Photo: Chicken4War · CC BY-SA 4.0A median age of 55.2: Tiny is older than 95% of Canadian towns
By its share of households in single-detached houses (97%), Tiny is above 99% of Canadian towns. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 8.1% here, fewer than in 90% of Canadian towns. This Ontario town is home to some 14,195 people (July 2025 estimate), in 5,435 households at the 2021 Census. Residents who moved in within the year account for 9.1%.
What stands out about the people of Tiny
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
13% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 92% of Canadian towns; 1.6% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Older than most towns
Tiny’s median age is 55.2; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 29% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A +10% change since 2016: faster than 81% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +6% across Ontario’s towns. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 9%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 29%, a higher share than 91% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Across Canada’s towns, 16% of residents are under 15; in Tiny, 12%. The usual figure: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Tiny, 55.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women.
One-person households: 24%, a lower share than 59% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The share of one-parent families is 5.8%, against 8.2% across Canada’s towns. The benchmark for one-person households across Canada’s towns: 27%. On average, 2.4 people share a household.
Tiny sits above 75% of Canadian towns for married residents 15 and over (54%)
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
A fifth of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). Census figures put common-law partners at 11% in Tiny. For comparison, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
In Tiny, 7.7% of households rent their home, fewer than in 95% 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
25% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 18% built before 1961. Nothing unusual on households in buildings of five or more storeys: 0.2%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
Households here have a median income of $88,000 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes sit at the middle in Tiny: half had more than $88,000, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $91,600 is the median household income across Ontario’s towns. Pandemic benefits reached 24% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
12% of residents are immigrants
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
Most recent wave: 1.9% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%). Residents without Canadian citizenship account for 1.6%.
Indigenous residents: 13%, a higher share than 92% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Here 2.8% of residents belong to a visible minority, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 15%. Census figures put residents with no religion at 36% in Tiny.
Tiny sits above 74% of Canadian towns for residents whose mother tongue is French (7.2%)
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
7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns, against 16% in Tiny. Mother tongue: English 80%, French 7.2%.
Below 61% of Canadian towns: 22% 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
At the bottom of the ladder, 9.7% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. Against that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 48% of adults
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
With 29% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 48% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
The 1st oldest of 41 towns of 13,934 to 14,477 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Between River West (30.6) and Tiny (55.2) lies the rest of the group. The towns whose median age is nearest to Tiny’s: Sillery (51) and Matane (52.4).
No nearby town is as old as Tiny
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiny | 14,195 | — | 55.2 | 29% | 12% |
| Penetanguishene | 11,141 | 9.5 km | 52 | 30% | 6.8% |
| Midland | 19,305 | 9.8 km | 50 | 28% | 9.5% |
| Tay | 11,968 | 17.7 km | 49.2 | 24% | 6.7% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- 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. 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 Tiny’s residents
What religion are people in Tiny?
Most often Christian (63%) or no religion (36%); other religions make up 1.6%.
Is Tiny good for families?
Children under 15 are 12% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 61% of households and one-parent families 5.8%. Schools near Tiny are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Tiny?
Median total household income in Tiny was $88,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Tiny?
The latest figure is an estimate: 14,195 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Tiny counted 12,966, 10% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Tiny?
Half the residents are older than 55.2 and half younger, older than 95% of Canadian towns; 12% are children under 15 and 29% are 65 or over.
Is Tiny bilingual?
16% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0.2% speak French only and 84% English only. French is the mother tongue of 7.2%.
How diverse is Tiny?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 12%. A visible minority makes up 2.8% and Indigenous residents 13%.
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).