Canada at a glance
- Across 4,412 census subdivisions, Canada runs from 62.5 to 247.6 men per 100 women aged 20–39.
- 138 sit at 115 or above and 280 at 95 or below.
- Summed across every census subdivision on this page the figure is 101.3; the published national figure is 104.8 (different source and vintage).
Every line is computed from the census subdivision table below. Green cells hold more women per man aged 20–39.
Across 4,412 census subdivisions101.3men per 100 women, 20–39
Population covered37Mall ages, census counts
Most women-heavy62.5Vernon River, Queens
Most men-heavy247.6Lac du Bonnet, Division No. 1
The map
Every census division in Canada, shaded by men per 100 women aged 20–39. Green holds more women, red more men.
94 or fewer112 or more men per 100 women
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Most women-heavy census subdivisions
Lowest men-per-100-women, 20–39. 30 of 1,668 with at least 300 people in the band, sortable by any column.
| Vernon River | Queens | 62.5 | 2k |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Loche | Division No. 18 | 72.7 | 3k |
| Fort Qu'Appelle | Division No. 6 | 79.1 | 2k |
| Sheshatshiu 3 | Division No. 10 | 79.5 | 1k |
| Kuujjuaq | Nord-du-Québec | 79.6 | 3k |
| Waskaganish | Nord-du-Québec | 80 | 3k |
| Starland County | Division No. 5 | 80 | 2k |
| Inuvik | Region 1 | 80 | 3k |
| Ebb and Flow 52 | Division No. 17 | 80.4 | 2k |
| St. Anthony | Division No. 9 | 81 | 2k |
| Shelburne | Shelburne | 81.8 | 2k |
| Rosser | Division No. 14 | 81.8 | 1k |
| Cumberland | Comox Valley | 82 | 4k |
| Harrison Hot Springs | Fraser Valley | 82.4 | 2k |
| Division No. 22, Unorganized | Division No. 22 | 82.5 | 2k |
| Westville | Pictou | 82.7 | 4k |
| Flatrock | Division No. 1 | 83 | 2k |
| Cumberland, Subd. A | Cumberland | 83 | 3k |
| Clarenville | Division No. 7 | 83.4 | 7k |
| Crossroads | Queens | 83.7 | 2k |
| Saint-Côme | Matawinie | 83.8 | 3k |
| Thompson | Division No. 3 | 84.2 | 2k |
| Cartier | Division No. 10 | 84.3 | 3k |
| Berwick | Kings | 84.4 | 2k |
| Saint-Esprit | Montcalm | 84.8 | 2k |
| Fairview | Division No. 19 | 84.8 | 3k |
| Val-David | Les Laurentides | 85.1 | 6k |
| Maria | Avignon | 85.2 | 3k |
| Carleton-sur-Mer | Avignon | 85.4 | 4k |
| Northampton | Carleton | 85.7 | 2k |
Most men-heavy census subdivisions
Highest men-per-100-women, 20–39. 30 of 1,668 with at least 300 people in the band. Units housing an institution (prison, barracks, camp) read high here; the figure is correct, the dating signal is not.
| Sherwood No. 159 | Division No. 6 | 562.5 | 1k |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prince Albert No. 461 | Division No. 15 | 319.1 | 3k |
| Lac du Bonnet | Division No. 1 | 247.6 | 4k |
| Osoyoos 1 | Okanagan-Similkameen | 236.8 | 1k |
| Peace No. 135 | Division No. 19 | 192.3 | 2k |
| Improvement District No. 9 Banff | Division No. 15 | 176 | 1k |
| Blackville | Northumberland | 175.9 | 2k |
| Headingley | Division No. 11 | 170.8 | 4k |
| Rockwood | Division No. 14 | 169.9 | 8k |
| Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier | La Jacques-Cartier | 159 | 3k |
| Drumheller | Division No. 5 | 157.4 | 8k |
| Sainte-Clotilde | Les Jardins-de-Napierville | 152.1 | 3k |
| Algonquin Highlands | Haliburton | 148.1 | 3k |
| Cumberland, Subd. B | Cumberland | 147.7 | 7k |
| Kent | Fraser Valley | 146.1 | 6k |
| Penetanguishene | Simcoe | 143.7 | 10k |
| Okanagan-Similkameen A | Okanagan-Similkameen | 139.3 | 2k |
| Petawawa | Renfrew | 137.7 | 18k |
| Vallée-Jonction | La Nouvelle-Beauce | 137.5 | 2k |
| Oromocto | Sunbury | 136.6 | 9k |
| Brighton | Northumberland | 134.9 | 12k |
| Cowichan | Cowichan Valley | 134.8 | 2k |
| Neepawa | Division No. 15 | 133.6 | 6k |
| Georgian Bay | Muskoka | 132.7 | 3k |
| Saint-Martin | Beauce-Sartigan | 131.2 | 3k |
| Saint-Pamphile | L'Islet | 131.2 | 2k |
| Port-Daniel--Gascons | Le Rocher-Percé | 131.2 | 2k |
| Cornwallis | Division No. 7 | 130.8 | 5k |
| Columbia-Shuswap F | Columbia-Shuswap | 128.6 | 3k |
| Greenview No. 16 | Division No. 18 | 128.2 | 9k |
By Census Division
Every census division in Canada, aggregated from the census subdivisions above.
| Census Subdivisions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| La Haute-Gaspésie | 88.7 | 11k | 9 |
| Central Coast | 92.2 | 4k | 7 |
| Avignon | 92.9 | 13k | 11 |
| Mirabel | 94.2 | 61k | 1 |
| Yukon | 95.3 | 40k | 22 |
| Sunshine Coast | 95.4 | 32k | 8 |
| L'Île-d'Orléans | 95.5 | 7k | 6 |
| Antigonish | 95.6 | 20k | 4 |
| L'Assomption | 95.7 | 128k | 5 |
| Colchester | 96 | 51k | 6 |
| Gatineau | 96.1 | 291k | 1 |
| Laval | 96.4 | 438k | 1 |
| Nord-du-Québec | 96.4 | 46k | 28 |
| Kivalliq | 96.4 | 11k | 7 |
| Les Moulins | 96.5 | 171k | 2 |
| Halton | 96.6 | 597k | 4 |
| La Vallée-du-Richelieu | 96.7 | 132k | 13 |
| Deux-Montagnes | 97 | 102k | 7 |
| Roussillon | 97.2 | 186k | 11 |
| Prince Edward | 97.2 | 26k | 1 |
| Region 1 | 97.4 | 6k | 8 |
| Comox Valley | 97.5 | 72k | 7 |
| Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais | 97.6 | 55k | 7 |
| Alberni-Clayoquot | 97.7 | 33k | 16 |
| Marguerite-D'Youville | 97.8 | 80k | 6 |
| Papineau | 97.9 | 24k | 24 |
| Yarmouth | 98 | 25k | 4 |
| Division No. 20 | 98 | 10k | 7 |
| Vaudreuil-Soulanges | 98.4 | 163k | 23 |
| Peterborough | 98.5 | 148k | 11 |
| La Côte-de-Beaupré | 98.7 | 30k | 8 |
| Durham | 98.7 | 697k | 9 |
| Powell River | 98.7 | 21k | 7 |
| Ottawa | 98.9 | 1.0M | 1 |
| Lunenburg | 99 | 49k | 6 |
| Communauté maritime des Îles-de-la-Madeleine | 99.1 | 13k | 2 |
| Charlevoix | 99.1 | 13k | 6 |
| Longueuil | 99.1 | 437k | 5 |
| Toronto | 99.1 | 2.8M | 1 |
| Prince | 99.2 | 46k | 36 |
| Mount Waddington | 99.2 | 11k | 13 |
| Division No. 6 | 99.3 | 1.9M | 122 |
| La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau | 99.4 | 21k | 18 |
| Capital | 99.4 | 415k | 26 |
| Les Pays-d'en-Haut | 99.5 | 47k | 9 |
| Digby | 99.6 | 17k | 4 |
| Division No. 22 | 99.6 | 42k | 17 |
| Cape Breton | 99.7 | 98k | 3 |
| Rimouski-Neigette | 99.7 | 57k | 9 |
| Les Laurentides | 99.7 | 51k | 18 |
| Hants | 99.8 | 45k | 3 |
| Division No. 17 | 99.8 | 132k | 102 |
| Halifax | 99.9 | 440k | 2 |
| Pictou | 99.9 | 44k | 9 |
| Memphrémagog | 99.9 | 55k | 16 |
| Kings | 100 | 152k | 49 |
| Guysborough | 100 | 7k | 3 |
| Richmond | 100 | 9k | 4 |
| Elgin | 100 | 95k | 8 |
| Westmorland | 100.1 | 163k | 18 |
| York | 100.1 | 1.3M | 36 |
| Brant | 100.3 | 145k | 3 |
| Nipissing | 100.3 | 85k | 14 |
| Shelburne | 100.4 | 14k | 5 |
| Joliette | 100.4 | 71k | 10 |
| Charlotte | 100.6 | 26k | 19 |
| Central Kootenay | 100.6 | 62k | 20 |
| Wellington | 100.7 | 241k | 8 |
| Chatham-Kent | 100.7 | 104k | 2 |
| Greater Vancouver | 100.7 | 2.6M | 32 |
| Division No. 8 | 100.8 | 291k | 121 |
| Prescott and Russell | 100.8 | 96k | 8 |
| Niagara | 100.8 | 478k | 12 |
| Manitoulin | 100.8 | 14k | 16 |
| Division No. 3 | 100.9 | 124k | 81 |
| Albert | 100.9 | 31k | 9 |
| Montréal | 100.9 | 2.0M | 15 |
| Thérèse-De Blainville | 100.9 | 164k | 7 |
| Region 6 | 100.9 | 21k | 3 |
| Queens | 101 | 111k | 55 |
| Lévis | 101 | 150k | 1 |
| Rouville | 101 | 38k | 8 |
| La Rivière-du-Nord | 101 | 140k | 5 |
| Annapolis | 101.1 | 21k | 6 |
| Okanagan-Similkameen | 101.1 | 90k | 21 |
| Division No. 1 | 101.2 | 403k | 147 |
| La Côte-de-Gaspé | 101.2 | 18k | 5 |
| Cowichan Valley | 101.3 | 89k | 22 |
| Nanaimo | 101.3 | 170k | 15 |
| Hamilton | 101.4 | 569k | 1 |
| Timiskaming | 101.4 | 31k | 24 |
| Victoria | 101.5 | 26k | 16 |
| Montcalm | 101.5 | 59k | 10 |
| Lanark | 101.5 | 76k | 9 |
| Strathcona | 101.6 | 48k | 17 |
| Division No. 11 | 101.7 | 2.5M | 99 |
| Dufferin | 101.7 | 66k | 8 |
| Division No. 18 | 101.7 | 75k | 65 |
| Central Okanagan | 101.7 | 222k | 9 |
| Division No. 2 | 101.8 | 303k | 97 |
| Region 5 | 101.8 | 6k | 4 |
| Division No. 10 | 101.9 | 149k | 90 |
| Northern Rockies | 101.9 | 4k | 3 |
| Inverness | 102 | 17k | 5 |
| Saint John | 102.1 | 77k | 5 |
| Middlesex | 102.1 | 501k | 10 |
| Le Haut-Saint-François | 102.2 | 23k | 14 |
| Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry | 102.2 | 115k | 7 |
| Cariboo | 102.2 | 63k | 27 |
| Frontenac | 102.3 | 162k | 5 |
| Le Haut-Richelieu | 102.4 | 121k | 14 |
| Haldimand-Norfolk | 102.4 | 117k | 3 |
| Division No. 5 | 102.5 | 140k | 108 |
| Portneuf | 102.5 | 55k | 18 |
| Oxford | 102.5 | 122k | 8 |
| North Okanagan | 102.5 | 91k | 13 |
| La Jacques-Cartier | 102.7 | 48k | 9 |
| Les Maskoutains | 102.7 | 89k | 17 |
| Beauharnois-Salaberry | 102.7 | 68k | 7 |
| Antoine-Labelle | 102.7 | 36k | 17 |
| Kent | 102.8 | 32k | 20 |
| Division No. 9 | 102.9 | 95k | 78 |
| Manicouagan | 102.9 | 30k | 10 |
| Fraser-Fort George | 102.9 | 97k | 11 |
| Division No. 4 | 103 | 49k | 50 |
| Francheville | 103 | 158k | 11 |
| Kitikmeot | 103.1 | 6k | 5 |
| Division No. 7 | 103.2 | 191k | 114 |
| Québec | 103.2 | 589k | 4 |
| Grey | 103.2 | 101k | 9 |
| East Kootenay | 103.2 | 66k | 18 |
| Fraser Valley | 103.2 | 323k | 40 |
| Perth | 103.3 | 82k | 6 |
| Huron | 103.3 | 61k | 9 |
| Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury | 103.3 | 166k | 2 |
| Restigouche | 103.4 | 31k | 19 |
| Le Val-Saint-François | 103.4 | 32k | 18 |
| Simcoe | 103.4 | 533k | 20 |
| Leeds and Grenville | 103.5 | 104k | 13 |
| Carleton | 103.6 | 26k | 17 |
| Brome-Missisquoi | 103.6 | 65k | 21 |
| Columbia-Shuswap | 103.6 | 57k | 16 |
| La Haute-Yamaska | 103.7 | 93k | 8 |
| Argenteuil | 103.7 | 35k | 9 |
| Parry Sound | 103.7 | 47k | 29 |
| Le Granit | 103.9 | 22k | 20 |
| Division No. 16 | 103.9 | 122k | 58 |
| Northumberland | 104 | 134k | 29 |
| Shawinigan | 104 | 50k | 1 |
| Sherbrooke | 104 | 173k | 1 |
| Rainy River | 104 | 19k | 20 |
| Division No. 19 | 104 | 136k | 41 |
| Matawinie | 104.2 | 55k | 16 |
| Lac-Saint-Jean-Est | 104.2 | 52k | 14 |
| Peel | 104.3 | 1.5M | 3 |
| Algoma | 104.3 | 114k | 28 |
| Division No. 13 | 104.3 | 141k | 75 |
| Rivière-du-Loup | 104.4 | 35k | 12 |
| Division No. 15 | 104.4 | 149k | 87 |
| Qikiqtaaluk | 104.4 | 19k | 13 |
| Madawaska | 104.5 | 33k | 15 |
| Les Basques | 104.5 | 9k | 10 |
| Charlevoix-Est | 104.7 | 15k | 9 |
| Bruce | 104.7 | 73k | 10 |
| Kenora | 104.7 | 66k | 52 |
| Division No. 12 | 104.7 | 115k | 59 |
| Division No. 23 | 104.7 | 5k | 10 |
| Minganie--Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent | 104.9 | 10k | 14 |
| Maskinongé | 105 | 37k | 17 |
| Gloucester | 105.1 | 78k | 28 |
| Nicolet-Yamaska | 105.1 | 24k | 17 |
| Pontiac | 105.2 | 15k | 18 |
| Thompson-Nicola | 105.2 | 143k | 43 |
| Arthabaska | 105.3 | 74k | 22 |
| Region 4 | 105.3 | 3k | 8 |
| Muskoka | 105.4 | 67k | 7 |
| Thunder Bay | 105.4 | 147k | 30 |
| Bonaventure | 105.6 | 18k | 14 |
| Lambton | 105.6 | 128k | 13 |
| La Nouvelle-Beauce | 105.7 | 38k | 11 |
| Le Haut-Saint-Laurent | 105.7 | 22k | 13 |
| Skeena-Queen Charlotte | 105.7 | 18k | 14 |
| Cochrane | 105.8 | 78k | 19 |
| Maria-Chapdelaine | 105.9 | 24k | 12 |
| Hastings | 105.9 | 146k | 17 |
| Cumberland | 106.2 | 31k | 6 |
| Sudbury | 106.2 | 22k | 13 |
| Bulkley-Nechako | 106.2 | 37k | 27 |
| La Tuque | 106.4 | 15k | 5 |
| Waterloo | 106.7 | 587k | 7 |
| Squamish-Lillooet | 106.8 | 50k | 21 |
| Montmagny | 107 | 22k | 13 |
| Coaticook | 107 | 19k | 11 |
| Le Domaine-du-Roy | 107.1 | 31k | 10 |
| Essex | 107.1 | 423k | 9 |
| Abitibi-Ouest | 107.2 | 20k | 21 |
| Division No. 21 | 107.2 | 22k | 14 |
| La Haute-Côte-Nord | 107.4 | 10k | 9 |
| Kootenay Boundary | 107.5 | 33k | 13 |
| Bécancour | 107.6 | 21k | 13 |
| D'Autray | 107.6 | 44k | 15 |
| Rouyn-Noranda | 107.6 | 42k | 1 |
| Peace River | 107.6 | 62k | 18 |
| Sept-Rivières--Caniapiscau | 107.8 | 38k | 10 |
| Lotbinière | 107.9 | 35k | 18 |
| Acton | 107.9 | 16k | 8 |
| La Vallée-de-l'Or | 108 | 43k | 8 |
| Stikine | 108.3 | 605 | 3 |
| La Mitis | 108.6 | 18k | 17 |
| Drummond | 108.6 | 108k | 18 |
| La Matapédia | 108.7 | 17k | 18 |
| Kitimat-Stikine | 108.7 | 37k | 31 |
| La Matanie | 109 | 21k | 11 |
| Le Saguenay-et-son-Fjord | 109 | 168k | 15 |
| Le Rocher-Percé | 109.1 | 17k | 5 |
| Témiscamingue | 109.1 | 16k | 22 |
| Les Sources | 109.2 | 15k | 7 |
| Beauce-Sartigan | 109.3 | 53k | 16 |
| Les Appalaches | 109.5 | 43k | 19 |
| Division No. 14 | 109.6 | 84k | 54 |
| Pierre-De Saurel | 109.7 | 52k | 12 |
| Kawartha Lakes | 109.8 | 79k | 1 |
| Bellechasse | 109.9 | 38k | 20 |
| Les Jardins-de-Napierville | 110.5 | 30k | 11 |
| Robert-Cliche | 110.7 | 19k | 10 |
| Mékinac | 110.7 | 13k | 10 |
| Abitibi | 110.9 | 25k | 18 |
| Témiscouata | 111.1 | 20k | 19 |
| Lennox and Addington | 111.3 | 45k | 4 |
| Kamouraska | 111.7 | 21k | 17 |
| L'Érable | 111.8 | 23k | 11 |
| Renfrew | 111.9 | 106k | 19 |
| Les Etchemins | 113.2 | 17k | 13 |
| L'Islet | 114 | 18k | 14 |
| Haliburton | 114 | 21k | 4 |
| Region 3 | 115.9 | 3k | 4 |
| Sunbury | 116.9 | 28k | 11 |
| Region 2 | 117.7 | 2k | 5 |
Census age-by-sex counts. Figures for 2021. Data updated August 6, 2026. A ratio is a supply number, not a measure of dating success.
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