Behchokò
Small town · Northwest Territories · Population 1,746
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
- 28.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 24.5 years (estimated) · 2016: 25.8 years
- Average household size
- 3.8
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 4.1 (estimated) · 2011: 4.1 · 2016: 3.9
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 26.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 32.4% (estimated) · 2016: 20.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%27.4%2016: 30.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%16.6%2016: 17.9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%26%2016: 25.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%20.9%2016: 19.2%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%8.9%2016: 6.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%27.2%2011: 34.1%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%10.9%2011: 8.8%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%18.5%2011: 13.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%16.3%2016: 19.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%27.2%2011: 28.6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%42.9%2016: 53.9%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%20.9%2016: 19.8%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%8%2016: 6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%17.8%2016: 12.6%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%10.4%2016: 8.4%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%96.8%2016: 97.3%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%1.4%2016: 0.5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.7%2016: 1.9%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%49.4%2016: 55.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.3%2016: 0.5%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%50.3%2016: 44%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 4.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%47.8%2016: 48.9%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%52.2%2016: 50%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%71.7%2016: 75.5%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%13%2016: 9.6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%12%2016: 9.6%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.2%2016: 0%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0%2016: 4.3%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.1%2016: 1.1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%3.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%22.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%45.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%20.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%8.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%65.6%2016: 57.8%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 2.2%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%21.9%2016: 28.9%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%10.4%2016: 12.2%
Statistics Canada, 2021