Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0In Thamesford, 93% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 94% of Canadian towns
Of the immigrants living here, 4.9% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. Thamesford is home to some 9,755 people (July 2025 estimate), in 3,160 households at the 2021 Census. Locally, 18% of households are one person living alone. Lower than in 87% of Canadian towns: 7.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Statistics Canada counts Thamesford as part of Zorra: the figures on this page are the municipality’s.
A growing town: +6% since 2016, faster than 62% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 13%. For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +6% across Ontario’s towns.
Thamesford ranks above 83% of Canadian towns on children under 15: 20%
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
9.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24 (Canada’s towns: 11%). What’s more, the median age in Thamesford is 40.8, lower than in 58% of Canadian towns. Residents aged 65 and over: 18% of the total.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Thamesford, 40.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
Larger households than 76% of Canadian towns: 2.7 people on average
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, the share of one-parent families is 8.2%; Thamesford has 5.4%.
Thamesford ranks above 91% of Canadian towns on married residents 15 and over: 59%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 21% of adults, against a typical 27%. On the census count, 10% of residents 15 and over live common-law.
17% of households rent their home, fewer than in 70% of Canadian towns
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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 nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Two in five homes were built before 1961 and 19% in 2001 or later. As a yardstick, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
The midpoint household income is $106,000 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
The middle household in Thamesford had $106,000 before tax, 23% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among Ontario’s towns, the typical figure is $91,600. The pandemic’s benefits: 21% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
6% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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 here were most often born in Europe (72%), then in the Americas (18%). Thamesford has fewer immigrants than 78% of Canadian towns, at 6%. 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns, against 1% locally.
Residents with no religion make up 39% in Thamesford, more than in 64% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The share of visible minority residents trails four fifths of Canadian towns: 2.6%. Residents with no religion make up 35% across Canada’s towns. Locally, 1.6% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
93% have English as their mother tongue; 3.7% also speak French
Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: English 97%, French 0.1%. Lower than in 90% of Canadian towns: 3.7% of residents speak English and French. Little separates the share of residents whose mother tongue is French here, 0.6%, from the figure across Canada’s towns.
Below 69% of Canadian towns: 19% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 7.9% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. As a yardstick, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
66% of residents 15 and over were in work
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 66% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Youngest by rank: 17th of 41 towns of 9,548 to 9,950 people
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Median ages climb from 25.6 (Stanley) to 67.5 (Qualicum Beach) across the group. In age, Thamesford keeps company with Saint-Rémi (40), Springbank Hill (40.4), Lac-Deschênes (42.1) and Lorraine (42.4).
Among its 4 nearest neighbours, 2 are older than Thamesford
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thamesford | 9,755 | — | 40.8 | 18% | 6% |
| Ingersoll | 14,911 | 12.8 km | 40.8 | 17% | 7.6% |
| Dorchester | 15,475 | 15.7 km | 45.2 | 19% | 8.5% |
| Tavistock | 8,710 | 17.1 km | 42.4 | 20% | 7.6% |
| Woodstock | 55,572 | 17.5 km | 40.8 | 20% | 15% |
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. “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.
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
Questions about Thamesford’s residents
How diverse is Thamesford?
Immigrants make up 6% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 2.6% are members of a visible minority, and 1.6% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Thamesford?
Christian: 60%. No religion: 39%. Another religion: 1.1%.
Is Thamesford good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 20%. 70% of households are couple families and 5.4% one-parent families. Schools near Thamesford are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Thamesford?
$106,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Thamesford (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Thamesford?
Statistics Canada estimates 9,755 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 8,628 in Thamesford, 6% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Thamesford?
40.8 is the median age, younger than 58% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 20%. 65 and over: 18%.
Is Thamesford bilingual?
3.7% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 96% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.6%.
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).