Photo: Loozrboy from Toronto, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 55.2: Point Edward is older than 95% of Canadian towns
6.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier; across Canada’s towns the figure is 11%. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 8.3%. Renter households are rarer here than in three quarters of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census found 940 households in Point Edward; by July 2025 the population was about 1,989.
What stands out about the people of Point Edward
Older than most towns
Line Point Edward’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 55.2; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 32% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Fewer people than before
Point Edward went from 2,037 people in 2016 to 1,930 in 2021, −5%: slower growth than in 96% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A −5% change since 2016: slower than 96% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 3%. For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +6% across Ontario’s towns.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 95% of Canadian towns, at 32%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Where 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns, Point Edward has 11%. Across the comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Households here average 2.1 people, below 83% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The share of one-person households is 34%, against 27% across Canada’s towns. Compared with other places, one-parent families are scarce here: 7.4%, fewer than in 64% of Canadian towns.
Point Edward ranks above 68% of Canadian towns on married residents 15 and over: 52%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
A fifth of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. Locally, 9.9% of residents 15 and over live common-law.
More households in single-detached houses than 67% of Canadian towns: 77%
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: 53% predate 1961, 9% date from 2001 or later. Across Canada’s towns, 64% of households live in a single-detached house. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
A median household income of $84,000 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Point Edward had $84,000 before tax, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Ontario’s towns: $91,600. The pandemic’s benefits: 24% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
9.3% 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
Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (66%), then in the Americas (26%). Compared with other places, residents without Canadian citizenship are scarce here: 1.6%, fewer than in just over four fifths of Canadian towns. Where 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns, Point Edward has 9.3%.
62% said they are Christian and 35% that they have no religion
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents make up 2.1%, against 15% across Canada’s towns. Indigenous residents: 3.6% of the total.
1.8% of residents have French as their mother tongue, more than in 57% of Canadian towns
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
Across Canada’s towns, 7.5% of residents speak English and French; in Point Edward, 6%. Mother tongue: English 94%, French 1.8%.
Below 65% of Canadian towns: 21% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 4.2% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. The usual figure: 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
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 46%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 32% of residents are 65 or over.
Every nearby town is younger than Point Edward
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Point Edward’s residents
Is Point Edward good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 11%. 53% of households are couple families and 7.4% one-parent families. Schools near Point Edward are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Point Edward?
$84,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Point Edward (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Point Edward?
Statistics Canada estimates 1,989 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 1,930 in Point Edward, 5% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Point Edward?
55.2 is the median age. Under 15: 11%. 65 and over: 32%.
Is Point Edward bilingual?
6% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 94% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.8%.
How diverse is Point Edward?
Immigrants make up 9.3% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 2.1% are members of a visible minority, and 3.6% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Point Edward?
Christian: 62%. No religion: 35%. Another religion: 3.3%.
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).