Antigonish, Subd. A
Small town · Nova Scotia · Population 8,963
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
- 47.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 42.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 45.3 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 · 2011: 2.6 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 34.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 25.4% · 2016: 26.3%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16%2016: 17.3%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.8%2016: 11.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%20.4%2016: 21.4%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.6%2016: 30.4%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%25.3%2016: 19.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%25%2011: 31.9%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%32.3%2011: 28.8%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.1%2011: 7.9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%28.1%2016: 26.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.5%2011: 7.2%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%6.2%2016: 6.3%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%18.7%2016: 18.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%10.2%2016: 11.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%25.7%2016: 29.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%39.2%2016: 34.8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%89.3%2016: 90.8%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%10.5%2016: 9.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%93.6%2016: 94.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.6%2016: 1.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%4.7%2016: 3.5%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 3.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%80.3%2016: 85.1%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%19.7%2016: 14.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%72.7%2016: 75.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.5%2016: 1.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2.9%2016: 1.6%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3.4%2016: 3.1%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%5.3%2016: 3.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%14.2%2016: 14.2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%11.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%21.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%33.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%24.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%8.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93.2%2016: 96.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.6%2016: 1.1%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.9%2016: 1.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2%2016: 1.3%
Statistics Canada, 2021