Photo: Veillg1 · CC0Half of Clarendon is over 50.8, older than 87% of Canadian towns
Compared with 25% across Canada’s towns, 13% of households rent their home here. With about 1,442 residents in July 2025, Clarendon counted 615 households at the 2021 Census. Here, 6.1% of residents have an Indigenous identity. At 9%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is lower than in 80% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Clarendon
Older than most towns
Line Clarendon’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 50.8; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 23% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Clarendon ranks above 82% of Canadian towns on bilingual residents: 33%
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
Compared with 66% across Canada’s towns, just over four in five residents have English as their mother tongue here. Against that, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Clarendon grew +11% from 2016 to 2021, faster than 84% of Canadian towns
The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns, the typical town changed +4%; across Quebec’s towns, +4%.
Above 74% of Canadian towns: 23% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: just over one in ten residents, 1.7 times the share across Canada’s towns. Across the comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. Locally, 15% of residents are under 15.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
Smaller households than 64% of Canadian towns: 2.3 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.
With one-person households at 30%, Clarendon is ahead of 62% of Canadian towns on that count. 6.5% of households are one-parent families, fewer than in 77% of Canadian towns.
A larger share of married residents 15 and over than 73% of Canadian towns: 53%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: a fifth of adults (typical: 27%). Measured more widely, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners: 11% of the total.
A higher share of households in single-detached houses than 98% of Canadian towns, at 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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, 64% of households live in a single-detached house. 18% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%.
Household income, middle of the range: $65,500 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Clarendon had $65,500 before tax, 24% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The middle household across Quebec’s towns has $74,000 before tax. In 2020, 20% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
3.6% 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 Clarendon, 3.6%. In Clarendon, 0.7% of residents are not Canadian citizens. A year before the census, 11% lived somewhere else: fewer than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns.
Fewer residents with no religion than 75% of Canadian towns: 26%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canada’s towns, the share of visible minority residents is 15%; Clarendon has 3.6%. For comparison, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
A smaller share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 96% of Canadian towns: 10%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 17% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. By way of comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 58% of adults
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment here, 58%, matches the middle of Canada’s towns (58%) within a couple of points.
Clarendon is younger than 2 of its 3 nearest neighbours
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens 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. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: Quebec’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 Clarendon’s residents
What is the population of Clarendon?
The latest figure is an estimate: 1,442 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Clarendon counted 1,392, 11% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Clarendon?
Half the residents are older than 50.8 and half younger; 15% are children under 15 and 23% are 65 or over.
Is Clarendon bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 33% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 66% speak only English and 1.8% only French; 14% grew up with French.
How diverse is Clarendon?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 3.6%. A visible minority makes up 3.6% and Indigenous residents 6.1%.
What religion are people in Clarendon?
Most often Christian (73%) or no religion (26%); other religions make up 0.7%.
Is Clarendon good for families?
Children under 15 are 15% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 57% of households and one-parent families 6.5%. Schools near Clarendon are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Clarendon?
Median total household income in Clarendon was $65,500 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
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).