Photo: P199 · CC BY 3.0Only 18% of residents said they have no religion in Wendover
Most recent wave: 13% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%). The 2021 Census found 4,080 households in Wendover; by July 2025 the population was about 10,896. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.8% locally. The median age here is 46.4, higher than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Statistics Canada counts Wendover as part of Alfred and Plantagenet: the figures on this page are the municipality’s.
What stands out about the people of Wendover
A bilingual town
70% of residents can hold a conversation in both English and French, more than in 98% of Canadian towns; 14% speak French only and 16% English only. English & French ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Bilingual residents make up 70% in Wendover, more than in 98% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. 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
The figure for residents whose mother tongue is French is 71% in Wendover and 1.5% across Canada’s towns. For bilingual residents, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 7.5%. At home: English 28%, French 67%.
Slower growth than 58% of Canadian towns: Wendover changed by +3% since 2016
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Ontario’s towns, by more than +6%. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 10%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 63% of Canadian towns: 21%
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
55–59 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. To put it in context, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. Here, 16% of residents are under 15.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Wendover, 46.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Below 57% of Canadian towns: 25% of households are one person living alone
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
At 2.4 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across Canada’s towns. The share of one-person households across Canada’s towns is 27%. Nearly one in ten households are one-parent families.
Wendover: 21% of residents 15 and over live common-law, above 85% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Just over two in five residents 15 and over are married; across Canada’s towns the figure is 46%. For common-law partners, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%.
A higher share of households in single-detached houses than 64% of Canadian towns, at 74%
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
Compared with 25% across Canada’s towns, 23% of households rent their home here. Newer homes outnumber old: 26% date from 2001 or later, 22% from before 1961.
Household income at the median: $85,000 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000, and Wendover’s, at $85,000, is close to it. The figure for Ontario’s towns: $91,600. Pandemic benefits reached 25% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
3.5% 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
Across Canada’s towns, 17% of residents are immigrants; in Wendover, 3.5%. 1.1% of residents are not Canadian citizens.
Wendover ranks above 67% of Canadian towns on Indigenous residents: 4.5%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Where 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns, Wendover has 2.3%. The share of Indigenous residents across Canada’s towns is 2.8%.
Below 87% of Canadian towns: 14% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 13% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. Across Canada’s towns, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.
Employment: 59% of residents 15 and over had a job
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment here, 59%, matches the middle of Canada’s towns (58%) within a couple of points.
Among 41 towns of 10,666 to 11,133 people, the 9th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The group spans Lethbridge County, youngest at 32.8, to Liverpool, oldest at 55.6. Walkerton (44.8), Laurentian (45.4), Forest Hill South (46.5) and Smiths Falls (47.2): the towns nearest Wendover in median age.
Every neighbour of Wendover has an older population
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wendover | 10,896 | — | 46.4 | 21% | 3.5% |
| Papineauville | 2,332 | 8.5 km | 51.6 | 26% | 2.3% |
| Plaisance | 1,191 | 12.3 km | 51.2 | 25% | 0% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- The census’s own words. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Ontario’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
Questions about Wendover’s residents
What is the median income in Wendover?
Half of Wendover’s households had more than $85,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Wendover?
About 10,896, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 9,949 people in Wendover, 3% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Wendover?
The median age is 46.4, older than 74% of Canadian towns. 16% are under 15 and 21% 65 or older.
Is Wendover bilingual?
70% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 14% speak French only and 16% English only. French is the mother tongue of 71%.
How diverse is Wendover?
Immigrants: 3.5% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 2.3%. Indigenous identity: 4.5%.
What religion are people in Wendover?
18% said they have no religion and 82% that they are Christian; 0.7% named another faith.
Is Wendover good for families?
16% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 57% of households and one-parent families 8.5%. Schools near Wendover 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).