Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0More households in single-detached houses than 94% of Canadian towns: 93%
With residents aged 65 and over at 22%, Plympton-Wyoming is ahead of 68% of Canadian towns on that count. Some 9,548 people live in the town, by the estimate for July 2025. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 7.3% in the town. The median age here is 45.6, higher than in 71% of Canadian towns.
Plympton-Wyoming grew +7% from 2016 to 2021, faster than 66% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across Ontario’s towns +6%. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 15% higher again.
More children under 15 than 68% of Canadian towns: 18%
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
No age band is larger than 60–64: nearly one in ten residents. To put it in context, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Plympton-Wyoming, 45.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
A smaller share of one-person households than 79% of Canadian towns: 19%
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.
One-parent families make up 5% of households and couple families 71%, against 8.2% and 53% across Canada’s towns. Typically, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. A household here holds 2.6 people on average.
63% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 99% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
A fifth of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. Set beside that, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. The share of common-law partners stands at 7.2%.
In Plympton-Wyoming, 12% of households rent their home, fewer than in 84% of Canadian towns
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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
Newer homes outnumber old: 24% date from 2001 or later, 24% from before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. As a reference point, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
A median household income of $108,000 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Plympton-Wyoming had $108,000 before tax, 26% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across Ontario’s towns is $91,600. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 20% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
7.1% of residents are immigrants
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
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
5.2% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (66%) and in the Americas (26%). Immigrants are rarer here than in 73% of Canadian towns.
33% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 56% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Here 3% of residents belong to a visible minority, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 15%. On Indigenous residents, Plympton-Wyoming sits lower than 77% of Canadian towns: 1.2%. To put it in context, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 93%, and 5% speak French as well
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: English 98%, French 0.2%. Plympton-Wyoming has fewer bilingual residents than 74% of Canadian towns, at 5%. On residents whose mother tongue is French, 1% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
A smaller share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 63% of Canadian towns: 22%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 3.2% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Across Canada’s towns, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.
Employment: 57% of residents 15 and over had a job
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 57% is close to the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Among 41 towns of 9,321 to 9,755 people, the 9th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Median ages here range from 31.8 in Oromocto to 67.5 in Qualicum Beach. Nearest to Plympton-Wyoming in age: Castlegar (45.6), Laurentian Valley (45.6), La Pêche (46.4) and Antigonish County, Subdivision A (47.2).
Nearby, 1 of 2 towns have older populations than Plympton-Wyoming
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plympton-Wyoming | 9,548 | — | 45.6 | 22% | 7.1% |
| Petrolia | 6,422 | 13.3 km | 42.8 | 24% | 5.6% |
| Enniskillen | 3,174 | 15.4 km | 47.2 | 23% | 6.3% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- 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. 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 Plympton-Wyoming’s residents
What religion are people in Plympton-Wyoming?
Christian: 66%. No religion: 33%. Another religion: 0.7%.
Is Plympton-Wyoming good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 18%. 71% of households are couple families and 5% one-parent families. Schools near Plympton-Wyoming are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Plympton-Wyoming?
$108,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Plympton-Wyoming (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Plympton-Wyoming?
Statistics Canada estimates 9,548 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 8,308 in Plympton-Wyoming, 7% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Plympton-Wyoming?
45.6 is the median age, older than 71% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 18%. 65 and over: 22%.
Is Plympton-Wyoming bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 5% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 95% speak only English and 0% only French; 1% grew up with French.
How diverse is Plympton-Wyoming?
Immigrants make up 7.1% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 3% are members of a visible minority, and 1.2% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
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).