Photo: Dwrite7841 · CC BY-SA 4.0A median age of 49.2: Port Perry is older than 83% of Canadian towns
Most recent wave: one in ten immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%). Port Perry has more households in single-detached houses than 87% of Canadian towns, at 89%. Statistics Canada puts the town’s population at 23,928 for July 2025. Census figures put one-person households at 20% here. The census figures here are for the whole of Scugog, the municipality that includes Port Perry.
A ±0% change since 2016: slower than 78% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 11%. Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Ontario’s towns, +6%.
In Port Perry, 24% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 77% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
55–59 is the most common age band: 9.2% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. On children under 15, Port Perry sits lower than 72% of Canadian towns: 14%. The usual figure: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Port Perry, 49.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Port Perry households average 2.6 people, larger than in 67% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families account for 7.5%.
Married residents 15 and over: 53%, a higher share than 72% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 22% of adults, beside a typical 27%. Census figures put common-law partners at 11% in Port Perry. On average, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
A lower share of renter households than 81% of Canadian towns, at 13%
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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: 25% predate 1961, 17% date from 2001 or later. At 0.6%, households in buildings of five or more storeys sit close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
Before tax, the median household income is $108,000 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
At $108,000, the middle household in Port Perry out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 26%. For Ontario’s towns, the median household income is $91,600. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 25% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
Only 8.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Port Perry
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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
5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns, against 2% in Port Perry. Immigrants account for 11%.
A larger share of residents with no religion than 78% of Canadian towns: 45%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canada’s towns, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority; in Port Perry, 5.2%. 2.3% of residents have an Indigenous identity. Residents with no religion make up 35% across Canada’s towns.
93% have English as their mother tongue; 6.7% also speak French
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Port Perry sits close to the norm on residents whose mother tongue is French: 1%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
24% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, below 56% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
6.9% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
Employment: 57% of residents 15 and over had a job
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 57% is close to the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Of 41 towns its size (22,858 to 24,987 people), the 4th oldest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Between Fort St. John (32.4) and Brockville (51.6) lies the rest of the group. Nearest to Port Perry in age: Owen Sound (48), Saint-Lambert (49.2), Steeles (49.4) and Huntsville (49.6).
Port Perry is older than every town around it
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page. Port Perry has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 18–29 km out.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Perry | 23,928 | — | 49.2 | 24% | 11% |
| Uxbridge | 22,618 | 17.9 km | 47.2 | 21% | 14% |
| Oshawa | 213,592 | 23.7 km | 39.2 | 17% | 22% |
| Whitby | 162,413 | 23.9 km | 40 | 15% | 28% |
| Bowmanville | 114,180 | 28.8 km | 39.2 | 15% | 15% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. The middle of Ontario’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are 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.
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
Questions about Port Perry’s residents
What religion are people in Port Perry?
Christian: 53%. No religion: 45%. Another religion: 2.2%.
Is Port Perry good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 14%. 62% of households are couple families and 7.5% one-parent families. Schools near Port Perry are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Port Perry?
$108,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Port Perry (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Port Perry?
Statistics Canada estimates 23,928 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 21,581 in Port Perry, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Port Perry?
49.2 is the median age, older than 83% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 14%. 65 and over: 24%.
Is Port Perry bilingual?
English and French: 6.7% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 93%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 1%.
How diverse is Port Perry?
Immigrants make up 11% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 5.2% are members of a visible minority, and 2.3% 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).