Photo: Mario Hains · CC BY-SA 3.0One-person households: 37%, a higher share than 82% of Canadian towns
Renter households: 40% here and 25% across Canada’s towns. Lower than in 99% of Canadian towns: 0.7% of residents are immigrants. Windsor had about 5,368 residents in July 2025, by Statistics Canada’s estimate, and 2,365 households at the 2021 Census. The census found that 24% of residents are 65 or over locally.
What stands out about the people of Windsor
Fewer people than before
Windsor went from 5,419 people in 2016 to 5,294 in 2021, −2%: slower growth than in 90% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Common-law couples
29% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 92% of Canadian towns; 28% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Windsor: 30% of residents speak English and French, above 81% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. 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
Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents whose mother tongue is English is 66%; Windsor has 2.9%. Bilingual residents make up 7.5% across Canada’s towns.
From 2016 to 2021, 90% of Canadian towns grew faster than Windsor: −2%
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%. The July 2025 estimate adds another 1%.
A median age of 44.4: Windsor is older than 64% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
60–64 is the most common age band: 7.7% of residents. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 9.2% here, fewer than in 77% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Windsor, 44.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Smaller households than 83% of Canadian towns: 2.1 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.
Across Canada’s towns, couple families are 53% of households and one-parent families 8.2%; here, 49% and 10%.
Common-law partners make up 29% in Windsor, more than in 92% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Here 28% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 46%. Across Canada’s towns, common-law partners come to 11%.
Fewer households in single-detached houses than 65% of Canadian towns: 52%
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: 45% predate 1961, 12% date from 2001 or later. Across Canada’s towns, 64% of households live in a single-detached house. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
Before tax, the median household income is $62,000 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
At $62,000, the middle household in Windsor earned 28% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). For Quebec’s towns, the median household income is $74,000. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 28% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 65% of Canadian towns, at 9.5%
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: 0.5% here and 5.8% across Canada’s towns. As a yardstick, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
A lower share of residents with no religion than 71% of Canadian towns, at 28%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
By its share of visible minority residents (1.4%), Windsor is below 91% of Canadian towns. Few places have so few Indigenous residents: 1.1% here, fewer than in nearly four fifths of Canadian towns. Residents with no religion: 35% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
Only 10% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher in Windsor
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 17%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. On average, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 60%
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.
The employment rate of 60% is close to the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
In its size band (5,271 to 5,472), the 15th oldest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Between Chisasibi (26.6) and Electoral Area L, Cariboo (60) lies the rest of the group. By median age, Windsor sits among Stonewall (44), Mount Royal (44.1), West Meadowlark Park (44.6) and Normand Park (44.7).
Around Windsor, 3 of 6 towns have a higher median age
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windsor | 5,368 | — | 44.4 | 24% | 0.7% |
| Val-Joli | 1,787 | 4.3 km | 43.2 | 17% | 1.5% |
| Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton | 2,650 | 5.0 km | 41.2 | 18% | 0.8% |
| Saint-Claude | 1,167 | 7.2 km | 46 | 17% | 0% |
| Melbourne | 1,128 | 14.3 km | 48 | 23% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Denis-de-Brompton | 5,249 | 14.6 km | 41.2 | 17% | 2.4% |
| Richmond | 3,419 | 14.7 km | 48.8 | 27% | 1.9% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
- 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. Each comparison is its own median: over Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
Questions about Windsor’s residents
How diverse is Windsor?
0.7% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 1.4% belong to a visible minority and 1.1% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Windsor?
72% are Christian and 28% have no religion; 0.6% follow another religion.
Is Windsor good for families?
Under 15: 18% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 49% of households. One-parent families: 10%. Schools near Windsor are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Windsor?
The median household in Windsor took in $62,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Windsor?
Windsor had about 5,368 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 5,294, 2% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Windsor?
A median age of 44.4, older than 64% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 18%, and people 65 and over 24%.
Is Windsor bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 30% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 0.2% speak only English and 69% only French; 95% grew up with French.
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).