Photo: Jacques Dupont · CC BY-SA 3.0Older than 99% of Canadian towns: half of Bolton-Est is over 59.2
10% of residents are under 15, against 16% across Canada’s towns. On renter households, Bolton-Est sits lower than 90% of Canadian towns: 9.8%. There are 18% more residents than in 2016. Residents who moved in within the year account for 14%.
What stands out about the people of Bolton-Est
A bilingual town
Both official languages: 63% of residents speak English and French, more than in 96% of Canadian towns. Another 27% speak only French and 11% only English. English & French ↓
Older than most towns
Half of Bolton-Est’s residents are under 59.2 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 33% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Growing faster than most
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, Bolton-Est went from 940 to 1,108 residents (+18%), faster growth than in 95% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 29% of adults, more than in 93% of Canadian towns, while 40% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Bolton-Est: 63% of residents speak English and French, above 96% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. 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 72%, English 25%. The wider picture: 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. Bolton-Est has fewer residents whose mother tongue is English than just over four fifths of Canadian towns, at 24%.
A +18% change since 2016: Bolton-Est grew faster than 95% of Canadian towns
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 21%. Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +4% across Quebec’s towns.
Bolton-Est: 33% of residents are 65 or over, above 96% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 60–64: 15% of residents, 2.2 times the share across Canada’s towns. By way of comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women.
Bolton-Est households average 2 people, smaller than in 90% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-parent families is 8.2%; Bolton-Est has 5.4%. Here, nearly a third of households are one person living alone.
Common-law partners make up 29% in Bolton-Est, more than in 93% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
The share of married residents 15 and over trails 69% of Canadian towns: 40%. Common-law partners: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
Bolton-Est ranks above 98% of Canadian towns on households in single-detached houses: 96%
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
38% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 21% built before 1961. Across Canada’s towns, the share of households in single-detached houses is 64%. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
$70,500 a year is the median household income here
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. 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; Bolton-Est’s, at $70,500, is 18% lower. The provincial yardstick is $74,000, the median across Quebec’s towns. In 2020, 25% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
6.2% of residents are immigrants
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, 17% of residents are immigrants; in Bolton-Est, 6.2%. The share of residents without Canadian citizenship stands at 1.8%. 14% lived at another address a year earlier, more than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of residents with no religion than 62% of Canadian towns, at 39%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Indigenous residents are rarer here than in 98% of Canadian towns. The census found that 3.1% of residents belong to a visible minority in Bolton-Est. The benchmark for residents with no religion across Canada’s towns: 35%.
27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 13%, beside a typical 9.5%.
Employment: 46% of residents 15 and over had a job
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.
With 33% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 46% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
1 of the 6 nearest towns are older than Bolton-Est
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolton-Est | 1,337 | — | 59.2 | 33% | 6.2% |
| Austin | 1,959 | 9.1 km | 58.8 | 31% | 4.9% |
| Eastman | 2,706 | 12.9 km | 56.8 | 31% | 5.7% |
| Potton | 2,201 | 15.5 km | 59.6 | 37% | 11% |
| Stukely-Sud | 1,242 | 15.5 km | 49.6 | 23% | 3.5% |
| Lac-Brome | 6,307 | 15.8 km | 58 | 35% | 5.9% |
| Magog | 30,764 | 16.2 km | 54.4 | 32% | 3.8% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
- 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. “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.
Questions about Bolton-Est’s residents
Is Bolton-Est bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 63% are. Another 27% speak only French and 11% only English, and French is the first language of 71%.
How diverse is Bolton-Est?
Immigrants: 6.2% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 3.1%. Indigenous identity: 0%.
What religion are people in Bolton-Est?
39% said they have no religion and 60% that they are Christian; 1.7% named another faith.
Is Bolton-Est good for families?
10% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 58% of households and one-parent families 5.4%. Schools near Bolton-Est are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Bolton-Est?
Half of Bolton-Est’s households had more than $70,500 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Bolton-Est?
About 1,337, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,108 people in Bolton-Est, 18% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Bolton-Est?
The median age is 59.2. 10% are under 15 and 33% 65 or older.
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).