Photo: Mathew Ingram · CC BY 2.043% of residents are immigrants, more than in 87% of Canadian towns
By its share of children under 15 (13%), Maple is below 84% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census counted 20,122 residents in 6,580 households. In Maple, 6.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Residents with no religion are rarer here than in 96% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Maple
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 43% of residents; the medians are 26% across Ontario’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (44%) and in Asia (42%), and 15% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
More residents aged 15 to 24 than 91% of Canadian towns: 15%
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
55–59 is the most common age band: 9.3% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over: 19% of the total. The median age in Maple is 45.3, higher than in 70% of Canadian towns. For comparison, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Maple, 45.3. 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.
One-person households: 15%, a lower share than 90% 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.
In Maple the average household is 3 people, beside 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Measured more widely, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. Across Maple, 9.1% of households are one-parent families.
A lower share of common-law partners than 96% of Canadian towns, at 3.6%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Against a figure of 46% across Canada’s towns, the share of married residents 15 and over in Maple comes in at 54%. Across Canada’s towns, common-law partners come to 11%.
Fewer renter households than 84% of Canadian towns: 12%
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
With households in buildings of five or more storeys at 5.2%, Maple is ahead of 73% of Canadian towns on that count. Renter households make up 25% across Canada’s towns. Households in single-detached houses: 72% of the total.
The midpoint household income is $124,900 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Maple’s, at $124,900, is 45% higher. Among Ontario’s towns, the typical figure is $91,600. In 2020, 34% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
Residents without Canadian citizenship: 8.6%, a higher share than 63% of Canadian towns
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 50%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
15% of immigrants arrived from 2011 to 2021 (typical: 27%), and non-permanent residents make up a further 1% of residents. By way of comparison, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (44%) and in Asia (42%).
Maple ranks above 73% of Canadian towns on visible minority residents: 36%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (6.4%) and Hindu (4.4%). 0.1% of residents have an Indigenous identity, fewer than in 96% of Canadian towns. Elsewhere, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns.
53% have a mother tongue other than English or French
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
7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns, against 5.1% in Maple. What’s more, on residents whose mother tongue is French, Maple sits lower than 95% of Canadian towns: 0.4%. At home, 24% mostly speak another language; 4.4% speak neither English nor French.
Maple ranks above 67% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 37%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 7.4%, against 9.5%. By way of comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 56% of residents 15 and over had a job
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment here, 56%, matches the middle of Canada’s towns (58%) within a couple of points.
Among 41 towns of 19,647 to 20,615 people, the 10th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The span goes from 28.8 (Mitchell) up to 57.2 (Niagara-on-the-Lake). Nearest to Maple in age: Loyalist (45.2), Kanata Lakes (45.3), Kemptville (46.4) and Kirkland (46.4).
No nearby town is as old as Maple
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maple | 20,122 | — | 45.3 | 19% | 43% |
| Carrville Corners | 13,004 | 2.0 km | 38.2 | 11% | 52% |
| Teston | 7,437 | 2.3 km | 39 | 9.3% | 40% |
| Peace Village | 14,598 | 2.4 km | 37.3 | 10% | 54% |
| Dufferin Hill | 7,910 | 2.9 km | 42.8 | 13% | 52% |
| Purpleville | 19,918 | 3.6 km | 35.8 | 8.3% | 40% |
| Vellore | 39,490 | 3.8 km | 40.2 | 13% | 46% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. There is no census profile for a neighbourhood, so we add up the dissemination areas inside it. Each count is a sum of Statistics Canada’s rounded counts, the median age and income come from the published groups, and with 2016’s areas drawn differently there is no 2016 count.
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
- 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. 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 Maple’s residents
What is the median income in Maple?
$124,900 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Maple (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Maple?
Maple had 20,122 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Maple?
45.3 is the median age, older than 70% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 13%. 65 and over: 19%.
Is Maple bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 5.1% are. Another 0% speak only French and 90% only English, and French is the first language of 0.4%.
How diverse is Maple?
Immigrants make up 43% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 36% are members of a visible minority, and 0.1% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Maple?
Christian: 70%. No religion: 13%. Another religion: 17%.
Is Maple good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 13%. 61% of households are couple families and 9.1% one-parent families. Schools near Maple 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).