Living in Guelph

In Guelph, unemployment is 10.8% (2021).

Foreign-born residents accounted for 26.7% of the population in 2021. Annual PM2.5 was 3.48 µg/m³ in 2024. Annual NO₂ was 6.14 µg/m³ in 2024. For Guelph, the unemployment rate was 10.8% in May 2021.

Last checked 2026-09-2325 sources

Population143,740people1 Jan 2021Official source · Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021, Guelph (Census subdivision 3523008)

Median gross salary3,568EUR/month31 Dec 2020Official source · Statistics Canada

Average rent1,142EUR/month31 Dec 2025Metro-area figureOfficial source · CMHC Rental Market Survey: average rents for areas with population 10,000 and over, table 34-10-0133-01

Unemployment rate10.8%country median 8.4% — 29% aboveOfficial source · Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population

Recorded crime4,142offences per 100,000country median 4,873 — 15% belowIndependent source · Statistics Canada — Police-reported Crime Severity Index and crime rate, by census metropolitan area, 2024

PM2.5, annual mean3.48µg/m³country median 3.6 — 4% belowOfficial source · Official ECCC/NAPS 2024 annual daily-mean station observations, reproducibly aggregated as an arithmetic mean for eligible stations within 25 km of the target city coordinate. This is a derived place observation, not an asserted municipal monitor aggregate.

Higher unemployment than 73% of Canadian cities that publish it, less recorded crime than 80% of Canadian cities that publish it and cleaner air than 63% of Canadian cities that publish it.

Which Canada-wide rules apply when you move to Guelph?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

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Housing and cost

22.9% of renter households spent at least 30% of income on housing in May 2021.

What recurs every month6 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Private kindergarten€910

Utilities, 85 m² flat€120

Internet, 60 Mbps€57

Transport pass€56

Mobile plan, 10 GB€38

Fitness club€36

Supplemental estimate lane; these items are not official statistics.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Fitness club membership, monthly	35.93 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2²⁴Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	56.8 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2²⁴Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Private kindergarten, monthly	909.9 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2²⁴Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Meal at an inexpensive restaurant	13.3 EUR	31 Dec 2022	Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2²⁴Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Mobile plan, 10 GB	37.5 EUR/month	31 Jul 2026	Cost of Living in Guelph. Jul 2026. Prices in Guelph²³Commercial estimate · Supplemental context
Monthly transport pass	55.99 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2²⁴Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Basic utilities, 85 m² home	120.4 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2²⁴Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Households spending over 30% of income on rent	22.9 %	11 May 2021	Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population¹⁷Official
Dwellings	59,746 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada⁸Official
Main residence dwellings	56,480 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada⁹Official
Average monthly rent (two-bedroom)	1,142 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, average rents for areas with a population of 10,000 and over¹Official
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	1,142 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	CMHC Rental Market Survey: average rents for areas with population 10,000 and over, table 34-10-0133-01¹Official · metropolitan-area figure
Recorded property crimes	3,889 violations/year	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Canada 35-10-0177-01 (incident-based crime, by CMA)¹⁵Official

Is Guelph a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker48%strong on work, weak on safety · range 40–56%

Skilled employee53%strong on work, weak on education · range 44–62%

Student32%strong on cost, weak on education · range 22–42%

Family49%strong on family, weak on education · range 40–58%

Retirement39%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 29–49%

Work and income

What is the typical salary in Guelph?

The median gross salary is about 3,568 EUR/month (2020). The regional series (home-region basis, 2020) is a separate labelled row in the table.

City-scope median, gross, before tax and social contributions.

Median gross salary: 3,568 EUR/month · Statistics Canada¹⁰
Median gross salary (regional): 2,745 EUR/month · 2026-09-17 · www150.statcan.gc.ca¹⁹

What is the unemployment rate in Guelph?

The unemployment rate is 10.8 % (May 2021). Source: Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population¹⁷

Unemployment across cities in CanadaUnemployment in Guelph is 10.8%. Of 515 cities with data, 125 have unemployment of 6 to under 8%.

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0–22–44–66–88–1010–1212–1414–1616–1818–2020–22

Guelph 10.8%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Employment rate	60.2 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada⁹Official
Median gross salary	3,568 EUR/month	31 Dec 2020	Statistics Canada¹⁰Official
Median gross salary (regional)	2,745 EUR/month	31 Dec 2020	www150.statcan.gc.ca¹⁹Official
Unemployment rate	10.8 %country median 8.4%	11 May 2021	Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population¹⁷Official

What does a salary buy in Guelph?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€1,319of €2,732 take-home

Rent
Utilities
Transport
Internet
Mobile
Left over

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.	€2,732
Rentaverage rent of a whole dwelling · official · CMHC Rental Market Survey: average rents for areas with population 10,000 and over, table 34-10-0133-01 · 2025-12-31	− €1,142
Public transport pass€56 · market price · Global Cost of Living · 2022-12-31	− €56
Utilities, 85 m²€120 · market price · Global Cost of Living · 2022-12-31	− €120
Internet€57 · market price · Global Cost of Living · 2022-12-31	− €57
Mobile plan€38 · market price · Cost of Living in Guelph. Jul 2026. Prices in Guelph · 2026-07-31	− €38
Left over	€1,319

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Guelph. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

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Safety

How safe is Guelph?

Police recorded 4,142 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source.

Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents: 4,142 offences per 100,000 · Statistics Canada — Police-reported Crime Severity Index and crime rate, by census metropolitan area, 2024²⁵

Recorded crime across major citiesGuelph highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Winnipeg7,894

Edmonton7,108

Halifax6,020

Vancouver5,438

Calgary4,796

London4,743

Québec4,630

Ottawa4,298

Hamilton4,257

Toronto4,177

Guelph4,142

Montreal3,674

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	4,142 offences per 100,000country median 4,873	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Canada — Police-reported Crime Severity Index and crime rate, by census metropolitan area, 2024²⁵Independent
Recorded violent crimes	1,514 violations/year	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Canada 35-10-0177-01 (incident-based crime, by CMA)¹⁵Official

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Workers commuting by bicycle	1.1 %	11 May 2021	Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population¹⁷Official
Workers commuting by public transport	4.5 %	11 May 2021	Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population¹⁷Official
Workers walking to work	5.1 %	11 May 2021	Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population¹⁷Official
Destinations from nearest airport	2 count	13 Jun 2026	OpenFlights — routes.dat⁶Official
Nearest airport	YKF	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁷Official
Distance to nearest airport	14.1 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁷Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Guelph. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

IRCC newcomer language-learning services finder — State Language Course

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

For newcomers to Canada.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Guelph?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 3.5 µg/m³ (2024) — within the WHO 2021 guideline.

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

PM2.5 — annual mean: 3.48 µg/m³ · Official ECCC/NAPS 2024 annual daily-mean station observations, reproducibly aggregated as an arithmetic mean for eligible stations within 25 km of the target city coordinate. This is a derived place observation, not an asserted municipal monitor aggregate.⁴

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.53.5WHO 5 · EU 25

PM1010.5WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂6.1WHO 10 · EU 40

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in CanadaAnnual PM2.5 in Guelph is 3.5 µg/m³. Of 123 cities with data, 46 have annual PM2.5 of 3 to under 4 µg/m³.

1–22–33–44–55–66–77–88–99–1010–1113–1415–1616–1717–1820–2140–41

Guelph 3.5

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	6.14 µg/m³country median 7.0	2024	Official ECCC/NAPS 2024 station DMean observation retained at source grain; no place value is asserted because the approved 25 km observation condition is not met.⁵Official
PM10 — annual mean	10.5 µg/m³country median 10.5 — about the same	2024	Official ECCC/NAPS 2024 annual daily-mean station observations, reproducibly aggregated as an arithmetic mean for eligible stations within 25 km of the target city coordinate. This is a derived place observation, not an asserted municipal monitor aggregate.³Official
PM2.5 — annual mean	3.48 µg/m³country median 3.6	2024	Official ECCC/NAPS 2024 annual daily-mean station observations, reproducibly aggregated as an arithmetic mean for eligible stations within 25 km of the target city coordinate. This is a derived place observation, not an asserted municipal monitor aggregate.⁴Official
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 13.19 · Feb 15.65 · Mar 25.89 · Apr 25.32 · May 32.95 · Jun 35.97 · Jul 36.97 · Aug 38.32 · Sep 35.46 · Oct 30.17 · Nov 22.48 · Dec 16.46 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center²Official
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -27.69 · Feb -31.4 · Mar -26.24 · Apr -18 · May -3.99 · Jun 3.4 · Jul 6.78 · Aug 8.19 · Sep 2.78 · Oct -4.95 · Nov -14.19 · Dec -24.29 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center²Official
Average temperature by month	Jan -6.16 · Feb -5.96 · Mar -0.73 · Apr 5.72 · May 12.85 · Jun 18.78 · Jul 22.32 · Aug 21.46 · Sep 17.44 · Oct 9.73 · Nov 3.11 · Dec -2.66 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center²Official

Population and city profile

The city covered 87.2 km² in 2021. Population density was 1,644.1 people per km² in 2021.

How many people live in Guelph?

The published population was 143,740 people in 2021. Source: Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021, Guelph (Census subdivision 3523008)¹⁴

Foreign residents and their share come from different publications that count different groups (for example citizens of another country, or people born abroad, or of foreign origin), so 11,895 is not 23.8% of the population. Each row names its source.

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport91.7%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Area	87.43 km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada⁹Official
City area	87.2 km²	2021	Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021 (Guelph, CSD 3523003)¹³Official
Foreign-resident share	23.81 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹¹Official
Foreign residents	11,895 people	11 May 2021	Statistics Canada Census Profile 2021 characteristic 1512: not Canadian citizens, population in private households, 25% sample data, at CSD grain. This is the exact foreign-citizenship interpretation used for foreign population total; it is not immigrant status.¹⁶Official
Population density	1,644 people/km²	11 May 2021	Statistics Canada Census Profile 2021 characteristic 6: population density per square kilometre at CSD grain. This is the exact CSD value; it is not a CMA or province observation.¹⁶Official
Population	143,740 people	1 Jan 2021	Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021, Guelph (Census subdivision 3523008)¹⁴Official
Population covered by crime statistics	159,395 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Canada 35-10-0177-01 (incident-based crime, by CMA)¹⁵Official

Population over time22 published observations, 2001–2022

107,689

122,817

137,944

153,072

149,94220012005200920152022

Population rose 35.3% between 2001 and 2022, from 110,819 to 149,942.

International community in Guelph

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Total - Place of birth for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample data · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total - Place of birth for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample data	33,775	100.0%
Asia	16,380	48.5%
Europe	10,105	29.9%
Americas	3,770	11.2%
India	3,700	11.0%
Africa	3,350	9.9%
United Kingdom	3,275	9.7%
Philippines	2,695	8.0%
Other places of birth in Asia	1,835	5.4%
Viet Nam	1,810	5.4%
China	1,730	5.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Italy	1,380	4.1%
Eritrea	1,350	4.0%
Pakistan	1,085	3.2%
United States of America	1,080	3.2%
Other places of birth in Europe	980	2.9%
Poland	975	2.9%
Other places of birth in Americas	800	2.4%
Afghanistan	795	2.4%
Other places of birth in Africa	725	2.1%
Netherlands	575	1.7%
Serbia	555	1.6%
Germany	550	1.6%
Syria	505	1.5%
Sri Lanka	430	1.3%
Ethiopia	385	1.1%
Iran	380	1.1%
Colombia	325	1.0%
Bangladesh	325	1.0%
Jamaica	320	0.9%
Romania	310	0.9%
Mexico	290	0.9%
Iraq	280	0.8%
Hungary	275	0.8%
Trinidad and Tobago	265	0.8%
Nigeria	265	0.8%
Portugal	245	0.7%
Russian Federation	245	0.7%
Egypt	245	0.7%
South Africa, Republic of	235	0.7%
Guyana	220	0.7%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	215	0.6%
Korea, South	210	0.6%
El Salvador	195	0.6%
Croatia	195	0.6%
Brazil	170	0.5%
Oceania and other places of birth	165	0.5%
Hong Kong	160	0.5%
Lebanon	155	0.5%
Taiwan	155	0.5%
Ukraine	135	0.4%
Turkey	130	0.4%
France	95	0.3%
Greece	95	0.3%
Peru	85	0.3%
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	55	0.2%
Somalia	55	0.2%
Morocco	35	0.1%
Haiti	10	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁸

Citizenship

Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample data · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample data	141,830	100.0%
Canadian citizens	129,935	91.6%
Canadian citizens aged 18 and over	103,255	72.8%
Canadian citizens aged under 18	26,680	18.8%
Not Canadian citizens	11,895	8.4%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁸

Language spoken at home

Total - Language spoken most often at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total - Language spoken most often at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data	142,625	100.0%
Single responses	137,625	96.5%
Official languages	121,070	84.9%
English	120,600	84.6%
Non-official languages	16,555	11.6%
Non-Indigenous languages	16,545	11.6%
Indo-European languages	8,005	5.6%
Multiple responses	5,000	3.5%
Indo-Iranian languages	4,885	3.4%
English and non-official language(s)	4,560	3.2%
Indo-Aryan languages	3,920	2.7%

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Published group	People	Share
Sino-Tibetan languages	2,245	1.6%
Chinese languages	2,245	1.6%
Afro-Asiatic languages	2,190	1.5%
Semitic languages	2,030	1.4%
Italic (Romance) languages	1,710	1.2%
Punjabi (Panjabi)	1,595	1.1%
Mandarin	1,430	1.0%
Austro-Asiatic languages	1,375	1.0%
Vietnamese	1,265	0.9%
Balto-Slavic languages	1,190	0.8%
Slavic languages	1,180	0.8%
Tigrigna	1,150	0.8%
Austronesian languages	1,095	0.8%
Iranian languages	965	0.7%
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	920	0.6%
Spanish	895	0.6%
Yue (Cantonese)	725	0.5%
Arabic	685	0.5%
Persian languages	650	0.5%
Gujarati	620	0.4%
Dravidian languages	570	0.4%
Urdu	550	0.4%
Italian	520	0.4%
Polish	515	0.4%
French	475	0.3%
Hindi	395	0.3%
Serbo-Croatian	385	0.3%
Nepali	355	0.2%
Uralic languages	335	0.2%
Hungarian	335	0.2%
Dari	310	0.2%
Iranian Persian	290	0.2%
Serbian	280	0.2%
Tamil	270	0.2%
Bengali	255	0.2%
Turkic languages	250	0.2%
English and French	240	0.2%
Malayalam	235	0.2%
Portuguese	190	0.1%
Korean	190	0.1%
Kurdish	185	0.1%
Russian	175	0.1%
Uzbek	170	0.1%
Cushitic languages	155	0.1%
Amharic	145	0.1%
Tai-Kadai languages	125	0.1%
Multiple non-official languages	125	0.1%
Pashto	120	0.1%
Germanic languages	115	0.1%
Lao	105	0.1%
Bilen	105	0.1%
Romanian	105	0.1%
Khmer (Cambodian)	100	0.1%
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	85	0.1%
Turkish	75	0.1%
High German languages	70	0.0%
Sign languages	65	0.0%
German	65	0.0%
English, French and non-official language(s)	55	0.0%
Bosnian	55	0.0%
Persian (Farsi), n.o.s.	55	0.0%
American Sign Language	50	0.0%
Telugu	50	0.0%
Croatian	50	0.0%
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	45	0.0%
Cebuano	45	0.0%
Low Saxon-Low Franconian languages	45	0.0%
Greek	45	0.0%
Somali	40	0.0%
Ilocano	40	0.0%
Albanian	40	0.0%
Ukrainian	40	0.0%
Japanese	35	0.0%
Niger-Congo languages	35	0.0%
French and non-official language(s)	25	0.0%
Hebrew	25	0.0%
Bisaya, n.o.s.	25	0.0%
Kannada	25	0.0%
Dutch	25	0.0%
Marathi	25	0.0%
Nilo-Saharan languages	20	0.0%
Chinese, n.o.s.	20	0.0%
Thai	20	0.0%
Hiligaynon	20	0.0%
Indonesian	20	0.0%
Armenian	20	0.0%
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	15	0.0%
Sign languages, n.i.e.	15	0.0%
Oromo	15	0.0%
Aramaic languages	15	0.0%
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	15	0.0%
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	15	0.0%
Bulgarian	15	0.0%
Czech	15	0.0%
Afrikaans	15	0.0%
Swahili	10	0.0%
Yoruba	10	0.0%
Maltese	10	0.0%
Baltic languages	10	0.0%
Macedonian	10	0.0%
Slovak	10	0.0%
Kacchi	10	0.0%
Sindhi	10	0.0%
Dinka	5	0.0%
Hakka	5	0.0%
Min Dong	5	0.0%
Wu (Shanghainese)	5	0.0%
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	5	0.0%
Indigenous languages	5	0.0%
Algonquian languages	5	0.0%
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e	5	0.0%
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.	5	0.0%
Creole languages	5	0.0%
Georgian	5	0.0%
Lithuanian	5	0.0%
Serbo-Croatian, n.i.e.	5	0.0%
Slovene (Slovenian)	5	0.0%
Swiss German	5	0.0%
Scandinavian languages	5	0.0%
Danish	5	0.0%
Oriya languages	5	0.0%
Akan (Twi)	5	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁸

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents born abroad	26.7 %	11 May 2021	Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population¹⁷Official
Households	56,480 households	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada⁹Official
Labour force participation rate	67.5 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada⁹Official
Median age	38.4 years	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹²Official

Alternatives for people set on Guelph

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Oakville as a Guelph alternative in the same region

47 km away, better on 3 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Median gross pay, city: €4,956 Oakville vs €3,568 Guelph+39%
Foreign residents: 41.2% Oakville vs 23.8% Guelph+73%
Median gross pay, region: €3,486 Oakville vs €2,745 Guelph+27%
Nearest airport: 23.6 km Oakville vs 14.1 km Guelph+67%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,296 (2025) Oakville vs 4,142 (2024) Guelphno percentage
Residents: 213,759 Oakville vs 143,740 Guelph+49%
Unemployment: 11.7% Oakville vs 10.8% Guelph+8%

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Coquitlam as a Guelph alternative in the same country

Better on 4 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Median gross pay, city cannot be compared like for like.

Foreign residents: 45.8% Coquitlam vs 23.8% Guelph+92%
Nearest airport: 30.1 km Coquitlam vs 14.1 km Guelph+113%
Median gross pay, city: €3,704 Coquitlam vs €3,568 Guelphno percentage
Unemployment: 9.0% Coquitlam vs 10.8% Guelph−17%
Annual PM2.5: 2.6 µg/m³ Coquitlam vs 3.5 µg/m³ Guelph−26%
Basic utilities, 85 m²: €79 Coquitlam vs €120 Guelph−35%
Median gross pay, region: €2,702 Coquitlam vs €2,745 Guelphsame level

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Cities near Guelph

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Kitchener 21.9 km away

Salary: 3,377 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Alternative cities in Canada

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Guelph?

The published population was 143,740 people in 2021. Source: Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021, Guelph (Census subdivision 3523008).

Is the air quality good in Guelph?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 3.5 µg/m³ (2024) — within the WHO 2021 guideline. Source: Official ECCC/NAPS 2024 annual daily-mean station observations, reproducibly aggregated as an arithmetic mean for eligible stations within 25 km of the target city coordinate. This is a derived place observation, not an asserted municipal monitor aggregate..

How safe is Guelph?

Police recorded 4,142 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Statistics Canada — Police-reported Crime Severity Index and crime rate, by census metropolitan area, 2024.

What is the typical salary in Guelph?

The median gross salary is about 3,568 EUR/month (2020). The regional series (home-region basis, 2020) is a separate labelled row in the table. Source: Statistics Canada.

What is the unemployment rate in Guelph?

The unemployment rate is 10.8 % (May 2021). Source: Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population.

What is the typical salary around Guelph?

The median gross salary is 2,745 EUR/month. Source: www150.statcan.gc.ca.

Is Guelph a good place to live?

Guelph may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Which cities are near Guelph?

Fergus, Kitchener are near Guelph. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Asia live in Guelph?

The official country of birth distribution records 16,380 people (48.5%) in the source-defined population for 2021 Census. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Guelph, Canada: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version e02abe52667233544dea149698e5cf07]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ca/guelph/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Guelph, Canada: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {e02abe52667233544dea149698e5cf07},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ca/guelph/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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