Photo: WolfFang1990 · CC BY-SA 4.0A larger share of Indigenous residents than 94% of Canadian towns: 15%
Against a figure of 17% across Canada’s towns, the share of immigrants in Timmins comes in at 3.4%. Compared with other places, households in buildings of five or more storeys are common here: 2.9%, more than in just over two thirds of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census found 17,885 households in the town; by July 2025 the population was about 45,569. 32% of households are one person living alone.
What stands out about the people of Timmins
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
15% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 94% of Canadian towns; 5.4% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
A bilingual town
49% of residents can hold a conversation in both English and French, more than in 90% of Canadian towns; 1.5% speak French only and 49% English only. English & French ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
49% of residents speak English and French, more than in 90% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. 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 78%, French 16%. Compared with other places, residents whose mother tongue is French are common here: 33%, more than in 80% of Canadian towns. By way of comparison, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Slower growth than 87% of Canadian towns: Timmins changed by −2% since 2016
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 11%. For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +6% across Ontario’s towns.
A higher share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 66% of Canadian towns, at 12%
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 7.8% of residents. The highest share aged 65 or over among Ontario’s towns is Northern Bruce Peninsula’s: 41%. As a reference point, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. On children under 15, 16% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Timmins, 42. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
2.3 people per household, fewer than in 64% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Here 9.8% of households are one-parent families, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 8.2%.
Timmins ranks above 76% of Canadian towns on common-law partners: 15%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 28% of adults (typical: 27%). At 41%, the share of married residents 15 and over is lower than in 65% of Canadian towns. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
Timmins: 33% of households rent their home, above 64% of Canadian towns
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
Older homes outnumber new: 36% predate 1961, 7% date from 2001 or later. Elsewhere, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Single-detached houses hold nearly two thirds of households, more than in 52% of Canadian towns, and buildings of five or more storeys 2.9%.
The middle household earns $82,000 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000, and Timmins’s, at $82,000, is close to it. For Ontario’s towns, the median household income is $91,600. In 2020, 24% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
A larger share of residents who moved in within the year than 60% of Canadian towns: 12%
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
The share of residents without Canadian citizenship trails 68% of Canadian towns: 2.7%. Against that, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (42%) and in Asia (39%).
Timmins sits below 60% of Canadian towns for residents with no religion (32%)
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
4.4% of residents belong to a visible minority; across Canada’s towns the figure is 15%. Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 35%.
Below 80% of Canadian towns: 16% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 14% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
In work on census day: 57% of adults
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 57%, the share in work is about the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Youngest by rank: 20th of 41 towns of 39,523 to 51,756 people
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The youngest of these towns is Prince Albert, at 35.2; the oldest, Shawinigan, is at 54.4. Rouyn-Noranda (42), Innisfil (42), Hurontario (42.2) and Lakeshore (42.8): the towns nearest Timmins in median age.
No nearby town is as young as Timmins
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are. No closer places have figures: these lie 54–69 km from Timmins.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timmins | 45,569 | — | 42 | 18% | 3.4% |
| Iroquois Falls | 4,640 | 54.0 km | 48 | 23% | 2.4% |
| Black River-Matheson | 2,899 | 62.8 km | 46.8 | 21% | 4.3% |
| Cochrane | 5,948 | 68.9 km | 43.6 | 21% | 1.7% |
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. 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. The middle of Ontario’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
Questions about Timmins’s residents
Is Timmins bilingual?
49% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 1.5% speak French only and 49% English only. French is the mother tongue of 33%.
How diverse is Timmins?
Immigrants: 3.4% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 4.4%. Indigenous identity: 15%.
What religion are people in Timmins?
32% said they have no religion and 66% that they are Christian; 2.5% named another faith.
Is Timmins good for families?
16% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 50% of households and one-parent families 9.8%. Schools near Timmins are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Timmins?
Half of Timmins’s households had more than $82,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Timmins?
About 45,569, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 41,145 people in Timmins, 2% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Timmins?
The median age is 42, younger than 51% of Canadian towns. 16% are under 15 and 18% 65 or older.
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).