Photo: ArmedCalculator · CC BY-SA 4.0Below 96% of Canadian towns: 7.8% of residents are 65 or over
One-person households: 17% here and 27% across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24: 15% of the total. Compared with other places, residents without Canadian citizenship are common here: 13%, more than in just over three quarters of Canadian towns. Willowgrove had 9,787 residents in 3,330 households at the 2021 Census.
What stands out about the people of Willowgrove
Younger than most towns
Line Willowgrove’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 35.5; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 23% are under 15 and 7.8% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Half of Willowgrove is under 35.5, younger than 89% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
40–44 is the most common age band: 10% of residents, 1.6 times the share across Canada’s towns. Few places have as many children under 15: 23% here, more than in 94% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Willowgrove, 35.5. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Bigger households than 88% of Canadian towns: 2.9 people each on average
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Saskatchewan’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Few places have so few one-parent families: 7.4% here, fewer than in 64% of Canadian towns.
Willowgrove sits below 79% of Canadian towns for common-law partners (7.1%)
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 28% of adults (typical: 27%). Locally, 56% of residents 15 and over are married. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
Below 67% of Canadian towns: 18% of households rent their home
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
84% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 0.3% built before 1961. Few places have as many households in buildings of five or more storeys: 1.1% here, more than in just over three fifths of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, renter households come to 25%. Households in single-detached houses: 66% here and 64% across Canada’s towns.
Household income, middle of the range: $128,400 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
At $128,400, the middle household in Willowgrove out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 49%. The provincial yardstick is $86,500, the median across Saskatchewan’s towns. Pandemic benefits reached 27% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
Above 71% of Canadian towns: 14% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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 30%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Against a figure of 17% across Canada’s towns, the share of immigrants in Willowgrove comes in at 23%. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (69%), then in Europe (12%). Across Canada’s towns, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Above 74% of Canadian towns: 5.7% of residents have an Indigenous identity
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents: 29% here and 15% across Canada’s towns. 40% of residents said they have no religion. The share of Indigenous residents across Canada’s towns is 2.8%.
English is the mother tongue of 74%, and 6.9% 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
At home, 14% mostly speak another language; 2% speak neither English nor French. Lower than in 67% of Canadian towns: 1.1% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
A higher share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 83% of Canadian towns, at 48%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Across Canada’s towns, 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds hold a degree; in Willowgrove, 48%, and 26% have a college or trades credential (typical: 29%). Those with no credential make up 2.8%, next to 9.5% in the typical town.
An employment rate of 72%
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. 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: 72%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
In its size band (9,606 to 9,985), the 5th youngest of 41 towns
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Stanley is the youngest of them at 25.6; Qualicum Beach, at 67.5, the oldest. In age, Willowgrove keeps company with Silverado (35.3), Lakelands Village (35.4), Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier (35.6) and Argyle North (36.2).
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Willowgrove
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willowgrove | 9,787 | — | 35.5 | 7.8% | 23% |
| Brighton | 7,238 | 2.0 km | 33.4 | 7.2% | 20% |
| University Heights Urban Centre | 9,247 | 2.1 km | 36.8 | 17% | 19% |
| Evergreen | 16,088 | 2.4 km | 32.8 | 7.7% | 22% |
| University | 5,888 | 3.4 km | 31.1 | 12% | 21% |
| Greystone Heights | 6,402 | 4.5 km | 35.7 | 16% | 28% |
| Lakewood | 14,880 | 4.6 km | 41.7 | 24% | 22% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. The figures sum the neighbourhood’s dissemination areas, since the census is published for municipalities only. Medians are estimated from the age and income groups, counts carry Statistics Canada’s rounding, and no 2016 count matches these boundaries.
- 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. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
Questions about Willowgrove’s residents
What is the average age in Willowgrove?
35.5 is the median age, younger than 89% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 23%. 65 and over: 7.8%.
Is Willowgrove bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 6.9% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 91% speak only English and 0.1% only French; 1.1% grew up with French.
How diverse is Willowgrove?
Immigrants make up 23% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 29% are members of a visible minority, and 5.7% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Willowgrove?
Christian: 52%. No religion: 40%. Another religion: 8.3%.
Is Willowgrove good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 23%. 65% of households are couple families and 7.4% one-parent families. Schools near Willowgrove are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Willowgrove?
$128,400 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Willowgrove (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Willowgrove?
9,787, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Willowgrove alone.
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).