Photo: Laroutedesvins · CC BY-SA 4.0Dunham ranks below 92% of Canadian towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 7.8%
With a median age of 48.4, Dunham is older than just over four fifths of Canadian towns. Across Dunham, nine in ten households live in a single-detached house. The town had about 3,632 residents in July 2025, by Statistics Canada’s estimate, and 1,530 households at the 2021 Census. 8.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier; across Canada’s towns the figure is 11%.
What stands out about the people of Dunham
A bilingual town
Both official languages: 57% of residents speak English and French, more than in 93% of Canadian towns. Another 37% speak only French and 6% only English. English & French ↓
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 29% of adults, more than in 93% of Canadian towns, while 37% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Dunham ranks above 93% of Canadian towns on bilingual residents: 57%
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. 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 76%, English 19%. The usual figure: 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. On residents whose mother tongue is English, Dunham sits lower than 82% of Canadian towns: 18%.
Growth of +5% since 2016 puts Dunham ahead of 55% of Canadian towns
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Quebec’s towns the median is +4%, and across Canada’s towns +4%. The July 2025 estimate is close to the census count.
Dunham ranks above 78% of Canadian towns on residents aged 65 and over: 25%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 60–64: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. Typically, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 17% of residents are under 15.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Dunham, 48.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Dunham households average 2.3 people, smaller than in 64% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The share of one-parent families is 6.9%, against 8.2% across Canada’s towns. In Dunham, 27% of households are one person living alone.
Dunham sits above 93% of Canadian towns for common-law partners (29%)
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
37% of residents 15 and over are married, against 46% across Canada’s towns. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
Renter households: 17%, a lower share than 71% of Canadian towns
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
Older homes outnumber new: 26% predate 1961, 22% date from 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. The share of renter households across Canada’s towns is 25%.
Median household income: $76,000 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Dunham’s, at $76,000, is 12% lower. For Quebec’s towns, the median household income is $74,000. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 26% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
3.7% 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
Set against 17% across Canada’s towns, 3.7% of residents are immigrants in Dunham. On the census count, 2% of residents are not Canadian citizens.
Dunham ranks above 59% of Canadian towns on residents with no religion: 38%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canada’s towns, the share of visible minority residents is 15%; Dunham has 2.1%. Elsewhere, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. 3% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
Below 62% of Canadian towns: 22% 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
Some 9.2% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Across the comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
63% of adults were employed in May 2021
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
More people work here than in the typical town: 63%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Ranked by age, 8th oldest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Between Opportunity No. 17 (31.2) and Piedmont (58) lies the rest of the group. The closest ages to Dunham’s belong to Glendale (48.2), Kingston (48.4), Powassan (50.4) and Parkland (50.6).
Dunham sits below 4 of its 6 closest neighbours on median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunham | 3,632 | — | 48.4 | 25% | 3.7% |
| Cowansville | 17,269 | 6.7 km | 48.8 | 28% | 3.4% |
| Brigham | 2,386 | 10.9 km | 46.4 | 21% | 2.6% |
| Frelighsburg | 1,168 | 11.6 km | 56.4 | 29% | 7.7% |
| Sutton | 4,775 | 14.7 km | 60.4 | 39% | 9.1% |
| Bedford | 2,845 | 15.9 km | 50.4 | 28% | 3.5% |
| Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby | 3,545 | 19.0 km | 39.2 | 12% | 1.7% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Quebec’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- 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 Dunham’s residents
Is Dunham bilingual?
57% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 37% speak French only and 6% English only. French is the mother tongue of 75%.
How diverse is Dunham?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 3.7%. A visible minority makes up 2.1% and Indigenous residents 3%.
What religion are people in Dunham?
Most often Christian (62%) or no religion (38%); other religions make up 0.4%.
Is Dunham good for families?
Children under 15 are 17% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 60% of households and one-parent families 6.9%. Schools near Dunham are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Dunham?
Median total household income in Dunham was $76,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Dunham?
The latest figure is an estimate: 3,632 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Dunham counted 3,599, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Dunham?
Half the residents are older than 48.4 and half younger, older than 81% of Canadian towns; 17% are children under 15 and 25% are 65 or over.
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).