Photo: Raquel. · CC BY 3.012% of households are one person living alone, below 96% of Canadian towns
The share of visible minority residents is 50%, against 15% across Canada’s towns. Vellore has fewer renter households than 87% of Canadian towns, at 11%. At the 2021 Census, 39,490 people lived locally, in 11,740 households. The census found that 13% of residents are 65 or over here.
What stands out about the people of Vellore
More immigrants than most towns
46% of residents are immigrants, against 26% across Ontario’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (55%), then in Europe (29%); 15% of them arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A larger share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 95% of Canadian towns: 16%
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. For comparison, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. With a median age of 40.2, Vellore is younger than 62% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Vellore, 40.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Vellore households average 3.4 people, larger than in 97% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Locally, nearly one in ten households are one-parent families.
Below 96% of Canadian towns: 3.4% of residents 15 and over live common-law
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Against a figure of 46% across Canada’s towns, the share of married residents 15 and over in Vellore comes in at 56%. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
Vellore: 8.1% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, above 77% 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
Set against 64% across Canada’s towns, 61% of households live in a single-detached house in Vellore.
$136,200 a year: the median household income
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Vellore’s households had a total income above $136,200, 58% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Ontario’s towns have a median of $91,600. COVID-19 benefits went to 37% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
Above 89% of Canadian towns: 46% 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 55%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Set against 5.8% across Canada’s towns, nearly one in ten residents are not Canadian citizens in Vellore. Typically, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns. Here, 5.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Only 15% of residents said they have no religion in Vellore
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Indigenous residents are rarer here than in 98% of Canadian towns. Residents with no religion: 35% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. Among other religions: Muslim (7.8%), Hindu (7.2%) and Buddhist (4.4%).
56% have a mother tongue other than English or 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
At home, 27% mostly speak another language; 4.4% speak neither English nor French. Residents whose mother tongue is French are rarer here than in 95% of Canadian towns. Bilingual residents: 5.3%, below 71% of Canadian towns.
Above 72% of Canadian towns: 40% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 10% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. On average, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
59% of adults were employed in May 2021
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
59% of residents 15 and over have a job, in line with the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Youngest by rank: 15th of 41 towns of 36,072 to 42,989 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Median ages here range from 34.8 in Malton to 53.2 in Sorel-Tracy. By median age, Vellore sits among East Gwillimbury (39.6), Le Boisé Champêtre (40.1), Laval-des-Rapides (40.6) and Meadowvale (40.9).
Of the 6 towns nearest Vellore, 3 are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vellore | 39,490 | — | 40.2 | 13% | 46% |
| Purpleville | 19,918 | 2.4 km | 35.8 | 8.3% | 40% |
| Peace Village | 14,598 | 3.5 km | 37.3 | 10% | 54% |
| Maple | 20,122 | 3.8 km | 45.3 | 19% | 43% |
| Pine Grove | 13,302 | 4.0 km | 49.8 | 26% | 41% |
| Vaughan Metropolitan Centre | 8,484 | 4.2 km | 43.3 | 21% | 49% |
| Edgeley | 7,016 | 4.6 km | 31.2 | 5.8% | 46% |
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. Two medians frame each figure: one for Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Statistics Canada publishes the census for municipalities, not neighbourhoods, so these figures add up the dissemination areas inside the neighbourhood. Counts are sums of StatCan’s rounded counts; the median age and income are worked out from the published age and income groups; and 2016 areas don’t add up to these, so there is no 2016 count.
- What these tables don’t give. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
Questions about Vellore’s residents
Is Vellore bilingual?
5.3% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 90% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.4%.
How diverse is Vellore?
46% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 50% belong to a visible minority and 0% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Vellore?
62% are Christian and 15% have no religion; 23% follow another religion.
Is Vellore good for families?
Under 15: 17% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 63% of households. One-parent families: 8.5%. Schools near Vellore are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Vellore?
The median household in Vellore took in $136,200 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Vellore?
39,490, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Vellore alone.
What is the average age in Vellore?
A median age of 40.2, younger than 62% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 17%, and people 65 and over 13%.
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).