Photo: Joe Mabel (on Flickr as Joe Mabel from Seattle, US) · CC BY-SA 3.0A larger share of households in single-detached houses than 88% of Canadian towns: 90%
With one-person households at 20%, Stayner is behind 75% of Canadian towns on that count. The census found that 43% of residents said they have no religion here. The median age here is 44.8, higher than in nearly two thirds of Canadian towns. The town is home to some 16,571 people (July 2025 estimate), in 5,570 households at the 2021 Census. The census figures here are for the whole of Clearview, the municipality that includes Stayner.
From 2016 to 2021, Stayner outgrew 54% of Canadian towns: +5%
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns, the typical town changed +4%; across Ontario’s towns, +6%. The July 2025 estimate adds another 12%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 57% of Canadian towns, at 20%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with nearly one in ten residents. Set beside that, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 are about as common here as across Canada’s towns: 11%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Stayner, 44.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Stayner households average 2.6 people, larger than in 67% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
6.6% of households are one-parent families, against 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
Stayner: 51% of residents 15 and over are married, above 63% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Just over one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law (Canada’s towns: 11%).
Below 76% of Canadian towns: 15% of households rent their home
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
27% of homes were built before 1961 and 21% in 2001 or later. The share of renter households across Canada’s towns is 25%. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
$97,000 a year: where the middle household sits
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. 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; Stayner’s, at $97,000, is 13% higher. Household incomes across Ontario’s towns have a median of $91,600. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 28% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
9.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 66% 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
Immigrants: 8%, below 70% of Canadian towns. The census found that 1.4% of residents are not Canadian citizens in Stayner. Typically, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
3.1% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 53% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
By its share of visible minority residents (3.5%), Stayner is below 74% of Canadian towns. Elsewhere, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 93%, and 5.1% speak French as well
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
Across Canada’s towns, 7.5% of residents speak English and French; in Stayner, 5.1%. Here, 1.1% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 71% of Canadian towns: 19%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 10% here, 9.5% in the typical town. As a reference point, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 61% of adults
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 61% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
The 8th oldest of 41 towns of 16,088 to 17,043 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The group spans Evergreen, youngest at 32.8, to Saint-Charles-Borromée, oldest at 57.2. The towns whose median age is nearest to Stayner’s: Cliffcrest (43.4), Leaside-Bennington (44.6), Oakridge (45.3) and St.Andrew-Windfields (45.3).
Every nearby town is older than Stayner
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stayner | 16,571 | — | 44.8 | 20% | 8% |
| Wasaga Beach | 28,736 | 10.0 km | 56.4 | 35% | 17% |
| Collingwood | 28,366 | 13.1 km | 50.8 | 30% | 13% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
- 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.
Questions about Stayner’s residents
What is the population of Stayner?
The latest figure is an estimate: 16,571 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Stayner counted 14,814, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Stayner?
Half the residents are older than 44.8 and half younger, older than 66% of Canadian towns; 16% are children under 15 and 20% are 65 or over.
Is Stayner bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 5.1% are. Another 0% speak only French and 95% only English, and French is the first language of 1.1%.
How diverse is Stayner?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 8%. A visible minority makes up 3.5% and Indigenous residents 3.1%.
What religion are people in Stayner?
Most often Christian (55%) or no religion (43%); other religions make up 1.9%.
Is Stayner good for families?
Children under 15 are 16% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 61% of households and one-parent families 6.6%. Schools near Stayner are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Stayner?
Median total household income in Stayner was $97,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
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).