Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0A median age of 50.4: Powassan is older than 86% of Canadian towns
7.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 11% across Canada’s towns. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 3,657 residents; the 2021 Census found 1,320 households. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 6.7% in Powassan. Higher than in 90% of Canadian towns: 91% of households live in a single-detached house.
What stands out about the people of Powassan
Fewer people than before
Powassan went from 3,455 people in 2016 to 3,346 in 2021, −3%: slower growth than in 92% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Older than most towns
The middle resident of Powassan is 50.4; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 27% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
−3% since 2016: slower than 92% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 9%. For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +6% across Ontario’s towns.
Powassan ranks above 86% of Canadian towns on residents aged 65 and over: 27%
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 9.1% of residents. The wider picture: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. At 16%, the share of children under 15 is in line with the figure across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Powassan, 50.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
23% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 66% of Canadian towns
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.
At 2.4 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across Canada’s towns. The census found that 7.6% of households are one-parent families in Powassan. On average, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
More married residents 15 and over than 63% of Canadian towns: 51%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns, against 12% in Powassan. Never married and not common-law: 20% of adults (typical: 27%).
15% of households rent their home, fewer than in 75% 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. Against that, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
$79,500 a year: where the middle household sits
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Powassan had $79,500 before tax, 8% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across Ontario’s towns is $91,600. Pandemic benefits reached 20% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
3.6% 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
Against a figure of 5.8% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents without Canadian citizenship in Powassan comes in at 0.3%. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (57%) and in the Americas (26%). On immigrants, Powassan sits lower than 87% of Canadian towns: 3.6%.
4.4% of residents have an Indigenous identity, a share 66% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
37% of residents said they have no religion; across Canada’s towns the figure is 35%. As a reference point, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns. Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 78% of Canadian towns.
In Powassan, 4.1% of residents have French as their mother tongue, more than in 70% 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
Across Canada’s towns, 7.5% of residents speak English and French; in Powassan, 11%. Mother tongue: English 93%, French 4.1%.
Powassan ranks below 90% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 12%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
An employment rate of 52%
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
With 27% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 52% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
7th highest median age among 41 towns of 3,606 to 3,710
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest is North Inkster Industrial (31.5) and the oldest Piedmont (58). Nearest to Powassan in age: Dunham (48.4), Baie-D'Urfé (50.4), Parkland (50.6) and Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part (51.2).
Of the 3 towns nearest Powassan, 1 are older
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Powassan’s residents
What religion are people in Powassan?
Christian: 63%. No religion: 37%. Another religion: 0.3%.
Is Powassan good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 16%. 60% of households are couple families and 7.6% one-parent families. Schools near Powassan are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Powassan?
$79,500 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Powassan (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Powassan?
Statistics Canada estimates 3,657 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 3,346 in Powassan, 3% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Powassan?
50.4 is the median age, older than 86% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 16%. 65 and over: 27%.
Is Powassan bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 11% are. Another 0.2% speak only French and 89% only English, and French is the first language of 4.1%.
How diverse is Powassan?
Immigrants make up 3.6% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 2.8% are members of a visible minority, and 4.4% 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).