Photo: Chicoutimi · CC BY 3.0Hampstead ranks below 94% of Canadian towns on residents with no religion: 15%
Households in buildings of five or more storeys: 10%, above nearly four fifths of Canadian towns. With about 7,464 residents in July 2025, Hampstead counted 2,495 households at the 2021 Census. Census figures put residents without Canadian citizenship at 11% here. Half of the town’s residents are under 39.6, younger than in 66% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Hampstead
A bilingual town
75% of residents can hold a conversation in both English and French, more than in 99% of Canadian towns; 3.9% speak French only and 21% English only. English & French ↓
Many graduates
A bachelor’s degree or higher is held by 71% of 25- to 64-year-olds, more than in 98% of Canadian towns, and a master’s by 15%. Qualifications ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A larger share of bilingual residents than 99% of Canadian towns: 75%
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
12% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 1% speak neither official language. At 55%, the share of residents whose mother tongue is English is lower than in 63% of Canadian towns. Bilingual residents make up 7.5% across Canada’s towns.
Slower growth than 71% of Canadian towns: Hampstead changed by +1% since 2016
Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Quebec’s towns, by more than +4%. The July 2025 estimate adds another 6%.
In Hampstead, 15% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 94% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 17%, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Higher than in 83% of Canadian towns: 20% of residents are under 15.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Hampstead, 39.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women.
Bigger households than 82% of Canadian towns: 2.8 people each on average
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
21% of households are one person living alone, against 27% across Canada’s towns. Across Hampstead, 8.4% of households are one-parent families.
Below 91% of Canadian towns: 5% of residents 15 and over live common-law
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Across Canada’s towns, 46% of residents 15 and over are married; in Hampstead, 56%. Common-law partners make up 11% across Canada’s towns.
50% of households live in a single-detached house, below 68% of Canadian towns
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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: 47% predate 1961, 6% date from 2001 or later. Set beside that, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Few places have as many renter households: 32% here, more than in 63% of Canadian towns.
$150,000 a year: the median household income
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
Hampstead’s median household took in $150,000 before tax, 74% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within Quebec’s towns, the household in the middle had $74,000. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 33% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
Immigrants make up 28% in Hampstead, more than in 68% of Canadian towns
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 35%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Most immigrants were born in Asia (37%) or in Europe (26%). Compared with other places, residents who moved in within the year are scarce here: 9.4%, fewer than in nearly two thirds of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, 17% of residents are immigrants. Of the immigrants living here, 24% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%.
Hampstead sits above 56% of Canadian towns for visible minority residents (20%)
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Jewish (63%) and Muslim (3.2%). On average, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Lower than in 96% of Canadian towns: 0.1% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
71% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, a share 98% of Canadian towns don’t reach
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
1.6% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
60% of residents 15 and over were in work
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, below this 60%.
The 15th youngest of 41 towns of 7,307 to 7,627 people
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The span goes from 31.8 (Blairmore Suburban Centre) up to 58 (Trent Lakes). By median age, Hampstead sits among Teston (39), Forest Lawn (39.1), N-Section (bramalea) (39.9) and Blake-Jones (40).
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Hampstead
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hampstead | 7,464 | — | 39.6 | 17% | 28% |
| Snowdon | 22,511 | 1.1 km | 37.2 | 16% | 42% |
| Loyola | 26,607 | 1.6 km | 40.8 | 18% | 41% |
| Côte-Saint-Antoine | 20,415 | 1.8 km | 41.9 | 20% | 27% |
| Côte-Saint-Luc | 37,901 | 1.9 km | 44.8 | 29% | 43% |
| Savane | 32,028 | 2.0 km | 36.2 | 13% | 58% |
| Upper Lachine | 21,130 | 2.3 km | 37 | 14% | 37% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Hampstead’s residents
What is the population of Hampstead?
Hampstead had about 7,464 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 7,037, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Hampstead?
A median age of 39.6, younger than 66% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 20%, and people 65 and over 17%.
Is Hampstead bilingual?
English and French: 75% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 21%. French only: 3.9%. French mother tongue: 18%.
How diverse is Hampstead?
28% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 20% belong to a visible minority and 0.1% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Hampstead?
18% are Christian and 15% have no religion; 68% follow another religion.
Is Hampstead good for families?
Under 15: 20% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 64% of households. One-parent families: 8.4%. Schools near Hampstead are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Hampstead?
The median household in Hampstead took in $150,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
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).