Antigonish, Subd. B
Small town · Nova Scotia · Population 6,138
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
- 48 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 42.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 45.4 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 (estimated) · 2011: 2.6 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 25.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 23.3% (estimated) · 2016: 20.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.2%2016: 16.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.4%2016: 11.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%20.5%2016: 21.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%31.4%2016: 31.8%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%22.6%2016: 18.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%25.6%2011: 32.8%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%32.8%2011: 29.1%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.9%2011: 9.7%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%26.4%2016: 23.7%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.4%2011: 6.5%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%10.3%2016: 11.8%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%20.7%2016: 18.3%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%14.2%2016: 19.5%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%34%2016: 32.9%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%20.6%2016: 17.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%87.3%2016: 86.8%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%12.5%2016: 13.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%92.4%2016: 92.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%4.6%2016: 5.7%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%3%2016: 1.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%92.1%2016: 87.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%7.9%2016: 12.2%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%79.4%2016: 78.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0%2016: 0.2%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.2%2016: 0.2%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%1.7%2016: 2.1%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%18.7%2016: 18.8%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%21.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%29.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%25%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%18.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%95.5%2016: 94%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.4%2016: 1.2%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1.8%2016: 2.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.2%2016: 2%
Statistics Canada, 2021