Photo: GTD Aquitaine · Public domainGuildwood ranks above 90% of Canadian towns on households in buildings of five or more storeys: 27%
By its share of visible minority residents (38%), Guildwood is above 76% of Canadian towns. The neighbourhood counted 9,797 residents and 3,930 households at the 2021 Census. Locally, just over a third of residents are immigrants. The median age in the neighbourhood is 49.4, higher than in 84% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Guildwood
Many older residents
27% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 86% of Canadian towns; 9.8% are 80 or over, and 28% of households are one person living alone. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
27% of residents are 65 or over, a share 86% of Canadian towns don’t reach
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
Across Canada’s towns, just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24; in Guildwood, 10%. Against that, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: 7.9% of residents.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Guildwood, 49.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Guildwood: 11% of households are one-parent families, above 82% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
On average, 2.5 people share a household. Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-person households is 27%; Guildwood has 28%.
Guildwood sits below 84% of Canadian towns for common-law partners (6.3%)
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Nearly half of residents 15 and over are married; across Canada’s towns the figure is 46%. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
Only 55% of households live in a single-detached house in Guildwood
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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: 25% predate 1961, 3.1% date from 2001 or later. Households in single-detached houses: 64% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
Household income, middle of the range: $106,600 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
Guildwood’s median household took in $106,600 before tax, 24% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). For Ontario’s towns, the median household income is $91,600. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 26% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
7.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 87% of Canadian towns
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 40%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Most immigrants were born in Asia (45%) or in Europe (31%). By way of comparison, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. 14% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns.
Guildwood ranks below 66% of Canadian towns on residents with no religion: 30%
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The figure for Indigenous residents is 0.9% in Guildwood and 2.8% across Canada’s towns. Set beside that, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Other faiths: Muslim (6.9%) and Hindu (2.9%).
English is the mother tongue of 71%, and 7.3% speak French as well
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home, 11% mostly speak another language; 0.9% speak neither English nor French. Residents whose mother tongue is French are rarer here than in two thirds of Canadian towns.
Guildwood ranks above 81% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 47%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 4.6%, beside a typical 9.5%. The wider picture: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
50% of residents 15 and over were in work
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 50% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 27% of residents are 65 or over.
Oldest by rank: 13th of 41 towns of 9,622 to 9,989 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The group spans Stanley, youngest at 25.6, to Qualicum Beach, oldest at 67.5. Nearest to Guildwood in age: Antigonish County, Subdivision A (47.2), Hatchet Lake (47.8), Charlesbourg (49.6) and Notre-Dame-des-Prairies (50.4).
The towns around Guildwood are all younger
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guildwood | 9,797 | — | 49.4 | 27% | 35% |
| Scarborough Village | 16,774 | 1.7 km | 38.3 | 15% | 55% |
| Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn | 27,429 | 2.1 km | 37.1 | 17% | 53% |
| West Hill | 28,414 | 2.2 km | 39.9 | 16% | 50% |
| Morningside | 17,708 | 3.6 km | 38.4 | 16% | 56% |
| Woburn North | 26,662 | 4.0 km | 37.5 | 15% | 58% |
| Eglinton East | 22,820 | 4.1 km | 39.7 | 17% | 59% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- 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.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Built up from dissemination areas: Statistics Canada stops at the municipality. Rounded counts are added together and medians estimated from the published groups. The 2016 areas don’t line up with these, so the change since 2016 isn’t shown.
- 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 Guildwood’s residents
Is Guildwood good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 14%. 51% of households are couple families and 11% one-parent families. Schools near Guildwood are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Guildwood?
$106,600 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Guildwood (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Guildwood?
9,797, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Guildwood alone.
What is the average age in Guildwood?
49.4 is the median age, older than 84% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 14%. 65 and over: 27%.
Is Guildwood bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 7.3% are. Another 0% speak only French and 92% only English, and French is the first language of 1.1%.
How diverse is Guildwood?
Immigrants make up 35% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 38% are members of a visible minority, and 0.9% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Guildwood?
Christian: 58%. No religion: 30%. Another religion: 13%.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population. 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).