Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 3.0Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 81% of Canadian towns: 8.1%
11% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. Tavistock has more households in single-detached houses than 76% of Canadian towns, at 82%. Statistics Canada puts the town’s population at 8,710 for July 2025. On the census count, 5.2% of households are one-parent families. Every figure here is for East Zorra-Tavistock as a whole, the municipality Tavistock belongs to.
Tavistock’s population changed by +10% since 2016, more than in 82% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Ontario’s towns the median is +6%, and across Canada’s towns +4%. The July 2025 estimate adds another 11%.
18% of residents are under 15, more than in 68% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 7.7% of residents. 20% of residents are 65 or over, a higher share than in 60% of Canadian towns. Measured more widely, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Tavistock, 42.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Tavistock ranks below 66% of Canadian towns on one-person households: 23%
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.
Across Canada’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Tavistock, 2.6. One-person households make up 27% across Canada’s towns.
Married residents 15 and over make up 58% in Tavistock, more than in 89% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 21% of adults, beside a typical 27%. For Tavistock, the census puts common-law partners at 8.8%. Across the comparison, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
A lower share of renter households than 65% of Canadian towns, at 19%
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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: 33% predate 1961, 25% date from 2001 or later. The share of renter households across Canada’s towns is 25%. At 0.7%, the share of households in buildings of five or more storeys is in line with the figure across Canada’s towns.
Half above, half below $100,000 a year in household income
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Tavistock had $100,000 before tax, 16% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across Ontario’s towns is $91,600. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 22% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
7.6% of residents are immigrants
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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 share of immigrants trails 71% of Canadian towns: 7.6%. Locally, 2.2% of residents are not Canadian citizens.
Residents with no religion: 33%, a lower share than 56% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
In Tavistock, 4% of residents belong to a visible minority, beside 15% across Canada’s towns. The benchmark for residents with no religion across Canada’s towns: 35%. Indigenous residents: 1.6% of the total.
English is the mother tongue of 93%, and 3.2% speak French as well
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns, against 3.2% in Tavistock. The share of residents whose mother tongue is French stands at 0.5%.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 75% of Canadian towns: 17%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 10% here, 9.5% in the typical town. By way of comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 67%
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
More people work here than in the typical town: 67%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Oldest by rank: 17th of 41 towns of 8,517 to 8,907 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Median ages climb from 32.8 (Iqaluit) to 54 (Renfrew) across the group. Next to Tavistock on this scale come Delson (42.4), Lac-Beauport (42.4), Saint-Jean-Baptiste (42.9) and Uplands (43.6).
The towns around Tavistock are all younger
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tavistock | 8,710 | — | 42.4 | 20% | 7.6% |
| Woodstock | 55,572 | 12.2 km | 40.8 | 20% | 15% |
| Thamesford | 9,755 | 17.1 km | 40.8 | 18% | 6% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
- The census’s own words. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
- 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 Tavistock’s residents
What is the median income in Tavistock?
Half of Tavistock’s households had more than $100,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Tavistock?
About 8,710, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 7,841 people in Tavistock, 10% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Tavistock?
The median age is 42.4, older than 52% of Canadian towns. 18% are under 15 and 20% 65 or older.
Is Tavistock bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 3.2% are. Another 0% speak only French and 96% only English, and French is the first language of 0.5%.
How diverse is Tavistock?
Immigrants: 7.6% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 4%. Indigenous identity: 1.6%.
What religion are people in Tavistock?
33% said they have no religion and 65% that they are Christian; 1.9% named another faith.
Is Tavistock good for families?
18% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 66% of households and one-parent families 5.2%. Schools near Tavistock 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).