Photo: Andrew Currie from Toronto, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0A higher share of immigrants than 99% of Canadian towns, at 68%
12% of households rent their home, against 25% across Canada’s towns. Compared with other places, residents with no religion are common here: 53%, more than in 90% of Canadian towns. Census day 2021: 24,431 residents and 7,585 households in Milliken. The share of residents without Canadian citizenship stands at 22%.
What stands out about the people of Milliken
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 68% of residents; the medians are 26% across Ontario’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (91%), then in the Americas (5.9%), and 18% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A mix of backgrounds
Visible minority residents make up 95%, more than in 99% of Canadian towns, and immigrants 68%. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A median age of 46.8: Milliken is older than 76% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.9%, below 66% of Canadian towns. The largest age band is 60–64: 7.9% of residents. The highest share aged 65 or over among Ontario’s towns is Northern Bruce Peninsula’s: 41%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Milliken, 46.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
One-person households make up 15% in Milliken, less than in 91% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
8.2% of households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns, against 11% in Milliken. Households average 3.2 people. The comparison figure for one-person households is 27% across Canada’s towns.
A lower share of common-law partners than 97% of Canadian towns, at 3%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
29% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. By way of comparison, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Milliken sits above 89% of Canadian towns for households in buildings of five or more storeys (26%)
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
By its share of households in single-detached houses (51%), Milliken is below 67% of Canadian towns. 4.9% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 0.8% built before 1961.
The midpoint household income is $83,400 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes sit at the middle in Milliken: half had more than $83,400, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The provincial yardstick is $91,600, the median across Ontario’s towns. In 2020, 38% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
Milliken sits below 79% of Canadian towns for residents who moved in within the year (8.3%)
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 80%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (91%), then in the Americas (5.9%). The usual figure: 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. 18% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of visible minority residents than 99% of Canadian towns, at 95%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Hindu (6.4%), Buddhist (6.1%) and Muslim (2%). Indigenous residents are rarer here than in 98% of Canadian towns. On average, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns.
78% have a mother tongue other than English or 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, 60% mostly speak another language; 26% speak neither English nor French. Lower than in 96% of Canadian towns: 2.6% of residents speak English and French. Set against 1.5% across Canada’s towns, 0.2% of residents have French as their mother tongue in Milliken.
27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 23%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%.
In work on census day: 42% of adults
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 42% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 24% of residents are 65 or over.
8th highest median age among 41 towns of 23,373 to 25,554
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The group spans Fort St. John, youngest at 32.4, to White Rock, oldest at 58. The closest ages to Milliken’s belong to Mount Pearl (46), Essex (46.8), Oro-Medonte (47.6) and Tecumseh (47.6).
Milliken is younger than 2 of its 6 nearest neighbours
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milliken | 24,431 | — | 46.8 | 24% | 68% |
| Agincourt North | 27,790 | 1.5 km | 47.2 | 24% | 68% |
| Milliken | 12,138 | 2.4 km | 47.6 | 27% | 68% |
| Underwood | 5,972 | 2.5 km | 45.6 | 23% | 71% |
| Hagerman's Corners | 43,555 | 2.7 km | 40.5 | 19% | 65% |
| Vinegar Hill | 19,543 | 3.2 km | 40 | 16% | 59% |
| East L'Amoreaux | 21,533 | 3.3 km | 43.6 | 20% | 64% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- The census’s own words. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Milliken’s residents
How diverse is Milliken?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 68%. A visible minority makes up 95% and Indigenous residents 0%.
What religion are people in Milliken?
Most often Christian (30%) or no religion (53%); other religions make up 17%.
Is Milliken good for families?
Children under 15 are 13% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 48% of households and one-parent families 11%. Schools near Milliken are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Milliken?
Median total household income in Milliken was $83,400 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Milliken?
The 2021 Census counted 24,431 people in Milliken.
What is the average age in Milliken?
Half the residents are older than 46.8 and half younger, older than 76% of Canadian towns; 13% are children under 15 and 24% are 65 or over.
Is Milliken bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 2.6% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 72% speak only English and 0% only French; 0.2% grew up with French.
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).