Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainForest Glade: 15% of households are one-parent families, above 97% of Canadian towns
In Forest Glade, 36% of residents are immigrants, beside 17% across Canada’s towns. The neighbourhood counted 21,328 residents and 7,870 households at the 2021 Census. Here, nearly a quarter of residents said they have no religion. Few places have as many renter households: 35% here, more than in two thirds of Canadian towns.
Forest Glade sits above 71% of Canadian towns for children under 15 (18%)
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
No age band is larger than 35–39: 6.8% of residents. Half of Forest Glade’s residents are under 40.4, younger than in 61% of Canadian towns. Against that, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. Little separates the share of residents aged 65 and over here, 19%, from the figure across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Forest Glade, 40.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women.
Larger households than 72% of Canadian towns: 2.7 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.
Nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone (Canada’s towns: 27%).
Only 6.1% of residents 15 and over live common-law in Forest Glade
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 31% of adults, against a typical 27%. Locally, 47% of residents 15 and over are married. Across Canada’s towns, common-law partners come to 11%.
Households in buildings of five or more storeys: 6.7%, a higher share than 76% of Canadian towns
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
By its share of households in single-detached houses (49%), Forest Glade is below 70% of Canadian towns. Nearly one in ten homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 7.7% built before 1961.
Household income at the median: $75,500 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Forest Glade’s households had a total income below $75,500, 12% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $91,600 is the median household income across Ontario’s towns. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 35% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
Below 76% of Canadian towns: 8.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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 45%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Set against 5.8% across Canada’s towns, 10% of residents are not Canadian citizens in Forest Glade. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (53%), then in Europe (31%). For residents who moved in within the year, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%.
Visible minority residents make up 34% in Forest Glade, more than in 72% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (5.3%) and Hindu (3%). Visible minority residents: 15% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. There is little gap on Indigenous residents: 2.2%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of residents whose mother tongue is French than 66% of Canadian towns: 2.6%
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
At home: English 71%, French 1%. Set beside that, 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns. Bilingual residents make up 9%, against 7.5% across Canada’s towns.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 66% of Canadian towns: 20%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 13%, beside a typical 9.5%. On average, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 44% of residents 15 and over had a job
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
With 19% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 44% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
41 towns of 20,864 to 21,834 people: this is the 18th youngest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Median ages climb from 32.4 (Saddle Ridge) to 51.6 (Salmon Arm) across the group. By median age, Forest Glade sits among Oakdale-Beverley Heights (39.9), Mont-Bleu (39.9), Sturgeon County (41.2) and East Windsor (41.4).
Nearby, 5 of 6 towns have older populations than Forest Glade
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Glade | 21,328 | — | 40.4 | 19% | 36% |
| East Riverside | 15,758 | 2.9 km | 46.5 | 25% | 33% |
| Fontainebleau | 11,567 | 3.2 km | 45.1 | 22% | 27% |
| Riverside | 21,828 | 3.5 km | 47.5 | 26% | 19% |
| Tecumseh | 25,554 | 3.6 km | 47.6 | 23% | 18% |
| East Windsor | 20,876 | 4.9 km | 41.4 | 19% | 19% |
| Devonshire | 9,852 | 6.2 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. The figures sum the neighbourhood’s dissemination areas, since the census is published for municipalities only. Medians are estimated from the age and income groups, counts carry Statistics Canada’s rounding, and no 2016 count matches these boundaries.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Forest Glade’s residents
How diverse is Forest Glade?
36% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 34% belong to a visible minority and 2.2% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Forest Glade?
65% are Christian and 23% have no religion; 12% follow another religion.
Is Forest Glade good for families?
Under 15: 18% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 50% of households. One-parent families: 15%. Schools near Forest Glade are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Forest Glade?
The median household in Forest Glade took in $75,500 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Forest Glade?
Forest Glade had 21,328 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Forest Glade?
A median age of 40.4, younger than 61% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 18%, and people 65 and over 19%.
Is Forest Glade bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 9% are. Another 0.1% speak only French and 87% only English, and French is the first language of 2.6%.
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).