Photo: Balcer · CC BY 2.5In Shelburne, 22% of residents are under 15, more than in 92% of Canadian towns
Residents who moved in within the year are more common here than in 77% of Canadian towns. For Shelburne, the census puts one-person households at 20%. This Ontario town is home to some 10,767 people (July 2025 estimate), in 3,025 households at the 2021 Census. By its share of visible minority residents (30%), Shelburne is above 68% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Shelburne
A town of families
22% of residents are under 15, more than in 92% of Canadian towns; 10% of households are one-parent families and households average 2.9 people. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A +11% change since 2016: faster than 84% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Ontario’s towns, by more than +6%. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 20%.
A median age of 36.8: Shelburne is younger than 83% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
30–34 is the most common age band: 7.8% of residents. Shelburne has fewer residents aged 65 and over than three quarters of Canadian towns, at 15%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Shelburne, 36.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women.
Shelburne households average 2.9 people, larger than in 87% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
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%; Shelburne has 10%.
12% of residents 15 and over live common-law, a share 64% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 27% of adults, beside a typical 27%. By way of comparison, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Renter households: 20%, a lower share than 62% of Canadian towns
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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. The wider picture: a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. The share of households in single-detached houses stands at 73%.
Median gross household income: $99,000 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 middle household in Shelburne had $99,000 before tax, 15% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Ontario’s towns have a median of $91,600. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 33% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
Above 55% of Canadian towns: 20% of residents are immigrants
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
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, 18% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. For comparison, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in the Americas (41%) or in Asia (29%).
Shelburne ranks above 69% of Canadian towns on residents with no religion: 41%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Sikh (3.6%). For residents with no religion, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 35%. Indigenous residents are about as common here as across Canada’s towns: 2.5%.
87% have English as their mother tongue; 4.1% also speak French
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Against a figure of 7.5% across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents in Shelburne comes in at 4.1%. At home: English 93%, French 0.3%. 0.9% of residents have French as their mother tongue, fewer than in 77% of Canadian towns.
16% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 78% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
11% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%). On average, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 63% of adults
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, below this 63%.
Ranked by age, 7th youngest of 41 towns this size
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The youngest of these towns is Lethbridge County, at 32.8; the oldest, Liverpool, is at 55.6. Nearest to Shelburne in age: Bassin-de-la-Lièvre (36), Morinville (36.4), Hintonburg-Mechanicsville (36.9) and East London (37.3).
Every nearby town is older than Shelburne
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shelburne | 10,767 | — | 36.8 | 15% | 20% |
| Melancthon | 3,581 | 10.2 km | 39.2 | 14% | 11% |
| Amaranth | 4,808 | 10.4 km | 42.4 | 15% | 15% |
| Mulmur | 3,813 | 16.3 km | 50 | 21% | 14% |
| Mono | 10,036 | 17.1 km | 47.2 | 20% | 21% |
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. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- 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 Shelburne’s residents
What is the average age in Shelburne?
36.8 is the median age, younger than 83% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 22%. 65 and over: 15%.
Is Shelburne bilingual?
English and French: 4.1% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 95%. French only: 0.1%. French mother tongue: 0.9%.
How diverse is Shelburne?
Immigrants make up 20% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 30% are members of a visible minority, and 2.5% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Shelburne?
Christian: 51%. No religion: 41%. Another religion: 8.2%.
Is Shelburne good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 22%. 54% of households are couple families and 10% one-parent families. Schools near Shelburne are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Shelburne?
$99,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Shelburne (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Shelburne?
Statistics Canada estimates 10,767 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 8,994 in Shelburne, 11% more than 2016.
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).