Atikokan
Small town · Ontario · Population 2,642
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
- 51.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 47.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 50.3 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 23%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 23.9% · 2016: 25.5%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13.6%2016: 13.6%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.2%2016: 10.4%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%18.8%2016: 18%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%31.2%2016: 35.5%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%26.5%2016: 22.5%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%18.3%2011: 23.3%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%27.4%2011: 31.5%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.9%2011: 7.8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%40.5%2016: 37.9%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6%2011: 3.9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%12.8%2016: 15.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%32.9%2016: 32.3%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%8.5%2016: 14.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%33.7%2016: 28.9%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%12.4%2016: 10%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%96%2016: 95.6%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%3.8%2016: 4.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%93.5%2016: 92.6%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2.3%2016: 2.8%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%4.2%2016: 4.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 3.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%82.5%2016: 83.1%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%17.5%2016: 16.5%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%91.7%2016: 92%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.4%2016: 1.1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.6%2016: 1.1%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%6%2016: 5.7%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%61.5%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%28.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%6.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%87%2016: 85.8%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%8.9%2016: 10%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 2.3%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.1%2016: 1.4%
Statistics Canada, 2021