Photo: Julius177 · CC BY-SA 4.0More Indigenous residents than 96% of Canadian towns: 20%
The average household has 2.2 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in nearly four fifths of Canadian towns. A median age of 51.2 (older than 88% of Canadian towns) sets Sturgeon Falls apart: 14,583 residents in 6,415 households at the 2021 Census. Here, 0.6% of residents are not Canadian citizens. The census figures here are for the whole of West Nipissing / Nipissing Ouest, the municipality that includes Sturgeon Falls.
What stands out about the people of Sturgeon Falls
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
20% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 96% of Canadian towns; 4.6% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
A bilingual town
Both official languages: 65% of residents speak English and French, more than in 96% of Canadian towns. Another 3.5% speak only French and 31% only English. English & French ↓
Older than most towns
Half of Sturgeon Falls’s residents are under 51.2 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 26% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
65% of residents speak English and French, a share 96% of Canadian towns don’t reach
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. 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 50%, French 46%. Few places have as many residents whose mother tongue is French: 56% here, more than in 83% of Canadian towns. On average, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
+2% since 2016, a pace below 68% of Canadian towns
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 14%. Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Ontario’s towns, +6%.
Sturgeon Falls is older than 88% of Canadian towns: a median age of 51.2
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
26% of residents are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Children under 15 are rarer here than in 69% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Sturgeon Falls, 51.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women.
Above 61% of Canadian towns: 30% of households are one person living alone
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
There is little gap on one-parent families: 8.9%, about the same as across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, one-person households come to 27%.
In Sturgeon Falls, 13% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 68% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
22% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). Locally, 47% of residents 15 and over are married. For common-law partners, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%.
74% of households live in a single-detached house, a share 64% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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
Older homes outnumber new: 28% predate 1961, 18% date from 2001 or later. On renter households, Sturgeon Falls sits higher than 62% of Canadian towns: 32%. 8.7% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%.
Median household income here: $69,500 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Sturgeon Falls’s median household took in $69,500 before tax, 19% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Ontario’s towns: $91,600. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 21% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
Only 10% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Sturgeon Falls
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
2.2% of residents are immigrants, against 26% across Ontario’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. The comparison figure for residents who moved in within the year is 11% across Canada’s towns.
Sturgeon Falls sits below 80% of Canadian towns for residents with no religion (23%)
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The share of visible minority residents is 1.7%, against 15% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, 35% of residents said they have no religion.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 13%, a lower share than 88% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 12% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
An employment rate of 44%
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 44%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 26% are 65 or over.
The 3rd oldest of 41 towns of 16,184 to 17,166 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Saint-Charles-Borromée is the oldest at 57.2, Summerside the youngest at 33.6. In age, Sturgeon Falls keeps company with Cap-Rouge (47.3), Hillcrest Village (49.7), Tracadie (52) and Saint-Charles-Borromée (57.2).
Of the 5 towns nearest Sturgeon Falls, 2 are older
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page. Distances here run 20–43 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Sturgeon Falls.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sturgeon Falls | 16,682 | — | 51.2 | 26% | 2.2% |
| Nipissing 10 | 1,853 | 20.0 km | 46 | 20% | 0% |
| St.-Charles | 1,654 | 32.3 km | 55.6 | 27% | 3% |
| Markstay-Warren | 2,990 | 40.0 km | 45.2 | 18% | 3.3% |
| North Bay | 62,062 | 42.1 km | 44 | 22% | 5.1% |
| French River / Rivière des Français | 3,178 | 42.8 km | 58 | 32% | 4.9% |
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. 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. “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.
Questions about Sturgeon Falls’s residents
Is Sturgeon Falls good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 14%. 53% of households are couple families and 8.9% one-parent families. Schools near Sturgeon Falls are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Sturgeon Falls?
$69,500 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Sturgeon Falls (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Sturgeon Falls?
Statistics Canada estimates 16,682 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 14,583 in Sturgeon Falls, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Sturgeon Falls?
51.2 is the median age, older than 88% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 14%. 65 and over: 26%.
Is Sturgeon Falls bilingual?
65% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 3.5% speak French only and 31% English only. French is the mother tongue of 56%.
How diverse is Sturgeon Falls?
Immigrants make up 2.2% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 1.7% are members of a visible minority, and 20% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Sturgeon Falls?
Christian: 76%. No religion: 23%. Another religion: 1%.
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).