Photo: Richard Coté · CC BY-SA 4.0Weedon is older than 96% of Canadian towns: a median age of 56.4
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 6.8%, Weedon is behind 97% of Canadian towns on that count. Still, at 38%, the share of one-person households is higher than in 84% of Canadian towns. Its population is much the same as in 2016. On the census count, 1.5% of residents belong to a visible minority.
What stands out about the people of Weedon
Older than most towns
Half of Weedon’s residents are under 56.4 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 32% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
22% of residents speak English and French, a share 75% of Canadian towns don’t reach
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. 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
In Weedon, 1.7% of residents have English as their mother tongue, beside 66% across Canada’s towns. Against that, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Since 2016, Weedon has changed by ±0%, slower than 78% of Canadian towns
Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 7% higher again. Across Canada’s towns, the typical town changed +4%; across Quebec’s towns, +4%.
32% of residents are 65 or over, a share 95% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
By its share of children under 15 (13%), Weedon is below four fifths of Canadian towns. Measured more widely, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Weedon, 56.4. The typical town is 42.
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.
Against a figure of 8.2% across Canada’s towns, the share of one-parent families in Weedon comes in at 5.8%.
Weedon 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
The figure for married residents 15 and over is 36% in Weedon and 46% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
Households in single-detached houses make up 79% in Weedon, more than in 71% 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
In Weedon, 23% of households rent their home, beside 25% across Canada’s towns. Older homes outnumber new: 38% predate 1961, 14% date from 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. The wider picture: 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Median household income here: $54,400 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Weedon’s, at $54,400, is 37% lower. Within Quebec’s towns, the household in the middle had $74,000. The pandemic’s benefits: 24% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
9.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 65% of Canadian towns
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
Residents without Canadian citizenship make up 0.8%, against 5.8% across Canada’s towns. Lower than in 95% of Canadian towns: 1.7% of residents are immigrants. For comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
Weedon sits below 79% of Canadian towns for residents with no religion (24%)
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
In Weedon, 1.2% of residents have an Indigenous identity, beside 2.8% across Canada’s towns. The wider picture: 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
6.7% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 99% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
23% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%). Set beside that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
49% of residents 15 and over were in work
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, above this 49%; 32% of residents are 65 or over.
Of 41 towns its size (2,809 to 2,882 people), the 5th oldest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The youngest of these towns is McKernan, at 30; the oldest, Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part, is at 61.2. The towns whose median age is nearest to Weedon’s: Saint-Anicet (55.2), Addington Highlands (55.6), Sicamous (57.6) and Saint-Côme (57.6).
Median age: 1 of the 2 towns around Weedon are older
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
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Weedon’s residents
What religion are people in Weedon?
Most often Christian (76%) or no religion (24%); other religions make up 0.2%.
Is Weedon good for families?
Children under 15 are 13% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 50% of households and one-parent families 5.8%. Schools near Weedon are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Weedon?
Median total household income in Weedon was $54,400 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Weedon?
The latest figure is an estimate: 2,845 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Weedon counted 2,667, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Weedon?
Half the residents are older than 56.4 and half younger, older than 96% of Canadian towns; 13% are children under 15 and 32% are 65 or over.
Is Weedon bilingual?
English and French: 22% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 0.2%. French only: 78%. French mother tongue: 96%.
How diverse is Weedon?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 1.7%. A visible minority makes up 1.5% and Indigenous residents 1.2%.
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).