Photo: Gordalmighty · CC BY-SA 3.0A median age of 50.8: Danville is older than 87% of Canadian towns
Just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns, against 21% in Danville. Locally, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. Residents who moved in within the year are rarer here than in 81% of Canadian towns. With about 3,944 residents in July 2025, Danville counted 1,775 households at the 2021 Census.
What stands out about the people of Danville
Older than most towns
Danville’s median age is 50.8; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 27% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 28% of adults, more than in 92% of Canadian towns, while 34% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Danville: 32% of residents speak English and French, above 82% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Residents whose mother tongue is English: 6.2%, below 86% of Canadian towns. As a yardstick, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
+2% since 2016: slower than 67% of Canadian towns
Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 1%. Across Quebec’s towns the median is +4%, and across Canada’s towns +4%.
27% of residents are 65 or over, a share 87% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
60–64 is the most common age band: 9.5% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. For comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. The census found that 16% of residents are under 15 in Danville.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Danville, 50.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women.
Danville ranks above 75% of Canadian towns on one-person households: 34%
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Households average 2.2 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. The share of one-person households across Canada’s towns is 27%. 7% of households are one-parent families.
Above 92% of Canadian towns: 28% of residents 15 and over live common-law
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Against a figure of 46% across Canada’s towns, the share of married residents 15 and over in Danville comes in at 34%. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of households in single-detached houses than 67% of Canadian towns: 76%
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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
47% of homes were built before 1961 and 4.2% in 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. The wider picture: 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Where a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns, Danville has 23%.
$60,800 a year: the median household income
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Danville’s households had a total income below $60,800, 29% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Quebec’s towns have a median of $74,000. COVID-19 benefits went to 26% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
2% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
20% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. Residents without Canadian citizenship: 0.8% of the total. Fewer immigrants than in 93% of Canadian towns: 2%.
79% said they are Christian and 21% that they have no religion
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents: 1.3% here and 15% across Canada’s towns. Across Danville, 2.6% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
11% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 95% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 18% (typical 9.5%). Across Canada’s towns, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.
56% of adults were employed in May 2021
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
56% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 27% are 65 or more.
In its size band (3,862 to 4,028), the 7th oldest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest is Maple (30.9) and the oldest Okanagan Falls (59.2). Callander (50.4), New Richmond (50.8), Colchester County, Subdivision A (51.2) and L'Islet (52): the towns nearest Danville in median age.
Danville is younger than 2 of its 6 nearest neighbours
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danville | 3,944 | — | 50.8 | 27% | 2% |
| Val-des-Sources | 7,303 | 4.9 km | 55.2 | 36% | 1.3% |
| Kingsey Falls | 2,072 | 9.6 km | 41.6 | 15% | 1.3% |
| Tingwick | 1,567 | 9.7 km | 46 | 19% | 2.7% |
| Saint-Georges-de-Windsor | 1,034 | 12.1 km | 43.6 | 22% | 2.6% |
| Wotton | 1,448 | 13.9 km | 48.4 | 26% | 1.1% |
| Cleveland | 1,624 | 15.7 km | 53.2 | 32% | 1.1% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
- 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. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
Questions about Danville’s residents
What is the median income in Danville?
Half of Danville’s households had more than $60,800 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Danville?
About 3,944, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 3,888 people in Danville, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Danville?
The median age is 50.8, older than 87% of Canadian towns. 16% are under 15 and 27% 65 or older.
Is Danville bilingual?
English and French: 32% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 1.3%. French only: 66%. French mother tongue: 91%.
How diverse is Danville?
Immigrants: 2% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 1.3%. Indigenous identity: 2.6%.
What religion are people in Danville?
21% said they have no religion and 79% that they are Christian; 0% named another faith.
Is Danville good for families?
16% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 54% of households and one-parent families 7%. Schools near Danville 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).