Photo: P199 · Public domainTyendinaga ranks below 95% of Canadian towns on renter households: 7.6%
9.6% of residents have an Indigenous identity (Canada’s towns: 2.8%). Statistics Canada puts Tyendinaga’s population at 5,005 for July 2025. One-person households: 18% of the total. Residents who moved in within the year are rarer here than in 86% of Canadian towns.
+7% since 2016, a pace 70% of Canadian towns didn’t match
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 10%. The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across Ontario’s towns +6%.
Children under 15: 18%, a higher share than 73% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Compared with 11% across Canada’s towns, 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24 here. Add to that, at 16%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is lower than in 64% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Tyendinaga, 42.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women.
2.8 people per household, more than in 82% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
5.5% of households are one-parent families; across Canada’s towns the figure is 8.2%.
Married residents 15 and over: 53%, a higher share than 74% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
12% of residents 15 and over live common-law, against 11% across Canada’s towns. Singles who have never married make up 22% of adults, beside a typical 27%.
97% of households live in a single-detached house, a share 99% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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
34% of homes were built before 1961 and 23% in 2001 or later. As a reference point, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
The median household brings in $98,000 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Tyendinaga’s, at $98,000, is 14% higher. Household incomes across Ontario’s towns have a median of $91,600. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 24% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
4.7% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (65%) and in the Americas (26%). Compared with other places, residents without Canadian citizenship are scarce here: 0.8%, fewer than in 92% of Canadian towns. Against a figure of 17% across Canada’s towns, the share of immigrants in Tyendinaga comes in at 4.7%.
38% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 60% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 15% across Canada’s towns, the share of visible minority residents in Tyendinaga comes in at 2.5%. The usual figure: 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 96%, and 4.1% speak French as well
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
Against a figure of 7.5% across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents in Tyendinaga comes in at 4.1%. At home: English 99%, French 0.7%. Residents whose mother tongue is French are rarer here than in 77% of Canadian towns.
In Tyendinaga, 14% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 85% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 5.9%, beside a typical 9.5%. The usual figure: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 59% of adults
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 59% is close to the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Among 41 towns of 4,923 to 5,090 people, the 19th youngest
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Between Westdale South (31.1) and Northern Bruce Peninsula (61.6) lies the rest of the group. Falkirk East (41.8), Edenwold No. 158 (42.4), Huntington (42.5) and Central Business District (43.8): the towns nearest Tyendinaga in median age.
The towns around Tyendinaga are all older
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyendinaga | 5,005 | — | 42.4 | 16% | 4.7% |
| Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory | 3,028 | 12.2 km | 48 | 22% | 0% |
| Deseronto | 1,844 | 13.9 km | 44 | 19% | 4.1% |
| Greater Napanee | 18,016 | 17.0 km | 50.4 | 28% | 5.9% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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. 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.
Questions about Tyendinaga’s residents
What is the median income in Tyendinaga?
Half of Tyendinaga’s households had more than $98,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Tyendinaga?
About 5,005, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 4,538 people in Tyendinaga, 7% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Tyendinaga?
The median age is 42.4, older than 52% of Canadian towns. 18% are under 15 and 16% 65 or older.
Is Tyendinaga bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 4.1% are. Another 0.2% speak only French and 96% only English, and French is the first language of 0.9%.
How diverse is Tyendinaga?
Immigrants: 4.7% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 2.5%. Indigenous identity: 9.6%.
What religion are people in Tyendinaga?
38% said they have no religion and 61% that they are Christian; 0.7% named another faith.
Is Tyendinaga good for families?
18% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 65% of households and one-parent families 5.5%. Schools near Tyendinaga 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).