Photo: Hans-Jürgen Hübner · CC BY 3.0Above 99% of Canadian towns: 99% of residents have an Indigenous identity
Wikwemikong Unceded is a First Nations reserve, the home of Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory. Set against 8.2% across Canada’s towns, 26% of households are one-parent families in Wikwemikong Unceded. The 2021 Census found 1,035 households here; by July 2025 the population was about 2,875. Locally, 4.8% of households rent their home. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are common here: 14%, more than in 86% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Wikwemikong Unceded
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 99% of residents, more than in 99% of Canadian towns. 97% are Registered or Treaty Indians and 19% grew up speaking an Indigenous language. Identity & religion ↓
Younger than most towns
Wikwemikong Unceded’s median age is 34.8; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 24% are under 15 and 13% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Wikwemikong Unceded’s population changed by +9% since 2016, more than in 77% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 5% higher again. For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +6% across Ontario’s towns.
Wikwemikong Unceded is younger than 91% of Canadian towns: a median age of 34.8
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
Children under 15: 24% here and 16% across Canada’s towns. Across Wikwemikong Unceded, 13% of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Wikwemikong Unceded, 34.8. 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: 31%, a higher share than 67% 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.
A household here has 2.6 people on average; across Canada’s towns, 2.4. By way of comparison, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
A smaller share of married residents 15 and over than 99% of Canadian towns: 19%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Compared with 11% across Canada’s towns, 14% of residents 15 and over live common-law here. Single and never married: half of adults, against a typical 27%.
Wikwemikong Unceded: 71% of households live in a single-detached house, above 60% of Canadian towns
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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. For households in single-detached houses, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 64%. 32% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 7.2% built before 1961.
Household income at the median: $50,000 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Wikwemikong Unceded’s households had a total income below $50,000, 42% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Ontario’s towns have a median of $91,600. 28% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
35% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 51% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
0.4% of residents belong to a visible minority; across Canada’s towns the figure is 15%. On religion, 45% answered Christian and 35% no religion, against 54% and 35% across Canada’s towns.
76% have English as their mother tongue; 1.1% also speak French
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
The share of residents whose mother tongue is French is 0.2%, against 1.5% across Canada’s towns. Bilingual residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 9.8% in Wikwemikong Unceded, less than in 96% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 18% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. As a reference point, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 40% of adults
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
With 13% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 40% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
No nearby town is as young as Wikwemikong Unceded
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page. The nearest places to Wikwemikong Unceded with figures are 9–49 km away.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wikwemikong Unceded | 2,875 | — | 34.8 | 13% | 0% |
| Assiginack | 1,137 | 8.8 km | 53.6 | 28% | 5.6% |
| Little Current | 2,764 | 25.6 km | 55.6 | 32% | 4.4% |
| Central Manitoulin | 2,386 | 37.1 km | 58.4 | 37% | 5.3% |
| Sables-Spanish Rivers | 3,412 | 48.9 km | 50.4 | 24% | 3.6% |
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. 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.
- A First Nations reserve. Reserves are compared with Canada’s towns but aren’t counted among them: they have no overall grade and no place in ranked lists. Census figures for small reserves are rounded, and some are suppressed.
Questions about Wikwemikong Unceded’s residents
What is the average age in Wikwemikong Unceded?
A median age of 34.8, younger than 91% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 24%, and people 65 and over 13%.
Is Wikwemikong Unceded bilingual?
1.1% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 99% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.2%.
How diverse is Wikwemikong Unceded?
In Wikwemikong Unceded, 99% have an Indigenous identity and 0.4% belong to a visible minority; its immigration figures are suppressed.
What religion are people in Wikwemikong Unceded?
45% are Christian and 35% have no religion; 21% follow another religion.
Is Wikwemikong Unceded good for families?
Under 15: 24% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 26% of households. One-parent families: 26%. Schools near Wikwemikong Unceded are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Wikwemikong Unceded?
The median household in Wikwemikong Unceded took in $50,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Wikwemikong Unceded?
Wikwemikong Unceded had about 2,875 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 2,728, 9% more than 2016.
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).