Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 84% of Canadian towns, at 26%
Across Canada’s towns, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity; in Smiths Falls, 6.8%. Compared with other places, one-parent families are common here: 11%, more than in 85% of Canadian towns. Statistics Canada puts the town’s population at 11,093 for July 2025. On the census count, 45% of households rent their home.
Smiths Falls’s population changed by +5% since 2016, more than in 58% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. 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 20%. Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Ontario’s towns, by more than +6%.
Smiths Falls is older than 77% of Canadian towns: a median age of 47.2
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
9.1% of residents are aged 15 to 24; across Canada’s towns the figure is 11%. More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: 7.8% of residents.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Smiths Falls, 47.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Smiths Falls ranks above 86% of Canadian towns on one-person households: 39%
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, households average 2.4 people; in Smiths Falls, 2.1. As a yardstick, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Fewer married residents 15 and over than 75% of Canadian towns: 36%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 28% of adults (typical: 27%). More common-law partners than in 68% of Canadian towns: 13%. Typically, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Below 64% of Canadian towns: 53% of households live in a single-detached house
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 census found that 1% of households live in a building of five or more storeys in Smiths Falls.
Before tax, the median household income is $61,200 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Smiths Falls’s households had a total income below $61,200, 29% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among Ontario’s towns, the typical figure is $91,600. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 24% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 14%, a higher share than 73% 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
Compared with 17% across Canada’s towns, 6% of residents are immigrants here. Fewer residents without Canadian citizenship than in 86% of Canadian towns: 1.2%. As a yardstick, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (54%) and in Asia (31%).
A higher share of residents with no religion than 67% of Canadian towns, at 41%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
In Smiths Falls, 4.1% of residents belong to a visible minority, beside 15% across Canada’s towns. Residents with no religion: 35% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
More residents whose mother tongue is French than 67% of Canadian towns: 2.8%
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
At home: English 97%, French 0.5%. The benchmark for residents whose mother tongue is French across Canada’s towns: 1.5%. Where 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns, Smiths Falls has 9.6%.
12% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, below 90% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
19% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%). Measured more widely, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
47% of adults were employed in May 2021
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: 47%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 26% of residents are 65 or over.
Ranked by age, 9th oldest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The group spans Lethbridge County, youngest at 32.8, to Thornbury, oldest at 58.8. Lake Bonavista (46.5), Linden Woods (47), Rothwell Heights - Beacon Hill North (47.3) and Ocean Park (49.7): the towns nearest Smiths Falls in median age.
Median age: 3 of the 4 towns around Smiths Falls are older
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smiths Falls | 11,093 | — | 47.2 | 26% | 6% |
| Montague | 4,414 | 6.9 km | 44.4 | 20% | 5.6% |
| Merrickville | 3,411 | 12.4 km | 54.4 | 30% | 7.7% |
| Drummond/North Elmsley | 8,817 | 15.7 km | 50.8 | 25% | 5.4% |
| Perth | 6,972 | 18.7 km | 58.4 | 39% | 6.6% |
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. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
- 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.
Questions about Smiths Falls’s residents
What is the population of Smiths Falls?
About 11,093, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 9,254 people in Smiths Falls, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Smiths Falls?
The median age is 47.2, older than 77% of Canadian towns. 16% are under 15 and 26% 65 or older.
Is Smiths Falls bilingual?
English and French: 9.6% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 90%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 2.8%.
How diverse is Smiths Falls?
Immigrants: 6% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 4.1%. Indigenous identity: 6.8%.
What religion are people in Smiths Falls?
41% said they have no religion and 58% that they are Christian; 2% named another faith.
Is Smiths Falls good for families?
16% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 40% of households and one-parent families 11%. Schools near Smiths Falls are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Smiths Falls?
Half of Smiths Falls’s households had more than $61,200 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
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).