Photo: Schreiber Public Library · Public domainOlder than 94% of Canadian towns: half of Schreiber is over 54.4
Where 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns, Schreiber has 85%. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 1,068 residents; the 2021 Census found 515 households. Across Schreiber, 38% of households are one person living alone. 13% of residents are under 15, fewer than in 84% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Schreiber
Older than most towns
Schreiber’s median age is 54.4; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 24% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Fewer people than before
Schreiber went from 1,059 people in 2016 to 1,039 in 2021, −2%: slower growth than in 88% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
−2% since 2016: slower than 88% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 3%. Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Ontario’s towns, by more than +6%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 24% in Schreiber, more than in 76% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Schreiber has 8.7%. Typically, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 116 men for every 100 women.
Households here average 2 people, below 90% 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.
Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-parent families is 8.2%; Schreiber has 6.8%.
A higher share of married residents 15 and over than 62% of Canadian towns, at 50%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
The figure for common-law partners is 12% in Schreiber and 11% across Canada’s towns. Elsewhere, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Renter households make up 17% in Schreiber, less than in 68% of Canadian towns
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
One in ten homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. The benchmark for renter households across Canada’s towns: 25%. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
Before tax, the median household income is $75,500 a year
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 median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Schreiber’s, at $75,500, is 12% lower. The figure for Ontario’s towns: $91,600. In 2020, 18% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
In Schreiber, 7.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 90% of Canadian towns
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
Where 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns, Schreiber has 3%. As a yardstick, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. The share of immigrants stands at 5.6%.
7.6% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 81% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
On religion, 72% answered Christian and 24% no religion, against 54% and 35% across Canada’s towns. 3.5% of residents belong to a visible minority. Typically, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of residents whose mother tongue is French than 70% of Canadian towns: 3.8%
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
Set against 7.5% across Canada’s towns, 5.8% of residents speak English and French in Schreiber. The share of residents whose mother tongue is French across Canada’s towns is 1.5%. At home: English 96%, French 1%.
12% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, below 92% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
13% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
A job for 48% of residents aged 15 and over
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: 48%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 24% of residents are 65 or over.
Schreiber is older than every town around it
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page. Schreiber has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 12–77 km out.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schreiber | 1,068 | — | 54.4 | 24% | 5.6% |
| Terrace Bay | 1,553 | 12.3 km | 48.8 | 24% | 12% |
| Marathon | 3,223 | 66.5 km | 43.2 | 16% | 6.9% |
| Nipigon | 1,624 | 77.0 km | 51.6 | 29% | 3.6% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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. 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 Schreiber’s residents
Is Schreiber bilingual?
English and French: 5.8% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 94%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 3.8%.
How diverse is Schreiber?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 5.6%. A visible minority makes up 3.5% and Indigenous residents 7.6%.
What religion are people in Schreiber?
Most often Christian (72%) or no religion (24%); other religions make up 4.1%.
Is Schreiber good for families?
Children under 15 are 13% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 52% of households and one-parent families 6.8%. Schools near Schreiber are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Schreiber?
Median total household income in Schreiber was $75,500 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Schreiber?
The latest figure is an estimate: 1,068 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Schreiber counted 1,039, 2% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Schreiber?
Half the residents are older than 54.4 and half younger; 13% are children under 15 and 24% are 65 or over.
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).