Photo: Larry from Charlottetown, PEI, Canada · CC BY 2.0More residents aged 65 and over than 95% of Canadian towns: 31%
Of the immigrants living here, 90% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. About 1,021 people lived in O'Leary in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates. Across O'Leary, a fifth of residents are not Canadian citizens. Lower than in just over four fifths of Canadian towns: 23% of residents said they have no religion.
What stands out about the people of O'Leary
Older than most towns
O'Leary’s median age is 51.2; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 31% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
A town of renters
Renters are 61% of households, more than in 91% of Canadian towns, and 17% of households live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Many people living alone
One-person households make up 40%, more than in 89% of Canadian towns, and 31% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Growth of +8% since 2016 puts O'Leary ahead of 70% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 17%. Across Canada’s towns, the typical town changed +4%; across Prince Edward Island’s towns, +11%.
O'Leary is older than 88% of Canadian towns: a median age of 51.2
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The largest age band is 60–64: 8% of residents. On children under 15, O'Leary sits lower than 75% of Canadian towns: 14%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 81 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A higher share of one-person households than 89% of Canadian towns, at 40%
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Prince Edward Island’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Where 8.2% of households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns, O'Leary has 12%. Against that, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. There are 2.2 people in the average household.
O'Leary sits below 74% of Canadian towns for married residents 15 and over (37%)
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
28% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). For comparison, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Census figures put common-law partners at 8.6% in O'Leary.
In O'Leary, 61% of households rent their home, more than in 91% of Canadian towns
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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
9.2% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. Against that, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Census figures put households in single-detached houses at 52% in O'Leary. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
Household income, middle of the range: $47,200 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
At $47,200, the middle household in O'Leary earned 45% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Prince Edward Island’s towns: $82,500. In 2020, 24% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
Above 87% of Canadian towns: 17% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 20%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Immigrants: 13% here and 17% across Canada’s towns. For comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
O'Leary sits above 60% of Canadian towns for visible minority residents (23%)
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Indigenous residents are rarer here than in 98% of Canadian towns. As a reference point, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 85%, and 4.4% speak French as well
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
O'Leary sits close to the norm on residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.9%, about the same as across Canada’s towns. Bilingual residents are rarer here than in 82% of Canadian towns.
O'Leary ranks below 77% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 17%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 15% here, 9.5% in the typical town. Against that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 49% of adults
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
49% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 31% are 65 or more.
No nearby town is as old as O'Leary
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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 Prince Edward Island’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for Prince Edward Island’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.
Questions about O'Leary’s residents
How diverse is O'Leary?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 13%. A visible minority makes up 23% and Indigenous residents 0%.
What religion are people in O'Leary?
Most often Christian (74%) or no religion (23%); other religions make up 3.7%.
Is O'Leary good for families?
Children under 15 are 14% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 37% of households and one-parent families 12%. Schools near O'Leary are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in O'Leary?
Median total household income in O'Leary was $47,200 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of O'Leary?
The latest figure is an estimate: 1,021 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, O'Leary counted 876, 8% more than 2016.
What is the average age in O'Leary?
Half the residents are older than 51.2 and half younger; 14% are children under 15 and 31% are 65 or over.
Is O'Leary bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 4.4% are. Another 0% speak only French and 96% only English, and French is the first language of 1.9%.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population · Statistics Canada, population estimates for 1 July 2025 (table 17-10-0155). 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).