Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Godmanchester ranks below 99% of Canadian towns on residents who moved in within the year: 5.1%
In Godmanchester, 91% of households live in a single-detached house, beside 64% across Canada’s towns. About 1,590 people lived here in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates. The census found that 3.6% of residents are immigrants here. The median age here is 47.2, higher than in 77% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Godmanchester
A bilingual town
Both official languages: 60% of residents speak English and French, more than in 95% of Canadian towns. Another 24% speak only French and 16% only English. English & French ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Godmanchester sits above 95% of Canadian towns for bilingual residents (60%)
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 52%, English 43%. 38% of residents have English as their mother tongue, a lower share than in 75% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, bilingual residents come to 7.5%.
Slower than most: +1% since 2016, behind 73% of Canadian towns
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Quebec’s towns the median is +4%, and across Canada’s towns +4%. The July 2025 estimate adds another 13%.
Godmanchester: 22% of residents are 65 or over, above 69% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.3%, against 11% across Canada’s towns. The usual figure: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women.
2.4 people per household, fewer than in 53% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The figure for one-parent families is 6.9% in Godmanchester and 8.2% across Canada’s towns. 26% of households are one person living alone.
In Godmanchester, 24% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 87% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Here 40% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 46%. The share of common-law partners across Canada’s towns is 11%.
Renter households: 22%, a lower share than 57% 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
47% of homes were built before 1961 and 5.2% in 2001 or later. The usual figure: 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.
Median household income here: $65,000 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
At $65,000, the middle household in Godmanchester earned 24% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Quebec’s towns have a median of $74,000. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 25% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
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
Most immigrants were born in Europe (60%) or in the Americas (30%). Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns.
30% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 65% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns, against 1.1% in Godmanchester. Across the comparison, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Indigenous residents: 2.2% of the total.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 99% of Canadian towns: 6.8%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 16% here, 9.5% in the typical town. For comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 57% of residents 15 and over had a job
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 57%, the share in work is about the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Godmanchester sits below 4 of its 6 closest neighbours on median age
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Godmanchester | 1,590 | — | 47.2 | 22% | 3.6% |
| Huntingdon | 3,001 | 2.6 km | 49.6 | 28% | 3.7% |
| Sainte-Barbe | 1,993 | 8.7 km | 51.2 | 24% | 1.6% |
| Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka | 2,162 | 11.5 km | 44.8 | 21% | 1.1% |
| Hinchinbrooke | 2,350 | 11.7 km | 53.6 | 28% | 5.3% |
| Saint-Anicet | 2,854 | 14.1 km | 55.2 | 30% | 4.2% |
| Ormstown | 4,259 | 15.8 km | 47.2 | 25% | 2.8% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
- 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.
Questions about Godmanchester’s residents
What is the median income in Godmanchester?
$65,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Godmanchester (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Godmanchester?
Statistics Canada estimates 1,590 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 1,403 in Godmanchester, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Godmanchester?
47.2 is the median age. Under 15: 17%. 65 and over: 22%.
Is Godmanchester bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 60% are. Another 24% speak only French and 16% only English, and French is the first language of 54%.
How diverse is Godmanchester?
Immigrants make up 3.6% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 1.1% are members of a visible minority, and 2.2% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Godmanchester?
Christian: 69%. No religion: 30%. Another religion: 0.7%.
Is Godmanchester good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 17%. 60% of households are couple families and 6.9% one-parent families. Schools near Godmanchester 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).