Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in single-detached houses make up 85% in Winchester, more than in 80% of Canadian towns
Recent arrivals are 13% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. With a median age of 44.8, Winchester is older than nearly two thirds of Canadian towns. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 12,706 residents; the 2021 Census found 4,535 households. 9% of residents are aged 15 to 24. The census figures here are for the whole of North Dundas, the municipality that includes Winchester.
Winchester changed by ±0% from 2016 to 2021, slower than 76% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Ontario’s towns, +6%. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 12%.
In Winchester, 21% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 61% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
With children under 15 at 17%, Winchester is ahead of 61% of Canadian towns on that count. Typically, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. No age band is larger than 55–59: nearly one in ten residents.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Winchester, 44.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Larger households than 58% of Canadian towns: 2.5 people on average
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 quarter of households are one person living alone, against 27% across Canada’s towns. Fewer one-parent families than in just over three fifths of Canadian towns: 7.6%.
More married residents 15 and over than 65% of Canadian towns: 51%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 22% of adults, beside a typical 27%. Here, 12% of residents 15 and over live common-law.
Winchester sits below 66% of Canadian towns for renter households (18%)
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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. Across Canada’s towns, the share of renter households is 25%.
Median household income: $90,000 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Winchester’s households had a total income above $90,000 and half below, close to the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Ontario’s towns have a median of $91,600. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 20% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 71% of Canadian towns, at 9.1%
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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, the share of residents without Canadian citizenship is 5.8%; Winchester has 1.2%. The share of immigrants stands at 5.5%. Set beside that, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
In Winchester, 39% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 62% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
By its share of visible minority residents (2%), Winchester is below 85% of Canadian towns. Residents with no religion: 35% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. Census figures put Indigenous residents at 3.1% here.
Winchester ranks above 75% of Canadian towns on bilingual residents: 22%
Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Residents whose mother tongue is French: 7.5% here and 1.5% across Canada’s towns. At home: English 95%, French 3.6%.
In Winchester, 17% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 77% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 10%, against 9.5%. Across Canada’s towns, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.
A job for 60% of residents aged 15 and over
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 60%.
In its size band (12,424 to 13,004), the 14th oldest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest of these towns is Thompson, at 31; the oldest, North Saanich, is at 56.8. Westboro (44.5), View Royal (44.8), Gander (45.2) and Lakeview (45.4): the towns nearest Winchester in median age.
2 of the 4 nearest towns are older than Winchester
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page. No closer places have figures: these lie 20–26 km from Winchester.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winchester | 12,706 | — | 44.8 | 21% | 5.5% |
| Morrisburg | 11,943 | 19.8 km | 50.8 | 27% | 6.3% |
| Embrun | 23,655 | 20.7 km | 39.6 | 14% | 6.7% |
| North Stormont | 7,946 | 23.4 km | 39.6 | 16% | 5.1% |
| Kemptville | 19,733 | 26.0 km | 46.4 | 21% | 7.1% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- 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.
- What these tables don’t give. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
Questions about Winchester’s residents
What religion are people in Winchester?
39% said they have no religion and 61% that they are Christian; 0.5% named another faith.
Is Winchester good for families?
17% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 59% of households and one-parent families 7.6%. Schools near Winchester are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Winchester?
Half of Winchester’s households had more than $90,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Winchester?
About 12,706, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 11,304 people in Winchester, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Winchester?
The median age is 44.8, older than 66% of Canadian towns. 17% are under 15 and 21% 65 or older.
Is Winchester bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 22% are. Another 0.3% speak only French and 78% only English, and French is the first language of 7.5%.
How diverse is Winchester?
Immigrants: 5.5% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 2%. Indigenous identity: 3.1%.
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).