Photo: Laslovarga · CC BY-SA 4.0A lower share of renter households than 98% of Canadian towns, at 5.3%
Half of Puslinch’s residents are over 49.2, older than in 83% of Canadian towns. With about 8,577 residents in July 2025, Puslinch counted 2,860 households at the 2021 Census. The census found that 7.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier locally. Households in Puslinch hold 2.8 people on average (Canada’s towns: 2.4).
Puslinch’s population changed by +8% since 2016, more than in 74% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Ontario’s towns, by more than +6%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 72% of Canadian towns: 23%
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
55–59 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents. Puslinch has fewer children under 15 than 72% of Canadian towns, at 14%. The usual figure: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Puslinch, 49.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
Only 18% of households are one person living alone in Puslinch
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.
Against a figure of 8.2% across Canada’s towns, the share of one-parent families in Puslinch comes in at 4.6%. To put it in context, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Above 90% of Canadian towns: 58% of residents 15 and over are married
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up just over a fifth of adults, beside a typical 27%. Common-law partners account for 8.9%. Elsewhere, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Puslinch sits above 95% of Canadian towns for households in single-detached houses (94%)
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 74% of Canadian towns. The benchmark for households in single-detached houses across Canada’s towns: 64%. Newer homes outnumber old: 35% date from 2001 or later, 20% from before 1961.
The midpoint household income is $133,000 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
At $133,000, the middle household in Puslinch out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 55%. Across Ontario’s towns, half of households had more than $91,600 before tax. Pandemic benefits reached 24% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
17% 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
Of the immigrants living here, 5.1% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. Locally, 2.3% of residents are not Canadian citizens.
56% said they are Christian and 35% that they have no religion
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Sikh (3.9%) and Muslim (3.4%). 1.2% of residents have an Indigenous identity, fewer than in 77% of Canadian towns. Add to that, the figure for visible minority residents is 13% in Puslinch and 15% across Canada’s towns.
83% have English as their mother tongue; 7.2% 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
0.9% of residents have French as their mother tongue, about the same as across Canada’s towns. At home, 5.2% mostly speak another language; 0.7% speak neither English nor French.
Above 67% of Canadian towns: 37% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 5% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. Against that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 59%
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment here, 59%, matches the middle of Canada’s towns (58%) within a couple of points.
5th highest median age among 41 towns of 8,417 to 8,737
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest is Garneau (30.2) and the oldest Muskoka Lakes (57.2). Closest in median age to Puslinch are Brownsburg-Chatham (48.4), Hanover (49.2), Trail (49.6) and Nicolet (52.4).
Every neighbour of Puslinch has a younger population
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
- 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. 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. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
Questions about Puslinch’s residents
How diverse is Puslinch?
17% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 13% belong to a visible minority and 1.2% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Puslinch?
56% are Christian and 35% have no religion; 9.1% follow another religion.
Is Puslinch good for families?
Under 15: 14% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 66% of households. One-parent families: 4.6%. Schools near Puslinch are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Puslinch?
The median household in Puslinch took in $133,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Puslinch?
Puslinch had about 8,577 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 7,944, 8% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Puslinch?
A median age of 49.2, older than 83% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 14%, and people 65 and over 23%.
Is Puslinch bilingual?
7.2% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 92% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.9%.
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).