Photo: Municipalité de Wickham · CC BY-SA 4.021% of residents are under 15, more than in 88% of Canadian towns
With immigrants at 1.5%, Wickham is behind 96% of Canadian towns on that count. The median age in the town is 39.2, lower than in 69% of Canadian towns. Some 2,745 people live in the town, by the estimate for July 2025. In Wickham, 79% of households live in a single-detached house.
What stands out about the people of Wickham
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 34% of adults, more than in 98% of Canadian towns, while 30% are married. Couples ↓
A town of families
Children under 15 are 21% of residents, more than in 88% of Canadian towns. Households average 2.5 people, and 8.2% are one-parent families. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Above 76% of Canadian towns: 24% of residents speak English and French
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
1% of residents have English as their mother tongue, against 66% across Canada’s towns. As a reference point, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
+2% since 2016, a pace below 66% 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
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 6%. Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Quebec’s towns, by more than +4%.
16% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 67% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Where just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns, Wickham has 9.7%. As a yardstick, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Wickham, 39.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women.
Wickham households average 2.5 people, larger than in 58% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The figure for one-person households is 25% in Wickham and 27% across Canada’s towns. Census figures put one-parent families at 8.2% in the town.
Wickham: 34% of residents 15 and over live common-law, above 98% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Across Canada’s towns, 46% of residents 15 and over are married; in Wickham, 30%. Common-law partners make up 11% across Canada’s towns.
Wickham sits below 53% of Canadian towns for renter households (24%)
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Nearly a fifth of homes were built before 1961 and 19% in 2001 or later. The share of renter households across Canada’s towns is 25%.
Half above, half below $75,500 a year in household income
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Wickham: half had less than $75,500, 12% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The provincial yardstick is $74,000, the median across Quebec’s towns. COVID-19 benefits went to 32% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 74% of Canadian towns: 8.8%
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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: 1.7%, below four fifths of Canadian towns. On average, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
Below 73% of Canadian towns: 27% of residents said 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
Indigenous residents: 0.6%, below 88% of Canadian towns. The comparison figure for residents with no religion is 35% across Canada’s towns. The census found that 1.4% of residents belong to a visible minority in Wickham.
A lower share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 95% of Canadian towns, at 11%
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 21%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. The wider picture: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 68% of residents 15 and over had a job
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 68%.
In its size band (2,712 to 2,779), the 11th youngest of 41 towns
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The span goes from 25 (Waskaganish) up to 56.8 (Cultus Lake). By median age, Wickham sits among Vernon River (37.2), Marritt (38.7), Kameyosek (40.1) and Electoral Area E, Peace River (42).
The towns around Wickham are all older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wickham | 2,745 | — | 39.2 | 16% | 1.5% |
| Saint-Théodore-d'Acton | 1,650 | 7.7 km | 40.4 | 18% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Germain-de-Grantham | 5,054 | 10.8 km | 40.4 | 16% | 1.5% |
| Drummondville | 85,560 | 12.7 km | 44.8 | 24% | 4.4% |
| Saint-Eugène | 1,180 | 13.8 km | 44 | 19% | 3.9% |
| Acton Vale | 7,945 | 14.0 km | 49.6 | 27% | 1.5% |
| L'Avenir | 1,456 | 14.8 km | 46.4 | 22% | 3.6% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
Questions about Wickham’s residents
Is Wickham bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 24% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 0.2% speak only English and 75% only French; 97% grew up with French.
How diverse is Wickham?
1.5% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 1.4% belong to a visible minority and 0.6% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Wickham?
73% are Christian and 27% have no religion; 0% follow another religion.
Is Wickham good for families?
Under 15: 21% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 59% of households. One-parent families: 8.2%. Schools near Wickham are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Wickham?
The median household in Wickham took in $75,500 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Wickham?
Wickham had about 2,745 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 2,587, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Wickham?
A median age of 39.2, younger than 69% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 21%, and people 65 and over 16%.
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).