Antigonish
Small town · Nova Scotia · Population 4,656
People and homes
Who lives here and what homes are like, from the 2021 Census. Shown for context: these figures are never part of a score.
Who lives here
- Median age
- 42 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 43.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 47 years
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 · 2011: 2.1 · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 49.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 33.8% · 2016: 45.5%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%12%2016: 11.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%18.6%2016: 17.5%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%22.2%2016: 19.7%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%22.2%2016: 25.8%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%24.8%2016: 25.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%13.6%2011: 17.6%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%20.4%2011: 20.3%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.2%2011: 11.4%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%43.8%2016: 42.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%14.1%2011: 11.9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%7.9%2016: 6.6%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%19.8%2016: 21.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%7.9%2016: 7.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%21.6%2016: 23.7%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%43%2016: 40.6%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%89.2%2016: 88.4%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%10.4%2016: 11.4%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.3%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%86.6%2016: 91.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.7%2016: 1.9%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%11.7%2016: 6.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%43.3%2016: 46.5%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%56.7%2016: 53.2%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%43.8%2016: 45.5%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.7%2016: 3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.9%2016: 1.2%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%14.3%2016: 12.5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%29.9%2016: 28.5%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%1.1%2016: 1.2%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%7.3%2016: 8%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%19.5%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%41.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%29.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%7.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%80.4%2016: 76.5%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0.5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%17.3%2016: 21.6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.9%2016: 0.8%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.8%2016: 0.5%
Statistics Canada, 2021