Photo: SriMesh · CC BY-SA 3.0Mayfair sits above 98% of Canadian towns for Indigenous residents (23%)
One-person households make up 35%, against 27% across Canada’s towns. The median age in Mayfair is 38.2, lower than in 76% of Canadian towns. The neighbourhood counted 2,927 residents and 1,285 households at the 2021 Census. For Mayfair, the census puts residents without Canadian citizenship at 12%.
What stands out about the people of Mayfair
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 23% of residents, more than in 98% of Canadian towns, and 15% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
A neighbourhood people move to
19% of residents lived at another address a year before the census, 1.7 times the typical share; 45% moved within five years. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 89% of Canadian towns: 11%
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Children under 15 make up 17%, against 16% across Canada’s towns. By way of comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Mayfair, 38.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
12% of households are one-parent families, a share 91% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Private households by type and size.
Against Saskatchewan’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
At 2.2 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Shared houses stand out: nearly one in ten households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 94% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-parent families is 8.2%.
31% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 87% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 41% of adults, against a typical 27%. Compared with other places, common-law partners are common here: 13%, more than in 66% of Canadian towns. As a reference point, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
More renter households than 69% of Canadian towns: 36%
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 74% of Canadian towns. By way of comparison, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 70% of households live in a single-detached house.
Median household income: $70,900 a year
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
The middle household in Mayfair had $70,900 before tax, 18% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Saskatchewan’s towns have a median of $86,500. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 35% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
Mayfair sits above 91% of Canadian towns for residents who moved in within the year (19%)
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 25%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Of the immigrants living here, 67% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. Against that, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. In Mayfair, 18% of residents are immigrants.
In Mayfair, 50% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 86% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Here 20% of residents belong to a visible minority, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 15%. Against that, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 81%, and 6.6% speak French as well
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
0.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue, against 1.5% across Canada’s towns.
A smaller share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 53% of Canadian towns: 26%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 11% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Against that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
62% of residents 15 and over were in work
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
More people work here than in the typical town: 62%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
12th lowest median age among 41 towns of 2,879 to 2,976
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The group spans McKernan, youngest at 30, to Algonquin Highlands, oldest at 60.4. In age, Mayfair keeps company with Shaver (37.6), Holliston (37.7), Saint-Bruno (38.4) and Grant Park (38.6).
Of the 6 towns nearest Mayfair, 3 are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayfair | 2,927 | — | 38.2 | 11% | 18% |
| Caswell Hill | 2,573 | 0.9 km | 39.2 | 16% | 8.1% |
| City Park | 3,827 | 1.7 km | 35.3 | 14% | 12% |
| Mount Royal | 5,292 | 1.8 km | 44.1 | 23% | 19% |
| Westmount | 2,872 | 1.9 km | 34.4 | 9.6% | 18% |
| North Park | 5,000 | 2.0 km | 36.6 | 14% | 8.9% |
| Central Business District | 4,987 | 2.0 km | 43.8 | 28% | 14% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Statistics Canada publishes the census for municipalities, not neighbourhoods, so these figures add up the dissemination areas inside the neighbourhood. Counts are sums of StatCan’s rounded counts; the median age and income are worked out from the published age and income groups; and 2016 areas don’t add up to these, so there is no 2016 count.
- 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.
- 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 Saskatchewan’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of Saskatchewan’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.
Questions about Mayfair’s residents
What is the median income in Mayfair?
$70,900 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Mayfair (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Mayfair?
2,927, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Mayfair alone.
What is the average age in Mayfair?
38.2 is the median age, younger than 76% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 17%. 65 and over: 11%.
Is Mayfair bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 6.6% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 93% speak only English and 0% only French; 0.5% grew up with French.
How diverse is Mayfair?
Immigrants make up 18% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 20% are members of a visible minority, and 23% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Mayfair?
Christian: 44%. No religion: 50%. Another religion: 6.9%.
Is Mayfair good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 17%. 35% of households are couple families and 12% one-parent families. Schools near Mayfair are on its Schools page.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population. 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).