Photo: Chris Woodrich · CC BY-SA 4.014% of households are one-parent families, a share 97% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Where 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns, Walkerville has 15%. The neighbourhood had 19,541 residents in 8,625 households at the 2021 Census. Residents who moved in within the year: 17% of the total. With a median age of 37, Walkerville is younger than just over four fifths of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Walkerville
A neighbourhood of renters
52% of households rent their home, more than in 87% of Canadian towns; 45% live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Residents aged 65 and over: 14%, a lower share than 78% 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: 9.2% of residents, 1.6 times the share across Canada’s towns. Children under 15: 18% of the total. The usual figure: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Walkerville, 37. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Walkerville: 39% of households are one person living alone, above 87% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
A household here has 2.3 people on average; across Canada’s towns, 2.4. The comparison figure for one-person households is 27% across Canada’s towns.
A lower share of married residents 15 and over than 84% of Canadian towns, at 32%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 39% of adults, beside a typical 27%. For comparison, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Census figures put common-law partners at 11% in Walkerville.
Renter households: 52%, a higher share than 87% of Canadian towns
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
Across Canada’s towns, the share of households in single-detached houses is 64%; Walkerville has 49%. Elsewhere, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. For Walkerville, the census puts households in buildings of five or more storeys at 3.2%.
Half of households earn more than $59,900 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
At $59,900, the middle household in Walkerville earned 30% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Ontario’s towns have a median of $91,600. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 39% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
Immigrants: 28%, a higher share than 70% of Canadian towns
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
Most immigrants were born in Asia (56%) or in Europe (22%). Across the comparison, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns. Recent arrivals, from 2011 to 2021, are 46% of immigrants (typical: 27%); non-permanent residents add 2.7% of residents.
Walkerville ranks above 68% of Canadian towns on visible minority residents: 31%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Here 4.2% of residents have an Indigenous identity, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 2.8%. For comparison, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 35% of residents said they have no religion.
Bilingual residents make up 8.7% in Walkerville, more than in 56% of Canadian towns
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
At home, 17% mostly speak another language; 4.8% speak neither English nor French. For bilingual residents, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 7.5%. On residents whose mother tongue is French, 1.5% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
In Walkerville, 24% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 56% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 16%, beside a typical 9.5%. Across the comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 45% of adults
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.
At 45%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 14% are 65 or over.
41 towns of 19,050 to 19,988 people: this is the 13th youngest
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
At one end is Mitchell (28.8), at the other Pelham (50.4). Closest in median age to Walkerville are Heart Lake South (36.6), Riverside South - Leitrim (36.7), Sainte-Sophie (37.2) and Tuscany (37.8).
Walkerville and its 6 nearest towns: 5 of them are older
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walkerville | 19,541 | — | 37 | 14% | 28% |
| South Central | 10,392 | 1.8 km | 37.9 | 15% | 30% |
| City Centre | 10,269 | 1.9 km | 44.4 | 22% | 43% |
| South Walkerville | 6,129 | 2.4 km | 43.2 | 20% | 15% |
| East Windsor | 20,876 | 3.1 km | 41.4 | 19% | 19% |
| River West | 13,940 | 3.3 km | 30.6 | 14% | 21% |
| Remington Park | 5,783 | 3.4 km | 42.3 | 19% | 35% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
Questions about Walkerville’s residents
What is the median income in Walkerville?
The median household in Walkerville took in $59,900 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Walkerville?
19,541, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Walkerville alone.
What is the average age in Walkerville?
A median age of 37, younger than 82% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 18%, and people 65 and over 14%.
Is Walkerville bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 8.7% are. Another 0.1% speak only French and 86% only English, and French is the first language of 1.5%.
How diverse is Walkerville?
28% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 31% belong to a visible minority and 4.2% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Walkerville?
47% are Christian and 35% have no religion; 18% follow another religion.
Is Walkerville good for families?
Under 15: 18% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 35% of households. One-parent families: 14%. Schools near Walkerville 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).