Photo: Jfvoll · CC BY-SA 4.0Children under 15: 23%, a higher share than 95% of Canadian towns
Where just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns, Perth East has 22%. Some 13,423 people live in the town, by the estimate for July 2025. For Perth East, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 6%. Compared with other places, households in single-detached houses are common here: 88%, more than in 85% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Perth East
Younger than most towns
Half of Perth East’s residents are under 36.4 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 23% are under 15 and 16% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Slower than most: +3% since 2016, behind 60% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Ontario’s towns, by more than +6%. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 7% higher again.
Perth East is younger than 85% of Canadian towns: a median age of 36.4
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
16% of residents are 65 or over (Canada’s towns: 19%). Here, 14% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Perth East, 36.4. 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 90% of Canadian towns: 3 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.
Against a figure of 8.2% across Canada’s towns, the share of one-parent families in Perth East comes in at 4.4%. For Perth East, the census puts one-person households at 18%.
Perth East ranks above 93% of Canadian towns on married residents 15 and over: 60%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: just over a quarter of adults, against a typical 27%. Fewer common-law partners than in just over four fifths of Canadian towns: 6.6%. On average, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Perth East sits below 67% of Canadian towns for renter households (18%)
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
Older homes outnumber new: 43% predate 1961, 15% date from 2001 or later. As a yardstick, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
Median gross household income: $96,000 a year
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
Half of Perth East’s households had a total income above $96,000, 12% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). For Ontario’s towns, the median household income is $91,600. COVID-19 benefits went to 18% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
6% of residents are immigrants
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
Most recent wave: 16% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%). Fewer residents without Canadian citizenship than in 83% of Canadian towns: 1.4%. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (51%) and in the Americas (44%).
78% said they are Christian and 22% that they have no religion
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The share of Indigenous residents trails 83% of Canadian towns: 0.9%. In Perth East, 1% of residents belong to a visible minority.
77% have English as their mother tongue; 2.1% also speak 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
Against a figure of 1.5% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents whose mother tongue is French in Perth East comes in at 0.2%. Lower than in 97% of Canadian towns: 2.1% of residents speak English and French. At home: English 86%, French 0.1%.
12% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, below 91% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 29% (typical 9.5%). The usual figure: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 70% of residents aged 15 and over
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
70% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
Ranked by age, 10th youngest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The group spans Redstone, youngest at 32, to Sidney, oldest at 62. Nearest to Perth East in age: Stittsville North (36.3), Madoc (36.4), West Queen West (36.6) and Palmerston-Little Italy (37).
Median age: 1 of the 2 towns around Perth East are older
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
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.
- 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.
Questions about Perth East’s residents
What is the median income in Perth East?
$96,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Perth East (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Perth East?
Statistics Canada estimates 13,423 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 12,595 in Perth East, 3% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Perth East?
36.4 is the median age, younger than 85% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 23%. 65 and over: 16%.
Is Perth East bilingual?
English and French: 2.1% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 96%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 0.2%.
How diverse is Perth East?
Immigrants make up 6% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 1% are members of a visible minority, and 0.9% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Perth East?
Christian: 78%. No religion: 22%. Another religion: 0.4%.
Is Perth East good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 23%. 71% of households are couple families and 4.4% one-parent families. Schools near Perth East are on its Schools page.
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).