Photo: Jean-Pierre Guillet · CC BY-SA 3.0A median age of 59.6: Potton is older than 99% of Canadian towns
In Potton, 7.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, beside 11% across Canada’s towns. With about 2,201 residents in July 2025, Potton counted 1,025 households at the 2021 Census. 5.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Few places have as many households in single-detached houses: 86% here, more than in 82% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Potton
A bilingual town
Both official languages: 67% of residents speak English and French, more than in 97% of Canadian towns. Another 17% speak only French and 16% only English. English & French ↓
Older than most towns
Potton’s median age is 59.6; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 37% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Potton sits above 97% of Canadian towns for bilingual residents (67%)
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. 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 51%, English 43%. Compared with other places, residents whose mother tongue is English are scarce here: 38%, fewer than in 76% of Canadian towns. On average, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
From 2016 to 2021, Potton outgrew 75% of Canadian towns: +9%
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Quebec’s towns, +4%.
Potton sits above 99% of Canadian towns for residents aged 65 and over (37%)
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
By its share of children under 15 (9.7%), Potton is below 96% of Canadian towns. On average, 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 107 men for every 100 women.
Smaller households than 90% of Canadian towns: 2 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.
Here 3.9% of households are one-parent families, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 8.2%. For Potton, the census puts one-person households at 36%.
Potton ranks above 87% of Canadian towns on common-law partners: 24%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Married residents 15 and over make up 41%, against 46% across Canada’s towns. For common-law partners, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%.
In Potton, 17% of households rent their home, fewer than in 69% of Canadian towns
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
35% of homes were built before 1961 and 18% in 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Against that, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
The median household brings in $65,000 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
Potton’s median household took in $65,000 before tax, 24% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Quebec’s towns have a median of $74,000. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 26% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
11% of residents are immigrants
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, 6.7% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. The census found that 1% of residents are not Canadian citizens in Potton. The town has fewer immigrants than 61% of Canadian towns, at 11%.
Potton sits below 68% of Canadian towns for residents with no religion (29%)
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
0.5% of residents belong to a visible minority, against 15% across Canada’s towns. Here, 2.5% of residents have an Indigenous identity. Measured more widely, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 54% of Canadian towns: 25%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 18%, against 9.5%. Measured more widely, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 48% 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.
At 48%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 37% are 65 or over.
Potton sits below 1 of its 2 closest neighbours on median age
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Potton | 2,201 | — | 59.6 | 37% | 11% |
| Bolton-Est | 1,337 | 15.5 km | 59.2 | 33% | 6.2% |
| Sutton | 4,775 | 16.0 km | 60.4 | 39% | 9.1% |
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. 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. Provincial and national yardsticks: Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
Questions about Potton’s residents
What is the population of Potton?
Statistics Canada estimates 2,201 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 2,012 in Potton, 9% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Potton?
59.6 is the median age. Under 15: 9.7%. 65 and over: 37%.
Is Potton bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 67% are. Another 17% speak only French and 16% only English, and French is the first language of 53%.
How diverse is Potton?
Immigrants make up 11% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 0.5% are members of a visible minority, and 2.5% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Potton?
Christian: 70%. No religion: 29%. Another religion: 1.4%.
Is Potton good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 9.7%. 54% of households are couple families and 3.9% one-parent families. Schools near Potton are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Potton?
$65,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Potton (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
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).