Photo: Tanbir M-05 · CC BY-SA 4.0In Westmount, 27% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 98% of Canadian towns
Where nearly one in ten households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns, Westmount has 15%. 18% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 89% of Canadian towns. At the 2021 Census, 2,872 people lived in the neighbourhood, in 1,170 households. Here, 43% of households rent their home.
What stands out about the people of Westmount
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 27% of residents, more than in 98% of Canadian towns, and 19% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Younger than most towns
The middle resident of Westmount is 34.4; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 21% are under 15 and 9.6% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Westmount is younger than 92% of Canadian towns: a median age of 34.4
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
Where nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns, Westmount has 9.6%. On the census count, just over a fifth of residents are under 15.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Westmount, 34.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
31% of households are one person living alone, a share 65% 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.
Shared houses stand out: 7.3% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 88% of Canadian towns. A household here holds 2.4 people on average. The benchmark for one-person households across Canada’s towns: 27%.
A lower share of married residents 15 and over than 82% of Canadian towns, at 32%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Just over two in five adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). Higher than in 69% of Canadian towns: 13% of residents 15 and over live common-law.
More households in single-detached houses than 61% of Canadian towns: 72%
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
13% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. 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.
Household income, middle of the range: $63,300 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
Westmount’s median household took in $63,300 before tax, 26% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $86,500 is the median household income across Saskatchewan’s towns. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 38% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
Westmount: 9.6% of residents are not Canadian citizens, above 66% 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 25%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (67%) and in Africa (11%). The usual figure: 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns. Most recent wave: 57% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%).
In Westmount, 49% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 85% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (7.3%). Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 35%. 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns, against 23% in Westmount.
English is the mother tongue of 77%, and 5.8% speak French as well
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
Set against 7.5% across Canada’s towns, 5.8% of residents speak English and French in Westmount. At 0.9%, the share of residents whose mother tongue is French is lower than in 77% of Canadian towns.
Only 16% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher in Westmount
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 usual figure: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
55% of adults were employed in May 2021
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.
With 9.6% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 55% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
In its size band (2,835 to 2,909), the 3rd youngest of 41 towns
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
They run from McKernan, at 30, to Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part, at 61.2. The closest ages to Westmount’s belong to McKernan (30), Paisley (31.7), Overlanders (35) and Tipaskan (35.5).
Westmount is younger than every town around it
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westmount | 2,872 | — | 34.4 | 9.6% | 18% |
| Pleasant Hill | 6,088 | 0.8 km | 36.5 | 13% | 18% |
| Caswell Hill | 2,573 | 1.0 km | 39.2 | 16% | 8.1% |
| Mount Royal | 5,292 | 1.1 km | 44.1 | 23% | 19% |
| Meadowgreen | 3,782 | 1.7 km | 38.4 | 15% | 27% |
| Mayfair | 2,927 | 1.9 km | 38.2 | 11% | 18% |
| 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 reports the census by municipality; a neighbourhood’s figures are the sum of its dissemination areas, rounded counts and all, with medians estimated from age and income groups and no 2016 count, as the 2016 areas don’t fit.
- 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.
- Against Saskatchewan’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Saskatchewan’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
Questions about Westmount’s residents
What is the average age in Westmount?
Half the residents are older than 34.4 and half younger, younger than 92% of Canadian towns; 21% are children under 15 and 9.6% are 65 or over.
Is Westmount bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 5.8% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 93% speak only English and 0% only French; 0.9% grew up with French.
How diverse is Westmount?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 18%. A visible minority makes up 23% and Indigenous residents 27%.
What religion are people in Westmount?
Most often Christian (40%) or no religion (49%); other religions make up 11%.
Is Westmount good for families?
Children under 15 are 21% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 34% of households and one-parent families 15%. Schools near Westmount are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Westmount?
Median total household income in Westmount was $63,300 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Westmount?
Westmount had 2,872 residents at the 2021 Census.
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).