Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0Plattsville sits above 89% of Canadian towns for households in single-detached houses (90%)
Recent arrivals are 6.6% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. Here, 7.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Fewer one-person households than in 85% of Canadian towns: 17%. With about 8,251 residents in July 2025, Plattsville counted 2,780 households at the 2021 Census. Statistics Canada counts Plattsville as part of Blandford-Blenheim: the figures on this page are the municipality’s.
Plattsville changed by +2% from 2016 to 2021, behind 63% 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
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 9%. Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +6% across Ontario’s towns.
Above 66% of Canadian towns: 18% of residents are under 15
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
No age band is larger than 55–59: 8.5% of residents. The highest share aged 65 or over among Ontario’s towns is Northern Bruce Peninsula’s: 41%. Against that, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Plattsville, 42.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women.
Larger households than 76% of Canadian towns: 2.7 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.
4.9% of households are one-parent families, against 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of married residents 15 and over than 86% of Canadian towns: 57%
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: 22% of adults (typical: 27%). Set beside that, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. For Plattsville, the census puts common-law partners at 11%.
Renter households: 15%, a lower share than 76% 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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. The comparison figure for renter households is 25% across Canada’s towns. Older homes outnumber new: 40% predate 1961, 20% date from 2001 or later.
The middle household earns $107,000 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Plattsville’s median household took in $107,000 before tax, 24% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across Ontario’s towns is $91,600. COVID-19 benefits went to 23% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
7% 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
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (74%) and in the Americas (14%). Compared with other places, residents without Canadian citizenship are scarce here: 1.4%, fewer than in 83% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, 17% of residents are immigrants; in Plattsville, 7%.
43% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 74% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents make up 2.9%, against 15% across Canada’s towns. For comparison, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. 1.9% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
93% have English as their mother tongue; 3.2% 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
Compared with 7.5% across Canada’s towns, 3.2% of residents speak English and French here. Lower than in 86% of Canadian towns: 0.7% of residents have French as their mother tongue. At home: English 98%, French 0.1%.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 18% in Plattsville, less than in 72% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 9.7% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. By way of comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
64% of residents 15 and over were in work
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 64%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
16th highest median age among 41 towns of 8,127 to 8,375
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The span goes from 30.5 (South Pointe) up to 54 (La Malbaie). Vermilion River County (42.4), Torbay (42.8), Elmvale - Canterbury (43.6) and Southdale (44.7): the towns nearest Plattsville in median age.
Older than Plattsville: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plattsville | 8,251 | — | 42.8 | 17% | 7% |
| Ayr | 13,051 | 13.4 km | 42.4 | 17% | 12% |
| Paris | 45,565 | 16.4 km | 44 | 20% | 11% |
| Rosenberg | 9,831 | 17.9 km | 32.1 | 4.4% | 39% |
| Huron South | 5,555 | 18.0 km | 33.6 | 7.2% | 39% |
| Woodstock | 55,572 | 18.4 km | 40.8 | 20% | 15% |
| Doon South | 15,044 | 18.7 km | 33.9 | 7.7% | 36% |
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. 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. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
Questions about Plattsville’s residents
What is the average age in Plattsville?
The median age is 42.8, older than 54% of Canadian towns. 18% are under 15 and 17% 65 or older.
Is Plattsville bilingual?
3.2% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 97% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.7%.
How diverse is Plattsville?
Immigrants: 7% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 2.9%. Indigenous identity: 1.9%.
What religion are people in Plattsville?
43% said they have no religion and 56% that they are Christian; 1.1% named another faith.
Is Plattsville good for families?
18% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 68% of households and one-parent families 4.9%. Schools near Plattsville are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Plattsville?
Half of Plattsville’s households had more than $107,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Plattsville?
About 8,251, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 7,565 people in Plattsville, 2% 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).