Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0One-parent families: 13%, a higher share than 94% of Canadian towns
By its share of households in buildings of five or more storeys (10%), Fontainebleau is above nearly four fifths of Canadian towns. Few places have as many immigrants: 27% here, more than in two thirds of Canadian towns. The neighbourhood had 11,567 residents in 5,095 households at the 2021 Census. Locally, 8.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Half of Fontainebleau is over 45.1, older than 68% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
22% of Fontainebleau is 65 or over, against 19% across Ontario’s towns and 19% across Canada’s towns. Here, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Fontainebleau, 45.1. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women.
Above 77% of Canadian towns: 35% of households are one person living alone
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The typical household size is 2.3 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. The share of one-person households across Canada’s towns is 27%.
Only 8.7% of residents 15 and over live common-law in Fontainebleau
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Across Canada’s towns, 46% of residents 15 and over are married; in Fontainebleau, 43%. For common-law partners, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%.
Above 59% of Canadian towns: 30% of households rent their home
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
The share of households in single-detached houses is 71%, against 64% across Canada’s towns. Older homes outnumber new: 36% predate 1961, 5.1% date from 2001 or later. Across Canada’s towns, 25% of households rent their home.
Household income at the median: $70,400 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Fontainebleau’s median household took in $70,400 before tax, 18% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across Ontario’s towns is $91,600. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 33% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
27% 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 35%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (40%), then in Asia (37%). There is little gap on residents without Canadian citizenship: 5.7%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Below 71% of Canadian towns: 28% of residents said they have no religion
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents: 23% here and 15% across Canada’s towns. Other faiths: Muslim (2.7%). For comparison, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
Above 58% of Canadian towns: 9.1% of residents speak English and 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
13% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 2% speak neither official language. Compared with other places, residents whose mother tongue is French are common here: 2.4%, more than in 65% of Canadian towns. The benchmark for bilingual residents across Canada’s towns: 7.5%.
Fontainebleau ranks below 79% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 16%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 12%, against 9.5%. Against that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 43%
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 43%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 22% of residents are 65 or over.
The 8th oldest of 41 towns of 11,333 to 11,804 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The span goes from 30.4 (Milton-Parc) up to 57.6 (Sechelt). Nearest to Fontainebleau in age: Mississauga Valleys (44.2), Millbrook (44.8), Casa Loma (46.5) and Arnprior (48).
Nearby, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Fontainebleau
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fontainebleau | 11,567 | — | 45.1 | 22% | 27% |
| East Windsor | 20,876 | 2.4 km | 41.4 | 19% | 19% |
| Forest Glade | 21,328 | 3.2 km | 40.4 | 19% | 36% |
| South Walkerville | 6,129 | 3.2 km | 43.2 | 20% | 15% |
| Riverside | 21,828 | 3.2 km | 47.5 | 26% | 19% |
| Remington Park | 5,783 | 3.5 km | 42.3 | 19% | 35% |
| Devonshire | 9,852 | 3.8 km | 38.8 | 13% | 35% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. Built up from dissemination areas: Statistics Canada stops at the municipality. Rounded counts are added together and medians estimated from the published groups. The 2016 areas don’t line up with these, so the change since 2016 isn’t shown.
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
- 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.
Questions about Fontainebleau’s residents
What is the population of Fontainebleau?
Fontainebleau had 11,567 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Fontainebleau?
45.1 is the median age, older than 68% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 15%. 65 and over: 22%.
Is Fontainebleau bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 9.1% are. Another 0.2% speak only French and 89% only English, and French is the first language of 2.4%.
How diverse is Fontainebleau?
Immigrants make up 27% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 23% are members of a visible minority, and 2.5% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Fontainebleau?
Christian: 66%. No religion: 28%. Another religion: 6.2%.
Is Fontainebleau good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 15%. 45% of households are couple families and 13% one-parent families. Schools near Fontainebleau are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Fontainebleau?
$70,400 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Fontainebleau (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
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).