Photo: Mario Hains · CC BY-SA 3.0Above 92% of Canadian towns: 22% of residents are under 15
Here 17% of households rent their home, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 25%. Statistics Canada puts Ascot Corner’s population at 3,725 for July 2025. Immigrants: 2.7% of the total. Nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 67% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Ascot Corner
A town of families
22% of residents are under 15, more than in 92% of Canadian towns; 8% of households are one-parent families and households average 2.6 people. Ages ↓
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 35% of adults, more than in 98% of Canadian towns, while 32% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
More bilingual residents than 83% of Canadian towns: 33%
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. 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: French 96%, English 2.4%. Residents whose mother tongue is English are rarer here than in 91% of Canadian towns. Typically, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
A +7% change since 2016: faster than 66% of Canadian towns
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 11% higher again. The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across Quebec’s towns +4%.
Ascot Corner sits below 69% of Canadian towns for residents aged 65 and over (16%)
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
More residents are 5–9 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across Canada’s towns. In Ascot Corner, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. The median age in the town is 40, lower than in 63% of Canadian towns. Against that, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Ascot Corner, 40. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
Larger households than 67% of Canadian towns: 2.6 people on average
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Locally, 8% of households are one-parent families.
35% of residents 15 and over live common-law, a share 98% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns, against 32% in Ascot Corner. Across Canada’s towns, common-law partners come to 11%.
Above 77% of Canadian towns: 83% of households live in a single-detached house
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
37% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 18% built before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. For households in single-detached houses, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 64%.
Median gross household income: $88,000 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Ascot Corner’s households had a total income above $88,000 and half below, close to the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Quebec’s towns the median is $74,000. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 29% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
9.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 68% 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 20%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Across Canada’s towns, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens; in Ascot Corner, 1%. As a reference point, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
Ascot Corner ranks below 70% of Canadian towns on residents with no religion: 28%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
With visible minority residents at 1.3%, Ascot Corner is behind 92% of Canadian towns on that count. Set beside that, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Indigenous residents account for 1.8%.
Below 65% of Canadian towns: 21% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 10% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. The usual figure: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 70% of residents 15 and over had a job
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 70% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Youngest by rank: 14th of 41 towns of 3,668 to 3,782 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The group spans West Kildonan Industrial, youngest at 31.5, to Saint-Tite, oldest at 57.6. Nearest to Ascot Corner in age: North Glenora (39.3), Berrisfield (39.8), Magrath Heights (41.3) and Country Hills (41.4).
Older than Ascot Corner: 5 of the 6 towns nearby
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascot Corner | 3,725 | — | 40 | 16% | 2.7% |
| Stoke | 3,272 | 4.0 km | 43.6 | 18% | 3% |
| East Angus | 4,261 | 11.0 km | 43.6 | 24% | 0.7% |
| Cookshire-Eaton | 5,491 | 11.7 km | 43.2 | 21% | 2.7% |
| Sherbrooke | 184,135 | 12.1 km | 41.2 | 21% | 8.8% |
| Westbury | 1,207 | 12.4 km | 39.2 | 18% | 3.7% |
| Hatley | 2,512 | 17.2 km | 50 | 25% | 6.8% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- 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.
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
Questions about Ascot Corner’s residents
What is the median income in Ascot Corner?
$88,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Ascot Corner (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Ascot Corner?
Statistics Canada estimates 3,725 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 3,368 in Ascot Corner, 7% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Ascot Corner?
40 is the median age, younger than 63% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 22%. 65 and over: 16%.
Is Ascot Corner bilingual?
33% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 66% speak French only and 0.7% English only. French is the mother tongue of 96%.
How diverse is Ascot Corner?
Immigrants make up 2.7% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 1.3% are members of a visible minority, and 1.8% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Ascot Corner?
Christian: 71%. No religion: 28%. Another religion: 0.8%.
Is Ascot Corner good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 22%. 63% of households are couple families and 8% one-parent families. Schools near Ascot Corner are on its Schools page.
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).