Photo: Amakuha · CC BY 4.0A higher share of immigrants than 92% of Canadian towns, at 50%
The share of residents without Canadian citizenship tops 85% of Canadian towns: 16%. 55% of residents belong to a visible minority, a higher share than in 88% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census put St.Andrew-Windfields’s population at 17,005, in 6,345 households. For St.Andrew-Windfields, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 14%.
What stands out about the people of St.Andrew-Windfields
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 50% of residents; the medians are 26% across Ontario’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Asia (67%) or in Europe (17%), and 23% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Many graduates
A bachelor’s degree or higher is held by 66% of 25- to 64-year-olds, more than in 96% of Canadian towns, and a master’s by 17%. Qualifications ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
St.Andrew-Windfields is older than 70% of Canadian towns: a median age of 45.3
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 19%; St.Andrew-Windfields has 21%. Locally, 14% of residents are under 15.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ St.Andrew-Windfields, 45.3. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women.
12% of households are one-parent families, more than in 88% 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.
A household here has 2.7 people on average; across Canada’s towns, 2.4. Meanwhile, on one-person households, St.Andrew-Windfields sits lower than 72% of Canadian towns: 21%. For comparison, nearly one in ten households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns.
Below 94% of Canadian towns: 4.2% of residents 15 and over live common-law
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 30% of adults, beside a typical 27%. As a yardstick, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of households in buildings of five or more storeys than 90% of Canadian towns, at 27%
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
18% of homes were built before 1961 and 17% in 2001 or later. At 36%, the share of renter households is higher than in 69% of Canadian towns. Against a figure of 64% across Canada’s towns, the share of households in single-detached houses in St.Andrew-Windfields comes in at 51%.
$123,000 a year: the median household income
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in St.Andrew-Windfields had $123,000 before tax, 43% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Ontario’s towns have a median of $91,600. The pandemic’s benefits: 30% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
Only 10% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in St.Andrew-Windfields
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 60%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Most immigrants were born in Asia (67%) or in Europe (17%). Residents who moved in within the year make up 11% across Canada’s towns. Recent arrivals are nearly a quarter of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns.
St.Andrew-Windfields: 37% of residents said they have no religion, above 55% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canada’s towns, the share of Indigenous residents is 2.8%; St.Andrew-Windfields has 0.1%. As a yardstick, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Among other religions: Jewish (12%), Muslim (8.5%) and Hindu (2.3%).
A higher share of bilingual residents than 66% of Canadian towns, at 13%
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, 29% mostly speak another language; 3.7% speak neither English nor French. As a yardstick, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. Fewer residents whose mother tongue is French than in 71% of Canadian towns: 1%.
More degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 96% of Canadian towns: 66%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 2% here, 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.
54% of adults were employed in May 2021
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
With 21% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 54% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
41 towns of 16,482 to 17,558 people: this is the 6th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The youngest of these towns is Summerside, at 33.6; the oldest, Saint-Charles-Borromée, is at 57.2. By median age, St.Andrew-Windfields sits among Sooke (44.8), Stayner (44.8), Saint-Michel (45.6) and Cap-Rouge (47.3).
Every nearby town is younger than St.Andrew-Windfields
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St.Andrew-Windfields | 17,005 | — | 45.3 | 21% | 50% |
| Avondale | 13,803 | 1.4 km | 35.3 | 10% | 58% |
| Bayview Village | 22,617 | 1.7 km | 39.5 | 19% | 59% |
| East Willowdale | 15,514 | 1.9 km | 41 | 18% | 60% |
| Yonge-Doris | 20,298 | 2.5 km | 38.2 | 17% | 64% |
| Lansing-Westgate | 15,980 | 2.6 km | 39.6 | 16% | 45% |
| Willowdale West | 17,210 | 3.3 km | 40.5 | 21% | 56% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- The census’s own words. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. There is no census profile for a neighbourhood, so we add up the dissemination areas inside it. Each count is a sum of Statistics Canada’s rounded counts, the median age and income come from the published groups, and with 2016’s areas drawn differently there is no 2016 count.
Questions about St.Andrew-Windfields’s residents
What religion are people in St.Andrew-Windfields?
36% are Christian and 37% have no religion; 27% follow another religion.
Is St.Andrew-Windfields good for families?
Under 15: 14% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 56% of households. One-parent families: 12%. Schools near St.Andrew-Windfields are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in St.Andrew-Windfields?
The median household in St.Andrew-Windfields took in $123,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of St.Andrew-Windfields?
St.Andrew-Windfields had 17,005 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in St.Andrew-Windfields?
A median age of 45.3, older than 70% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 14%, and people 65 and over 21%.
Is St.Andrew-Windfields bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 13% are. Another 0.1% speak only French and 84% only English, and French is the first language of 1%.
How diverse is St.Andrew-Windfields?
50% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 55% belong to a visible minority and 0.1% have an Indigenous identity.
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).