Photo: Veillg1 · CC BY-SA 4.0Otterburn Park sits above 80% of Canadian towns for children under 15 (19%)
Renter households are rarer here than in 77% of Canadian towns. Across Otterburn Park, 16% of residents are 65 or over. About 9,460 people lived locally in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates. Recent arrivals are just over a third of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns.
What stands out about the people of Otterburn Park
A bilingual town
56% of residents can hold a conversation in both English and French, more than in 93% of Canadian towns; 44% speak French only and 0.9% English only. English & French ↓
Common-law couples
35% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 98% of Canadian towns; 30% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Bilingual residents: 56%, a higher share than 93% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. 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
With residents whose mother tongue is English at 5.4%, Otterburn Park is behind 86% of Canadian towns on that count. Across Canada’s towns, 7.5% of residents speak English and French. At home: French 91%, English 5.9%.
Slower than most: +1% since 2016, behind 72% 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
Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Quebec’s towns, by more than +4%. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 12%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 12% in Otterburn Park, more than in 63% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The median age in Otterburn Park is 41.6, lower than in 53% of Canadian towns. As a reference point, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. 55–59 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Otterburn Park, 41.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Otterburn Park ranks below 69% of Canadian towns on one-person households: 22%
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Households in Otterburn Park hold 2.5 people on average (Canada’s towns: 2.4). Typically, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. The census found that 9.3% of households are one-parent families locally.
Otterburn Park: 35% of residents 15 and over live common-law, above 98% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 25% of adults (typical: 27%). By way of comparison, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
In Otterburn Park, 83% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 78% 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
19% of homes were built before 1961 and 18% in 2001 or later. Households in single-detached houses make up 64% across Canada’s towns. At 0.1%, the share of households in buildings of five or more storeys is in line with the figure across Canada’s towns.
Half of households earn more than $104,000 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
Household incomes run high in Otterburn Park: half had more than $104,000, 21% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Quebec’s towns have a median of $74,000. 28% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
Below 74% of Canadian towns: 8.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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: 1.9%, below 77% of Canadian towns. Measured more widely, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 5.3% of residents are immigrants.
64% said they are Christian and 35% that they have no religion
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Set against 15% across Canada’s towns, 3.4% of residents belong to a visible minority in Otterburn Park. Across Otterburn Park, 1% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
A larger share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 60% of Canadian towns: 32%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 4.2%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. By way of comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 69% of residents aged 15 and over
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 69%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
14th highest median age among 41 towns of 9,248 to 9,670
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Qualicum Beach is the oldest at 67.5, Oromocto the youngest at 31.8. In age, Otterburn Park keeps company with Rustic (41.4), Danforth (41.6), Olds (43.6) and Cooksville NHD (East) (44).
Around Otterburn Park, 4 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otterburn Park | 9,460 | — | 41.6 | 16% | 5.3% |
| McMasterville | 6,114 | 2.8 km | 41.6 | 20% | 3.8% |
| Mont-Saint-Hilaire | 19,447 | 3.5 km | 47.2 | 23% | 5.5% |
| Beloeil | 25,240 | 4.3 km | 42 | 21% | 5.6% |
| Saint-Jean-Baptiste | 3,332 | 6.7 km | 44 | 20% | 2.8% |
| Saint-Basile-le-Grand | 17,146 | 6.9 km | 41.6 | 15% | 7.3% |
| Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil | 2,999 | 7.5 km | 45.2 | 21% | 3.1% |
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. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Quebec’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- 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.
Questions about Otterburn Park’s residents
What religion are people in Otterburn Park?
Christian: 64%. No religion: 35%. Another religion: 1.2%.
Is Otterburn Park good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 19%. 63% of households are couple families and 9.3% one-parent families. Schools near Otterburn Park are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Otterburn Park?
$104,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Otterburn Park (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Otterburn Park?
Statistics Canada estimates 9,460 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 8,479 in Otterburn Park, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Otterburn Park?
41.6 is the median age, younger than 53% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 19%. 65 and over: 16%.
Is Otterburn Park bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 56% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 0.9% speak only English and 44% only French; 90% grew up with French.
How diverse is Otterburn Park?
Immigrants make up 5.3% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 3.4% are members of a visible minority, and 1% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
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).