Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Sandwich is under 34.2, younger than 93% of Canadian towns
47% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. At the 2021 Census, 14,110 people lived in Sandwich, in 5,990 households. Across Sandwich, 13% of households are one-parent families. The neighbourhood has more residents without Canadian citizenship than 90% of Canadian towns, at 19%.
What stands out about the people of Sandwich
Younger than most towns
The middle resident of Sandwich is 34.2; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 17% are under 15 and 15% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A neighbourhood of renters
Renters are 53% of households, more than in 87% of Canadian towns, and 38% of households live in an apartment. Homes ↓
A neighbourhood people move to
A year before the census, 18% of residents lived elsewhere, 1.7 times the typical share; over five years, 49% moved. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
In Sandwich, 15% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 94% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
More residents are 25–29 than any other five-year age: 12% of residents, 1.9 times the share across Canada’s towns. Set beside that, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 72% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Sandwich, 34.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women.
A higher share of one-person households than 82% of Canadian towns, at 37%
Private households by type and size.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Shared houses stand out: one in ten households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 96% of Canadian towns. For one-person households, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 27%. In Sandwich the average household is 2.3 people, beside 2.4 across Canada’s towns.
32% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 83% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
42% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). Measured more widely, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. For Sandwich, the census puts common-law partners at 9.4%.
Sandwich ranks above 87% of Canadian towns on renter households: 53%
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
By its share of households in single-detached houses (52%), Sandwich is below 66% of Canadian towns. Census figures put households in buildings of five or more storeys at 16% locally. The wider picture: a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Half of households earn more than $57,100 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Sandwich’s, at $57,100, is 34% lower. Within Ontario’s towns, the household in the middle had $91,600. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 38% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
More residents who moved in within the year than 91% of Canadian towns: 18%
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 make up 24%, against 17% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, residents who moved in within the year come to 11%.
Above 79% of Canadian towns: 42% of residents belong to a visible minority
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (16%) and Hindu (4.3%). Sandwich has fewer residents with no religion than 65% of Canadian towns, at 30%. For comparison, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. 3.2% of residents have an Indigenous identity, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
67% have English as their mother tongue; 6.3% also speak 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
16% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 2.1% speak neither official language. Where 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns, Sandwich has 6.3%.
A university degree: 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 16% (typical 9.5%).
45% of residents 15 and over were in work
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, above this 45%; 15% of residents are 65 or over.
The 9th youngest of 41 towns of 13,826 to 14,402 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Sandy Hill is the youngest of them at 29.7; Tiny, at 55.2, the oldest. Nearest to Sandwich in age: Copperfield (33.3), Fletchers Creek Village / Lundy Village (34), Warman (35.2) and Plateau (35.5).
Older than Sandwich: 4 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandwich | 14,110 | — | 34.2 | 15% | 24% |
| River West | 13,940 | 2.1 km | 30.6 | 14% | 21% |
| South Cameron | 11,804 | 2.3 km | 34.2 | 13% | 48% |
| South Central | 10,392 | 3.4 km | 37.9 | 15% | 30% |
| City Centre | 10,269 | 3.5 km | 44.4 | 22% | 43% |
| South Windsor | 15,896 | 4.9 km | 43.5 | 21% | 28% |
| Walkerville | 19,541 | 4.9 km | 37 | 14% | 28% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
- 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. The middle of Ontario’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Statistics Canada publishes the census for municipalities, not neighbourhoods, so these figures add up the dissemination areas inside the neighbourhood. Counts are sums of StatCan’s rounded counts; the median age and income are worked out from the published age and income groups; and 2016 areas don’t add up to these, so there is no 2016 count.
Questions about Sandwich’s residents
What is the median income in Sandwich?
$57,100 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Sandwich (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Sandwich?
14,110, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Sandwich alone.
What is the average age in Sandwich?
34.2 is the median age, younger than 93% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 17%. 65 and over: 15%.
Is Sandwich bilingual?
English and French: 6.3% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 91%. French only: 0.1%. French mother tongue: 1.6%.
How diverse is Sandwich?
Immigrants make up 24% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 42% are members of a visible minority, and 3.2% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Sandwich?
Christian: 46%. No religion: 30%. Another religion: 24%.
Is Sandwich good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 17%. 35% of households are couple families and 13% one-parent families. Schools near Sandwich are on its Schools page.
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).