Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0Only 15% of households are one person living alone in Springwater
In Springwater, 10% of households rent their home, beside 25% across Canada’s towns. 8.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 76% of Canadian towns. The town had about 24,144 residents in July 2025, by Statistics Canada’s estimate, and 7,515 households at the 2021 Census. Residents aged 65 and over account for 17%.
What stands out about the people of Springwater
Growing faster than most
Springwater went from 19,059 people in 2016 to 21,701 in 2021, +14%: faster growth than in 91% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Faster growth than 91% of Canadian towns: Springwater changed by +14% since 2016
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Ontario’s towns the median is +6%, and across Canada’s towns +4%. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 11% higher again.
Children under 15 make up 18% in Springwater, more than in 71% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Half of Springwater’s residents are over 43.2, older than in 57% of Canadian towns. The wider picture: 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Springwater, 43.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Springwater 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.
Against a figure of 8.2% across Canada’s towns, the share of one-parent families in Springwater comes in at 6.2%.
Springwater sits above 88% of Canadian towns for married residents 15 and over (57%)
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
23% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). The census found that 9.4% of residents 15 and over live common-law in Springwater.
Springwater ranks above 93% of Canadian towns on households in single-detached houses: 93%
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. On average, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Nearly a third of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 17% built before 1961.
$122,000 a year: where the middle household sits
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Springwater had $122,000 before tax, 42% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The provincial yardstick is $91,600, the median across Ontario’s towns. Pandemic benefits reached 26% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
10% 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
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (61%) and in Asia (20%). A year before the census, 8.7% lived somewhere else: fewer than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns. What’s more, 1.9% of residents are not Canadian citizens; across Canada’s towns the figure is 5.8%.
A higher share of residents with no religion than 65% of Canadian towns, at 40%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The figure for visible minority residents is 5.5% in Springwater and 15% across Canada’s towns. The benchmark for residents with no religion across Canada’s towns: 35%. On the census count, 2.6% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
89% 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
At home: English 96%, French 0.5%. On residents whose mother tongue is French, 1.6% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
27% 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
Without any certificate: 6.8% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
An employment rate of 62%
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
62% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
In its size band (22,970 to 25,302), the 16th oldest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Fort St. John is the youngest of them at 32.4; White Rock, at 58, the oldest. The closest ages to Springwater’s belong to Renfrew-Collingwood (42.3), Newtonbrook West (42.5), Islington (44) and Sept-Îles (44.4).
The towns around Springwater are all younger
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- 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.
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
Questions about Springwater’s residents
What is the median income in Springwater?
Median total household income in Springwater was $122,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Springwater?
The latest figure is an estimate: 24,144 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Springwater counted 21,701, 14% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Springwater?
Half the residents are older than 43.2 and half younger, older than 57% of Canadian towns; 18% are children under 15 and 17% are 65 or over.
Is Springwater bilingual?
7.2% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0.1% speak French only and 92% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.6%.
How diverse is Springwater?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 10%. A visible minority makes up 5.5% and Indigenous residents 2.6%.
What religion are people in Springwater?
Most often Christian (58%) or no religion (40%); other religions make up 2.4%.
Is Springwater good for families?
Children under 15 are 18% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 68% of households and one-parent families 6.2%. Schools near Springwater are on its Schools page.
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).