Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0In East Riverside, 18% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 90% of Canadian towns
Against a figure of 17% across Canada’s towns, the share of immigrants in East Riverside comes in at 33%. The neighbourhood counted 15,758 residents and 6,030 households at the 2021 Census. Across East Riverside, a quarter of residents are 65 or over. On renter households, East Riverside sits lower than just over four fifths of Canadian towns: 12%.
Half of East Riverside is over 46.5, older than 75% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
60–64 is the most common age band: 7% of residents. Across Canada’s towns, 16% of residents are under 15; in East Riverside, 15%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ East Riverside, 46.5. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Larger households than 63% of Canadian towns: 2.6 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.
Against a figure of 27% across Canada’s towns, the share of one-person households in East Riverside comes in at 25%. On the census count, nearly one in ten households are one-parent families.
A smaller share of common-law partners than 87% of Canadian towns: 5.8%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: nearly a quarter of adults (typical: 27%). Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%. Here, 55% of residents 15 and over are married.
Households in buildings of five or more storeys make up 6.2% in East Riverside, more than in 75% of Canadian towns
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
Newer homes outnumber old: 64% date from 2001 or later, 4.3% from before 1961. Single-detached houses hold 59% of households, less than in 56% of Canadian towns, and buildings of five or more storeys 6.2%.
Household income at the median: $96,400 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
At $96,400, the middle household in East Riverside out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 12%. The middle household across Ontario’s towns has $91,600 before tax. Pandemic benefits reached 29% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
Above 62% of Canadian towns: 12% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 40%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Most recent wave: nearly a quarter of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%). The comparison figure for residents who moved in within the year is 11% across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (46%), then in Europe (41%).
26% of residents belong to a visible minority, a share 62% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (5.4%) and Hindu (2.1%). On average, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Lower than in just over three fifths of Canadian towns: 2% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
Bilingual residents: 10%, a higher share than 61% of Canadian towns
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
At home: English 76%, French 0.9%. For comparison, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. More residents whose mother tongue is French than in 65% of Canadian towns: 2.4%.
36% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 65% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
6.7% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%). By way of comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
46% of residents 15 and over were in work
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
46% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 25% are 65 or more.
In its size band (15,388 to 16,119), the 9th oldest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Median ages here range from 32.1 in Ledbury-Heron Gate-Ridgemont to 54.3 in Vieux-Moulin. The closest ages to East Riverside’s belong to Vieux-Longueuil (46.3), Pembroke (46.4), Edenbridge-Humber Valley (47.6) and Jésuites (48.4).
Of the 6 towns nearest East Riverside, 2 are older
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Riverside | 15,758 | — | 46.5 | 25% | 33% |
| Forest Glade | 21,328 | 2.9 km | 40.4 | 19% | 36% |
| Riverside | 21,828 | 3.1 km | 47.5 | 26% | 19% |
| Tecumseh | 25,554 | 3.5 km | 47.6 | 23% | 18% |
| Fontainebleau | 11,567 | 5.1 km | 45.1 | 22% | 27% |
| East Windsor | 20,876 | 5.6 km | 41.4 | 19% | 19% |
| South Walkerville | 6,129 | 8.1 km | 43.2 | 20% | 15% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
- 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 reports the census by municipality; a neighbourhood’s figures are the sum of its dissemination areas, rounded counts and all, with medians estimated from age and income groups and no 2016 count, as the 2016 areas don’t fit.
Questions about East Riverside’s residents
How diverse is East Riverside?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 33%. A visible minority makes up 26% and Indigenous residents 2%.
What religion are people in East Riverside?
Most often Christian (72%) or no religion (18%); other religions make up 10%.
Is East Riverside good for families?
Children under 15 are 15% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 59% of households and one-parent families 8.4%. Schools near East Riverside are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in East Riverside?
Median total household income in East Riverside was $96,400 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of East Riverside?
The 2021 Census counted 15,758 people in East Riverside.
What is the average age in East Riverside?
Half the residents are older than 46.5 and half younger, older than 75% of Canadian towns; 15% are children under 15 and 25% are 65 or over.
Is East Riverside bilingual?
English and French: 10% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 88%. French only: 0.2%. French mother tongue: 2.4%.
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).