 62% of Canadian towns. Statistics Canada puts the town’s population at 45,565 for July 2025. Every figure here is for Brant as a whole, the municipality Paris belongs to.
Paris’s population changed by +11% since 2016, more than in 84% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 15%. Across Ontario’s towns the median is +6%, and across Canada’s towns +4%.
A larger share of children under 15 than 61% of Canadian towns: 17%
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents. Few places have as many residents aged 65 and over: 20% here, more than in three fifths of Canadian towns. Typically, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Paris, 44. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
2.7 people per household, more than in 76% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families: 6.9% here and 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
56% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 82% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up nearly a quarter of adults, beside a typical 27%. Locally, 9.1% of residents 15 and over live common-law.
Paris sits above 74% of Canadian towns for households in single-detached houses (81%)
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
31% of homes were built before 1961 and 29% in 2001 or later. Set beside that, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. On households in buildings of five or more storeys, 0.5% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
The middle household earns $106,000 a year
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
The middle household in Paris had $106,000 before tax, 23% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among Ontario’s towns, the typical figure is $91,600. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 24% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
11% of residents are immigrants
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
Set against 5.8% across Canada’s towns, 2.1% of residents are not Canadian citizens in Paris. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (59%) and in Asia (23%). This Ontario town has fewer immigrants than 63% of Canadian towns, at 11%.
58% said they are Christian and 39% that they have no religion
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents make up 6.7%, against 15% across Canada’s towns. Census figures put Indigenous residents at 2.4% in Paris.
90% have English as their mother tongue; 3.9% also speak French
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
7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns, against 3.9% in Paris. On the census count, 0.7% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 23% in Paris, less than in 58% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 8.6% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. Set beside that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 60% of residents aged 15 and over
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
60% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
In its size band (39,523 to 51,756), the 12th oldest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Prince Albert is the youngest of them at 35.2; Shawinigan, at 54.4, the oldest. Clarkson - Lorne Park (43.9), West Kelowna (44), Saint-Eustache (44.8) and Pointe-aux-Trembles (45.3): the towns nearest Paris in median age.
No nearby town is as old as Paris
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paris | 45,565 | — | 44 | 20% | 11% |
| Brantford | 123,521 | 9.6 km | 40.8 | 19% | 16% |
| Ayr | 13,051 | 13.9 km | 42.4 | 17% | 12% |
| Plattsville | 8,251 | 16.4 km | 42.8 | 17% | 7% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- 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. The middle of Ontario’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
Questions about Paris’s residents
What is the average age in Paris?
The median age is 44, older than 62% of Canadian towns. 17% are under 15 and 20% 65 or older.
Is Paris bilingual?
3.9% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 96% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.7%.
How diverse is Paris?
Immigrants: 11% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 6.7%. Indigenous identity: 2.4%.
What religion are people in Paris?
39% said they have no religion and 58% that they are Christian; 3.2% named another faith.
Is Paris good for families?
17% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 65% of households and one-parent families 6.9%. Schools near Paris are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Paris?
Half of Paris’s households had more than $106,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Paris?
About 45,565, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 39,474 people in Paris, 11% more than 2016.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population · Statistics Canada, population estimates for 1 July 2025 (table 17-10-0155). 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).