Photo: art_inthecity from Montréal, CA · CC BY 2.0In Granby, 38% of households are one person living alone, more than in 85% of Canadian towns
Renter households: 46% here and 25% across Canada’s towns. For Granby, the census puts immigrants at 5.3%. The median age locally is 47.6, higher than in 79% of Canadian towns. Statistics Canada puts the town’s population at 72,180 for July 2025.
What stands out about the people of Granby
Common-law couples
26% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 90% of Canadian towns; 29% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
37% of residents speak English and French, a share 85% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: French 94%, English 1.7%. As a reference point, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. Lower than in 92% of Canadian towns: 2.1% of residents have English as their mother tongue.
A +4% change since 2016: Granby grew faster than 51% of Canadian towns
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 5% higher again.
Granby: 26% of residents are 65 or over, above 83% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.5% in Granby and 11% across Canada’s towns. The usual figure: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: 8.5% of residents.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Granby, 47.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women.
2.1 people per household, fewer than in 83% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Here, 8.7% of households are one-parent families.
In Granby, 26% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 90% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
28% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). On average, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Fewer households in single-detached houses than 79% of Canadian towns: 39%
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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
With households in buildings of five or more storeys at 1.6%, Granby is ahead of 63% of Canadian towns on that count. The comparison figure for households in single-detached houses is 64% across Canada’s towns. 27% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 19% built before 1961.
Median household income here: $62,800 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Granby’s households had a total income below $62,800, 27% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among Quebec’s towns, the typical figure is $74,000. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 29% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
A higher share of residents who moved in within the year than 70% of Canadian towns, at 13%
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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
Of the immigrants living here, 40% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. As a reference point, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Locally, 2.7% of residents are not Canadian citizens.
Granby sits below 68% of Canadian towns for residents with no religion (29%)
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Where 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns, Granby has 5.5%. The benchmark for residents with no religion across Canada’s towns: 35%. The share of Indigenous residents stands at 2%.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 77% of Canadian towns: 17%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 16%, beside a typical 9.5%. Against that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 57% of adults
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
About as many work here as in the typical town: 57%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Oldest by rank: 3rd of 41 towns of 53,508 to 95,763 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Grande Prairie is the youngest of them at 34; Lindsay, at 51.6, the oldest. By median age, Granby sits among Cornwall (46.4), Sault Ste. Marie (47.2), Simcoe (48.8) and Lindsay (51.6).
No nearby town is as old as Granby
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granby | 72,180 | — | 47.6 | 26% | 5.3% |
| Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton | 2,267 | 9.1 km | 39.2 | 14% | 0.9% |
| Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby | 3,545 | 9.3 km | 39.2 | 12% | 1.7% |
| Roxton Pond | 4,884 | 9.6 km | 40.8 | 17% | 2.6% |
| Shefford | 7,704 | 9.7 km | 47.2 | 20% | 3.4% |
| Bromont | 12,413 | 11.9 km | 47.6 | 22% | 5.4% |
| Saint-Paul-d'Abbotsford | 2,891 | 12.2 km | 45.6 | 20% | 3.5% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- The census’s own words. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
- 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 Granby’s residents
Is Granby good for families?
Under 15: 15% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 47% of households. One-parent families: 8.7%. Schools near Granby are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Granby?
The median household in Granby took in $62,800 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Granby?
Granby had about 72,180 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 69,025, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Granby?
A median age of 47.6, older than 79% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 15%, and people 65 and over 26%.
Is Granby bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 37% are. Another 62% speak only French and 0.5% only English, and French is the first language of 92%.
How diverse is Granby?
5.3% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 5.5% belong to a visible minority and 2% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Granby?
69% are Christian and 29% have no religion; 2.1% follow another religion.
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).