Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Residents who moved in within the year: 6%, a lower share than 96% of Canadian towns
11% of households rent their home (Canada’s towns: 25%). With about 25,554 residents in July 2025, Tecumseh counted 8,945 households at the 2021 Census. Residents with no religion: just over a fifth of the total. The median age here is 47.6, higher than in nearly four fifths of Canadian towns.
Tecumseh changed by ±0% from 2016 to 2021, slower than 75% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 10%. For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +6% across Ontario’s towns.
23% of residents are 65 or over, a share 73% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents. The wider picture: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 62% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Tecumseh, 47.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women.
In Tecumseh, 21% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 73% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
At 2.6 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Census figures put one-parent families at 9.4% in Tecumseh. To put it in context, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
5.8% of residents 15 and over live common-law, fewer than in 87% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Here 56% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 46%. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
Above 74% of Canadian towns: 5.7% of households live in a building of five or more storeys
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
Set against 64% across Canada’s towns, just over four in five households live in a single-detached house in Tecumseh. 17% of homes were built before 1961 and 12% in 2001 or later.
Median household income: $109,000 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run high in Tecumseh: half had more than $109,000, 27% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The provincial yardstick is $91,600, the median across Ontario’s towns. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 28% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
18% of residents are immigrants, more than in 52% of Canadian towns
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 (51%) or in Asia (32%). Set beside that, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns. 6% lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns. Where 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns, Tecumseh has 2.8%.
74% said they are Christian and 22% that they have no religion
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
In Tecumseh, 11% of residents belong to a visible minority. Little separates the share of Indigenous residents here, 2.6%, from the figure across Canada’s towns.
Tecumseh ranks above 66% of Canadian towns on bilingual residents: 13%
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 91%, French 0.8%. The share of bilingual residents across Canada’s towns is 7.5%. Few places have as many residents whose mother tongue is French: 3% here, more than in 68% of Canadian towns.
More degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 65% of Canadian towns: 35%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 4.3%, beside a typical 9.5%. For comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
52% of adults were employed in May 2021
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
With 23% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 52% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
41 towns of 24,266 to 26,960 people: this is the 4th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
At one end is Wellington Place (31.1), at the other White Rock (58). Next to Tecumseh on this scale come Milliken (46.8), Oro-Medonte (47.6), Foothills County (48.4) and Lunenburg (53.6).
Every neighbour of Tecumseh has a younger population
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tecumseh | 25,554 | — | 47.6 | 23% | 18% |
| East Riverside | 15,758 | 3.5 km | 46.5 | 25% | 33% |
| Forest Glade | 21,328 | 3.6 km | 40.4 | 19% | 36% |
| Riverside | 21,828 | 6.1 km | 47.5 | 26% | 19% |
| Fontainebleau | 11,567 | 6.8 km | 45.1 | 22% | 27% |
| East Windsor | 20,876 | 8.2 km | 41.4 | 19% | 19% |
| Devonshire | 9,852 | 9.5 km | 38.8 | 13% | 35% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Tecumseh’s residents
Is Tecumseh good for families?
15% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 63% of households and one-parent families 9.4%. Schools near Tecumseh are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Tecumseh?
Half of Tecumseh’s households had more than $109,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Tecumseh?
About 25,554, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 23,300 people in Tecumseh, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Tecumseh?
The median age is 47.6, older than 79% of Canadian towns. 15% are under 15 and 23% 65 or older.
Is Tecumseh bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 13% are. Another 0.1% speak only French and 87% only English, and French is the first language of 3%.
How diverse is Tecumseh?
Immigrants: 18% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 11%. Indigenous identity: 2.6%.
What religion are people in Tecumseh?
22% said they have no religion and 74% that they are Christian; 4.4% named another faith.
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).