Photo: unknown. Canada. Department of National Defence. · Public domainHalf of Picton is over 56.8, older than 97% of Canadian towns
Of the immigrants living here, 7.6% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. Statistics Canada puts Picton’s population at 27,544 for July 2025. In Picton, 7% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Few places have as many households in single-detached houses: 86% here, more than in just over four fifths of Canadian towns. Statistics Canada counts Picton as part of Prince Edward County: the figures on this page are the municipality’s.
What stands out about the people of Picton
Older than most towns
The middle resident of Picton is 56.8; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 34% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A +4% change since 2016: slower than 51% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 7%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 96% of Canadian towns: 34%
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with 10% of residents, 1.5 times the share across Canada’s towns. For comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. In Picton, just over one in ten residents are under 15.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Picton, 56.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women.
2.2 people per household, fewer than in 74% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Where 8.2% of households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns, Picton has 5.7%. Locally, 27% of households are one person living alone.
More married residents 15 and over than 73% of Canadian towns: 53%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 18% of adults (typical: 27%). Across the comparison, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. For Picton, the census puts common-law partners at 12%.
18% of households rent their home, below 66% of Canadian towns
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
Just over a third of homes were built before 1961 and 21% in 2001 or later. Against that, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. On households in buildings of five or more storeys, 0.1% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
$81,000 a year: where the middle household sits
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Picton had $81,000 before tax, 6% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Ontario’s towns the median is $91,600. In 2020, 21% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 50% of Canadian towns
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
Across Canada’s towns, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens; in Picton, 1.9%. The share of immigrants stands at 10%.
Picton: 44% of residents said they have no religion, above 76% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
With visible minority residents at 3.1%, Picton is behind 76% of Canadian towns on that count. Locally, 3.2% of residents have an Indigenous identity. To put it in context, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
1.6% of residents have French as their mother tongue, more than in 52% of Canadian towns
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
Census figures put bilingual residents at 7.6% in Picton. To put it in context, 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns.
Only 24% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher in Picton
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 9.2% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. As a reference point, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
46% of adults were employed in May 2021
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
46% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 34% are 65 or more.
1st highest median age among 41 towns of 26,497 to 28,591
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
At one end is Montagne (32.2), at the other Picton (56.8). Next to Picton on this scale come Thetford Mines (53.6) and Lunenburg (53.6).
The towns around Picton are all younger
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are. Picton has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 18–29 km out.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Picton | 27,544 | — | 56.8 | 34% | 10% |
| Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory | 3,028 | 18.2 km | 48 | 22% | 0% |
| Belleville | 62,914 | 19.5 km | 45.2 | 24% | 9.3% |
| Deseronto | 1,844 | 25.0 km | 44 | 19% | 4.1% |
| Quinte West | 50,385 | 27.0 km | 45.6 | 22% | 7.6% |
| Tyendinaga | 5,005 | 29.2 km | 42.4 | 16% | 4.7% |
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. For each measure we take the median of Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
- 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 Picton’s residents
What is the median income in Picton?
Half of Picton’s households had more than $81,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Picton?
About 27,544, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 25,704 people in Picton, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Picton?
The median age is 56.8, older than 97% of Canadian towns. 12% are under 15 and 34% 65 or older.
Is Picton bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 7.6% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 92% speak only English and 0% only French; 1.6% grew up with French.
How diverse is Picton?
Immigrants: 10% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 3.1%. Indigenous identity: 3.2%.
What religion are people in Picton?
44% said they have no religion and 54% that they are Christian; 2.2% named another faith.
Is Picton good for families?
12% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 59% of households and one-parent families 5.7%. Schools near Picton 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).