Photo: Community Archives · CC0Half of Tweed is over 53.6, older than 92% of Canadian towns
Residents who moved in within the year: 6.9% here and 11% across Canada’s towns. 89% of households live in a single-detached house. Tweed has fewer children under 15 than just over four fifths of Canadian towns, at 13%. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 6,504 residents; the 2021 Census found 2,590 households.
What stands out about the people of Tweed
Older than most towns
Tweed’s median age is 53.6; 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 change of ±0% since 2016 leaves Tweed behind 74% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Ontario’s towns, by more than +6%. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 7% higher again.
Above 90% of Canadian towns: 29% of residents are 65 or over
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The largest age band is 60–64: 11% of residents, 1.5 times the share across Canada’s towns. On average, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24: nearly a tenth of the total.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Tweed, 53.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Households here average 2.3 people, below 64% 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.
29% of households are one person living alone; across Canada’s towns the figure is 27%. The census found that 7.7% of households are one-parent families in Tweed.
13% of residents 15 and over live common-law, a share 69% of Canadian towns don’t reach
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
22% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%. On the census count, 47% of residents 15 and over are married.
Below 69% of Canadian towns: 17% of households rent their home
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
One in ten homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. Renter households: 25% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
Households here have a median income of $69,000 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Tweed’s median household took in $69,000 before tax, 20% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Ontario’s towns the median is $91,600. 22% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
6.7% of residents are immigrants
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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
Where 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns, Tweed has 6.7%. On the census count, 0.9% of residents are not Canadian citizens.
Indigenous residents: 5.4%, a higher share than 72% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Set against 15% across Canada’s towns, 3% of residents belong to a visible minority in Tweed. The comparison figure for Indigenous residents is 2.8% across Canada’s towns. For Tweed, the census puts residents with no religion at 39%.
English is the mother tongue of 95%, and 4% 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
7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns, against 4% in Tweed. French is the mother tongue of 1.3% and English of 95%; at home, 0.3% speak French most often and 99% English.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 88% of Canadian towns: 13%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 14%, beside a typical 9.5%. As a yardstick, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 47% of adults
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 47% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 29% of residents are 65 or over.
Oldest by rank: 2nd of 41 towns of 6,407 to 6,600 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Pictou County, Subdivision A is the oldest at 54.4, City View the youngest at 33.5. The closest ages to Tweed’s belong to Kings County, Subdivision D (52.8), Battlefield (53.1) and Pictou County, Subdivision A (54.4).
The towns around Tweed are all younger
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tweed | 6,504 | — | 53.6 | 29% | 6.7% |
| Centre Hastings | 5,170 | 12.0 km | 49.2 | 26% | 6.2% |
| Madoc | 2,467 | 14.1 km | 49.6 | 23% | 5.6% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Tweed’s residents
What is the average age in Tweed?
Half the residents are older than 53.6 and half younger, older than 92% of Canadian towns; 13% are children under 15 and 29% are 65 or over.
Is Tweed bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 4% are. Another 0% speak only French and 96% only English, and French is the first language of 1.3%.
How diverse is Tweed?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 6.7%. A visible minority makes up 3% and Indigenous residents 5.4%.
What religion are people in Tweed?
Most often Christian (61%) or no religion (39%); other religions make up 1%.
Is Tweed good for families?
Children under 15 are 13% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 54% of households and one-parent families 7.7%. Schools near Tweed are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Tweed?
Median total household income in Tweed was $69,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Tweed?
The latest figure is an estimate: 6,504 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Tweed counted 6,067, about the same as 2016.
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).