Photo: Eric Marshall · CC BY 3.0A smaller share of renter households than 89% of Canadian towns: 10%
Set against 27% across Canada’s towns, 16% of households are one person living alone in Smithville. This Ontario town is home to some 16,586 people (July 2025 estimate), in 5,295 households at the 2021 Census. Across Smithville, 6.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Higher than in 85% of Canadian towns: 20% of residents are under 15. The census figures here are for the whole of West Lincoln, the municipality that includes Smithville.
A +7% change since 2016: faster than 66% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across Ontario’s towns +6%.
Half of Smithville is under 40.8, younger than 58% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Residents aged 65 and over: 17% here and 19% across Canada’s towns. Smithville has more residents aged 15 to 24 than two thirds of Canadian towns, at 12%. 55–59 is the most common age band: 7.6% of residents.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Smithville, 40.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Smithville 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.
6.3% of households are one-parent families; across Canada’s towns the figure is 8.2%.
58% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 89% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Common-law partners: 8.7% here and 11% across Canada’s towns. On average, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Above 79% of Canadian towns: 84% of households live in a single-detached house
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 74% of Canadian towns. 32% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 19% built before 1961. The share of households in single-detached houses across Canada’s towns is 64%.
Half of households earn more than $106,000 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
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Smithville’s, at $106,000, is 23% higher. Ontario’s towns have a median of $91,600. The pandemic’s benefits: 23% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
11% 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
Most immigrants were born in Europe (76%) or in the Americas (10%). Few places have so few residents without Canadian citizenship: 2% here, fewer than in three quarters of Canadian towns. Recent arrivals are 7.1% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns.
Residents with no religion make up 34% in Smithville, less than in 52% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
In Smithville, 3.9% of residents belong to a visible minority, beside 15% across Canada’s towns. As a reference point, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Indigenous residents: 2.4% of the total.
90% have English as their mother tongue; 3.6% 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
At home: English 97%, French 0.1%. Compared with other places, residents whose mother tongue is French are scarce here: 0.8%, fewer than in just over four fifths of Canadian towns. Set against 7.5% across Canada’s towns, 3.6% of residents speak English and French in Smithville.
Below 75% of Canadian towns: 17% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 8.2% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Across the comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
60% of adults were employed in May 2021
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 60%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Among 41 towns of 16,104 to 17,073 people, the 18th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Saint-Charles-Borromée is the oldest at 57.2, Summerside the youngest at 33.6. In age, Smithville keeps company with Notre-Dame-des-Laurentides (40.1), Yorkdale-Glen Park (40.4), Étienne Desmarteaux (41.3) and Elder Mills (42.1).
Nearby, 4 of 6 towns have older populations than Smithville
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smithville | 16,586 | — | 40.8 | 17% | 11% |
| Grimsby | 31,478 | 11.2 km | 45.2 | 21% | 18% |
| Beamsville | 28,356 | 13.2 km | 44.4 | 22% | 15% |
| Fifty Point | 3,690 | 15.6 km | 36.8 | 8.8% | 30% |
| Industrial | 6,690 | 16.3 km | 39.7 | 15% | 28% |
| Trillium | 2,967 | 18.1 km | 41.4 | 18% | 35% |
| Westmeria | 2,646 | 18.5 km | 42.4 | 17% | 35% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
- 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.
Questions about Smithville’s residents
Is Smithville good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 20%. 67% of households are couple families and 6.3% one-parent families. Schools near Smithville are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Smithville?
$106,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Smithville (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Smithville?
Statistics Canada estimates 16,586 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 15,454 in Smithville, 7% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Smithville?
40.8 is the median age, younger than 58% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 20%. 65 and over: 17%.
Is Smithville bilingual?
3.6% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 96% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.8%.
How diverse is Smithville?
Immigrants make up 11% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 3.9% are members of a visible minority, and 2.4% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Smithville?
Christian: 64%. No religion: 34%. Another religion: 1.4%.
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).