Photo: Community Archives · CC0Indigenous residents: 77%, a higher share than 99% of Canadian towns
Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory is a First Nations reserve, home to Kenhtè:ke. Across Canada’s towns, 64% of households live in a single-detached house; in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, 89%. A median age of 48 (older than four fifths of Canadian towns) sets Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory apart: 2,535 residents in 1,030 households at the 2021 Census. The census found that 14% of households are one-parent families locally. More residents aged 65 and over than in 69% of Canadian towns: 22%.
What stands out about the people of Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
77% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 99% of Canadian towns; 71% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Fewer people than before
Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory went from 2,595 people in 2016 to 2,535 in 2021, −2%: slower growth than in 90% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Slower than most: −2% since 2016, behind 90% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns, the typical town changed +4%; across Ontario’s towns, +6%. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 19%.
Older than 80% of Canadian towns: half of Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory is over 48
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 Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, 15%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, 48. 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.
In Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, 24% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 62% of Canadian towns
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Households average 2.5 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Elsewhere, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory ranks above 74% of Canadian towns on common-law partners: 14%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
The figure for married residents 15 and over is 41% in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory and 46% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, common-law partners come to 11%.
13% of households rent their home, fewer than in 81% 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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Elsewhere, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 28% date from 2001 or later, 11% from before 1961. 12% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%.
The median household brings in $59,200 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
At $59,200, the middle household in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory earned 31% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within Ontario’s towns, the household in the middle had $91,600. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 25% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory sits above 88% of Canadian towns for residents with no religion (51%)
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Here 0.6% of residents belong to a visible minority, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 15%. As a reference point, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
96% have English as their mother tongue; 1.2% also speak French
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
The share of bilingual residents trails 99% of Canadian towns: 1.2%. 0.6% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
13% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, below 89% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
18% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%). By way of comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
42% of residents 15 and over were in work
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 42% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory is younger than 2 of its 5 nearest neighbours
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory | 3,028 | — | 48 | 22% | 0% |
| Deseronto | 1,844 | 8.8 km | 44 | 19% | 4.1% |
| Tyendinaga | 5,005 | 12.2 km | 42.4 | 16% | 4.7% |
| Greater Napanee | 18,016 | 16.3 km | 50.4 | 28% | 5.9% |
| Belleville | 62,914 | 17.8 km | 45.2 | 24% | 9.3% |
| Picton | 27,544 | 18.2 km | 56.8 | 34% | 10% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Ontario’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- A First Nations reserve. Reserves are compared with Canada’s towns but aren’t counted among them: they have no overall grade and no place in ranked lists. Census figures for small reserves are rounded, and some are suppressed.
- 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 Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory’s residents
What is the median income in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory?
Median total household income in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory was $59,200 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory?
The latest figure is an estimate: 3,028 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory counted 2,535, 2% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory?
Half the residents are older than 48 and half younger, older than 80% of Canadian towns; 15% are children under 15 and 22% are 65 or over.
Is Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory bilingual?
English and French: 1.2% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 99%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 0.6%.
How diverse is Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory?
0.6% of residents belong to a visible minority and 77% have an Indigenous identity; Statistics Canada suppresses the immigration figures for Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory.
What religion are people in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory?
Most often Christian (40%) or no religion (51%); other religions make up 9.2%.
Is Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory good for families?
Children under 15 are 15% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 48% of households and one-parent families 14%. Schools near Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory are on its Schools page.
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).