Photo: P199 · Public domainOlder than 95% of Canadian towns: half of Gracefield is over 54.8
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 7.6% in Gracefield and 11% across Canada’s towns. One-person households are more common here than in 81% of Canadian towns. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 2,544 residents; the 2021 Census found 1,130 households. The census found that 86% of households live in a single-detached house in the town.
What stands out about the people of Gracefield
A bilingual town
Both official languages: 48% of residents speak English and French, more than in 89% of Canadian towns. Another 47% speak only French and 4.9% only English. English & French ↓
Older than most towns
Half of Gracefield’s residents are under 54.8 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 29% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Fewer people than before
Gracefield went from 2,462 people in 2016 to 2,376 in 2021, −4%: slower growth than in 93% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
48% of residents speak English and French, more than in 89% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. 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
Across Canada’s towns, 66% of residents have English as their mother tongue; in Gracefield, 9.6%. The usual figure: 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Gracefield changed by −4% from 2016 to 2021, slower than 93% 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
The July 2025 estimate adds another 7%.
Gracefield: 29% of residents are 65 or over, above 90% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The share of children under 15 is 14%, against 16% across Canada’s towns. By way of comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Gracefield, 54.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women.
Smaller households than 83% of Canadian towns: 2.1 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.
Census figures put one-parent families at 8.8% in Gracefield.
More common-law partners than 86% of Canadian towns: 22%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Married residents 15 and over make up 35%, against 46% across Canada’s towns. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%.
Renter households: 19%, a lower share than 64% 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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Against that, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Older homes outnumber new: 29% predate 1961, 12% date from 2001 or later. 11% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%.
Median household income here: $57,600 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Gracefield had $57,600 before tax, 33% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). For Quebec’s towns, the median household income is $74,000. In 2020, 26% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 5.6% in Gracefield, less than in 97% of Canadian towns
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
20% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. By way of comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Locally, 2.1% of residents are immigrants. At 0.4%, the share of residents without Canadian citizenship is lower than in 97% of Canadian towns.
Gracefield: 9.6% of residents have an Indigenous identity, above 86% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Set against 15% across Canada’s towns, 0.9% of residents belong to a visible minority in Gracefield. On the census count, 23% of residents said they have no religion. Indigenous residents: 2.8% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
A smaller share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 90% of Canadian towns: 12%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Employment: 48% 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.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 48%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 29% of residents are 65 or over.
Ranked by age, 6th oldest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The group spans City Commercial Core, youngest at 32.7, to North Frontenac, oldest at 61.6. The closest ages to Gracefield’s belong to Macassa (53.2), Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards (54), Lunenburg (57.2) and Saint-Damien (57.2).
The towns around Gracefield are all younger
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. 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.
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. The middle of Quebec’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
Questions about Gracefield’s residents
What is the average age in Gracefield?
Half the residents are older than 54.8 and half younger, older than 95% of Canadian towns; 14% are children under 15 and 29% are 65 or over.
Is Gracefield bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 48% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 4.9% speak only English and 47% only French; 87% grew up with French.
How diverse is Gracefield?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 2.1%. A visible minority makes up 0.9% and Indigenous residents 9.6%.
What religion are people in Gracefield?
Most often Christian (77%) or no religion (23%); other religions make up 0.2%.
Is Gracefield good for families?
Children under 15 are 14% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 46% of households and one-parent families 8.8%. Schools near Gracefield are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Gracefield?
Median total household income in Gracefield was $57,600 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Gracefield?
The latest figure is an estimate: 2,544 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Gracefield counted 2,376, 4% fewer than 2016.
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).