Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainA smaller share of one-person households than 94% of Canadian towns: 13%
Against a figure of 11% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Hope comes in at 15%. 39% of residents are immigrants, more than in 83% of Canadian towns. The neighbourhood had 6,997 residents in 2,140 households at the 2021 Census. Here, a fifth of residents said they have no religion.
Residents aged 65 and over: 13%, a lower share than 82% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
More residents are 50–54 than any other five-year age: 8.4% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. For Hope, the census puts children under 15 at 17%. With a median age of 39, Hope is younger than 70% of Canadian towns. As a reference point, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Hope, 39. 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.
Hope households average 3.2 people, larger than in 94% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Locally, 7.9% of households are one-parent families.
A smaller share of common-law partners than 94% of Canadian towns: 4.1%
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 56% in Hope and 46% across Canada’s towns. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
A smaller share of renter households than 74% of Canadian towns: 15%
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
By its share of households in buildings of five or more storeys (6.1%), Hope is above 74% of Canadian towns. Measured more widely, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 75% date from 2001 or later, 1.4% from before 1961.
The midpoint household income is $138,900 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Hope had $138,900 before tax, 62% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Ontario’s towns: $91,600. Pandemic benefits reached 35% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
Hope sits below 71% of Canadian towns for residents who moved in within the year (9.1%)
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 45%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (52%), then in Europe (32%). The benchmark for residents who moved in within the year across Canada’s towns: 11%. 18% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns.
Hope ranks above 77% of Canadian towns on visible minority residents: 40%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (9%), Jewish (4.8%) and Buddhist (2.8%). 0.4% of residents have an Indigenous identity, fewer than in 91% of Canadian towns. For comparison, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 51%, and 5.8% 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
20% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 2.1% speak neither official language. Compared with other places, residents whose mother tongue is French are scarce here: 0.5%, fewer than in 92% of Canadian towns. The share of bilingual residents trails 66% of Canadian towns: 5.8%.
In Hope, 44% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 77% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 5.2% 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.
An employment rate of 63%
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, below this 63%.
41 towns of 6,819 to 7,183 people: this is the 15th youngest
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The span goes from 27.2 (Rhineland) up to 61.6 (Fairwinds). By median age, Hope sits among Sherbrooke (38.9), Bridgeland/Riverside (38.9), Lowertown East (39.1) and Kiniski Gardens (39.3).
1 of the 6 nearest towns are older than Hope
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hope | 6,997 | — | 39 | 13% | 39% |
| Teston | 7,437 | 2.1 km | 39 | 9.3% | 40% |
| Upper Thornhill Estates | 10,435 | 2.9 km | 38.6 | 9.5% | 55% |
| Carrville Corners | 13,004 | 3.7 km | 38.2 | 11% | 52% |
| Peace Village | 14,598 | 3.8 km | 37.3 | 10% | 54% |
| Maple | 20,122 | 3.8 km | 45.3 | 19% | 43% |
| The Valleys of Thornhill | 9,979 | 4.4 km | 36.9 | 8.8% | 50% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Built up from dissemination areas: Statistics Canada stops at the municipality. Rounded counts are added together and medians estimated from the published groups. The 2016 areas don’t line up with these, so the change since 2016 isn’t shown.
- 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. 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. Each comparison is its own median: over Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
Questions about Hope’s residents
What is the median income in Hope?
The median household in Hope took in $138,900 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Hope?
The 2021 Census counted 6,997 people in Hope.
What is the average age in Hope?
A median age of 39, younger than 70% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 17%, and people 65 and over 13%.
Is Hope bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 5.8% are. Another 0.1% speak only French and 92% only English, and French is the first language of 0.5%.
How diverse is Hope?
39% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 40% belong to a visible minority and 0.4% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Hope?
61% are Christian and 20% have no religion; 19% follow another religion.
Is Hope good for families?
Under 15: 17% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 65% of households. One-parent families: 7.9%. Schools near Hope are on its Schools page.
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).