Photo: Veillg1 · CC BY-SA 4.0Vankleek Hill is older than 91% of Canadian towns: a median age of 52.4
Residents who moved in within the year make up 7.8%, against 11% across Canada’s towns. 13% of residents are under 15. On households in single-detached houses, Vankleek Hill sits higher than 77% of Canadian towns: 82%. The 2021 Census found 3,750 households in the town; by July 2025 the population was about 9,321. Statistics Canada counts Vankleek Hill as part of Champlain: the figures on this page are the municipality’s.
What stands out about the people of Vankleek Hill
A bilingual town
69% of residents can hold a conversation in both English and French, more than in 98% of Canadian towns; 11% speak French only and 20% English only. English & French ↓
Older than most towns
Line Vankleek Hill’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 52.4; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 27% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A higher share of bilingual residents than 98% of Canadian towns, at 69%
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. 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
Residents whose mother tongue is French: 59%, above 83% of Canadian towns. Set beside that, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
−1% since 2016, a pace below 81% of Canadian towns
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Ontario’s towns the median is +6%, and across Canada’s towns +4%. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 8%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 87% of Canadian towns: 27%
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
No age band is larger than 60–64: 9.9% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. Here, 9% of residents are aged 15 to 24. As a yardstick, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Vankleek Hill, 52.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Smaller households than 64% of Canadian towns: 2.3 people on average
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.
A quarter of households are one person living alone (Canada’s towns: 27%). Add to that, at 6.9%, the share of one-parent families is lower than in 71% of Canadian towns.
Common-law partners make up 18% in Vankleek Hill, more than in 82% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
21% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns. In Vankleek Hill, 48% of residents 15 and over are married.
21% of households rent their home, fewer than in 60% of Canadian towns
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. To put it in context, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Older homes outnumber new: 28% predate 1961, 16% date from 2001 or later.
Before tax, the median household income is $83,000 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
At $83,000, the middle household in Vankleek Hill earned close to the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Ontario’s towns: $91,600. In 2020, 24% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
6% of residents are immigrants
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 35%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Residents without Canadian citizenship: 1.9% here and 5.8% across Canada’s towns. Lower than in 78% of Canadian towns: 6% of residents are immigrants. Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (60%), then in the Americas (15%).
Only 19% of residents said they have no religion in Vankleek Hill
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The share of visible minority residents is 2.8%, against 15% across Canada’s towns. Residents with no religion: 35% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. On the census count, 2.9% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
Below 63% of Canadian towns: 21% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 8.5% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. Across the comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 52%
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, above this 52%; 27% of residents are 65 or over.
41 towns of 9,157 to 9,491 people: this is the 1st oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The youngest is Oromocto (31.8) and the oldest Vankleek Hill (52.4). In age, Vankleek Hill keeps company with Manor Park (47.8) and Sulphur Springs (50.2).
Older than Vankleek Hill: 2 of the 4 towns nearby
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vankleek Hill | 9,321 | — | 52.4 | 27% | 6% |
| Hawkesbury | 11,451 | 5.9 km | 54.8 | 32% | 6% |
| Grenville | 1,889 | 8.3 km | 47.2 | 26% | 2.5% |
| Grenville-sur-la-Rouge | 3,040 | 9.0 km | 53.2 | 27% | 3.6% |
| East Hawkesbury | 3,787 | 15.7 km | 50.8 | 24% | 6.5% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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.
Questions about Vankleek Hill’s residents
What is the population of Vankleek Hill?
Statistics Canada estimates 9,321 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 8,665 in Vankleek Hill, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Vankleek Hill?
52.4 is the median age, older than 91% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 13%. 65 and over: 27%.
Is Vankleek Hill bilingual?
69% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 11% speak French only and 20% English only. French is the mother tongue of 59%.
How diverse is Vankleek Hill?
Immigrants make up 6% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 2.8% are members of a visible minority, and 2.9% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Vankleek Hill?
Christian: 81%. No religion: 19%. Another religion: 0.8%.
Is Vankleek Hill good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 13%. 61% of households are couple families and 6.9% one-parent families. Schools near Vankleek Hill are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Vankleek Hill?
$83,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Vankleek Hill (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
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).