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By its share of households in single-detached houses (83%), Durham-Sud is above 77% of Canadian towns. About 1,041 people lived here in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates. In Durham-Sud, a fifth of residents are under 15. Lower than in 90% of Canadian towns: 2.9% of residents are immigrants.
What stands out about the people of Durham-Sud
Common-law couples
31% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 95% of Canadian towns; 31% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
In Durham-Sud, 33% of residents speak English and French, more than in 82% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Residents whose mother tongue is English: 8.1%, below 85% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, bilingual residents come to 7.5%. At home: French 90%, English 7.1%.
+1% since 2016: slower than 72% of Canadian towns
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +4% across Quebec’s towns. The July 2025 estimate is close to the census count.
Durham-Sud sits below 80% of Canadian towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (9%)
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
More residents are 40–44 than any other five-year age: 8.6% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. The usual figure: 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. For Durham-Sud, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 21%. The median age here is 42, lower than in just over half of Canadian towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women.
Durham-Sud households average 2.5 people, larger than in 58% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Nearly one in ten households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns, against 9.4% in Durham-Sud. On the census count, a quarter of households are one person living alone.
31% of residents 15 and over live common-law, a share 95% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 27% of adults, against a typical 27%. Across the comparison, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Above 50% of Canadian towns: 26% of households rent their home
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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: 48% predate 1961, 11% date from 2001 or later. Measured more widely, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. 9.3% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%.
Household income, middle of the range: $64,500 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
At $64,500, the middle household in Durham-Sud earned 25% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The middle household across Quebec’s towns has $74,000 before tax. The pandemic’s benefits: 27% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
2.9% of residents are immigrants
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
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
Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns.
In Durham-Sud, 32% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 60% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Measured more widely, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 13%, a lower share than 89% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 19% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. Across Canada’s towns, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.
A job for 60% of residents aged 15 and over
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 60%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
The towns around Durham-Sud are all older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
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. 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.
- 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.
Questions about Durham-Sud’s residents
How diverse is Durham-Sud?
2.9% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 0% belong to a visible minority and 0% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Durham-Sud?
68% are Christian and 32% have no religion; 0.5% follow another religion.
Is Durham-Sud good for families?
Under 15: 20% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 58% of households. One-parent families: 9.4%. Schools near Durham-Sud are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Durham-Sud?
The median household in Durham-Sud took in $64,500 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Durham-Sud?
Durham-Sud had about 1,041 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 1,051, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Durham-Sud?
A median age of 42. Children under 15 make up 20%, and people 65 and over 21%.
Is Durham-Sud bilingual?
33% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 65% speak French only and 2.9% English only. French is the mother tongue of 88%.
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).