Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 98% of Canadian towns, at 6.2%
With a median age of 48.8, Terrace Bay is older than 82% of Canadian towns. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 1,553 residents; the 2021 Census found 715 households. Across Terrace Bay, 36% of households are one person living alone. Where 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns, Terrace Bay has 87%.
What stands out about the people of Terrace Bay
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 13% of residents, more than in 91% of Canadian towns, and 4.3% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Fewer people than before
Terrace Bay went from 1,611 people in 2016 to 1,528 in 2021, −5%: slower growth than in 96% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A change of −5% since 2016 leaves Terrace Bay behind 96% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. 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 2%. Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Ontario’s towns, by more than +6%.
Terrace Bay sits above 77% of Canadian towns for residents aged 65 and over (24%)
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 60–64: 11% of residents, 1.6 times the share across Canada’s towns. By way of comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. Across Terrace Bay, 16% of residents are under 15.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women.
Terrace Bay households average 2.1 people, smaller than in 83% 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 Terrace Bay comes in at 6.3%.
Common-law partners: 13%, a higher share than 69% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
The share of married residents 15 and over is 50%, against 46% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
In Terrace Bay, 22% of households rent their home, fewer than in 58% of Canadian towns
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Renter households: 25% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
Before tax, the median household income is $86,000 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes sit at the middle in Terrace Bay: half had more than $86,000, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Ontario’s towns the median is $91,600. In 2020, 16% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 8.1% in Terrace Bay, less than in 81% 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
Here 12% of residents are immigrants, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 17%. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (57%) and in Europe (31%). As a reference point, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
13% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 91% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Hindu (5.4%). Set beside that, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns. Visible minority residents make up 10%, against 15% across Canada’s towns.
In Terrace Bay, 4.4% of residents have French as their mother tongue, more than in 71% of Canadian towns
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 94%, French 1%. Terrace Bay has more bilingual residents than 62% of Canadian towns, at 10%. As a reference point, 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 76% of Canadian towns: 17%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 10%, against 9.5%. On average, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
49% of adults were employed in May 2021
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 49% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 24% of residents are 65 or over.
Around Terrace Bay, 3 of 5 towns have a higher median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page. Terrace Bay has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 12–105 km out.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrace Bay | 1,553 | — | 48.8 | 24% | 12% |
| Schreiber | 1,068 | 12.3 km | 54.4 | 24% | 5.6% |
| Marathon | 3,223 | 54.2 km | 43.2 | 16% | 6.9% |
| Nipigon | 1,624 | 89.3 km | 51.6 | 29% | 3.6% |
| Manitouwadge | 2,052 | 100.0 km | 49.2 | 24% | 9.7% |
| Geraldton | 4,398 | 105.3 km | 47.2 | 21% | 3.4% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
- The census’s own words. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
Questions about Terrace Bay’s residents
What is the population of Terrace Bay?
About 1,553, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,528 people in Terrace Bay, 5% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Terrace Bay?
The median age is 48.8. 16% are under 15 and 24% 65 or older.
Is Terrace Bay bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 10% are. Another 0% speak only French and 90% only English, and French is the first language of 4.4%.
How diverse is Terrace Bay?
Immigrants: 12% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 10%. Indigenous identity: 13%.
What religion are people in Terrace Bay?
34% said they have no religion and 57% that they are Christian; 8.7% named another faith.
Is Terrace Bay good for families?
16% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 52% of households and one-parent families 6.3%. Schools near Terrace Bay are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Terrace Bay?
Half of Terrace Bay’s households had more than $86,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
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).