Belfast
Small town · Prince Edward Island · Population 1,687
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
- 51.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 47 years (estimated) · 2016: 47.6 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 (estimated) · 2011: 2.5 (estimated) · 2016: 2.4 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 29.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 19.5% (estimated) · 2016: 23.2% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.1%2016: 13.9% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.1%2016: 13.4% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.1%2016: 20.8% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.8%2016: 32% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%28.5%2016: 20.8% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%24.4%2011: 28.1% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%31.9%2011: 32.5% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.9%2011: 7.9% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%29.6%2016: 26.3% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.1%2011: 8% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%6.6%2016: 13.7% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%30.1%2016: 25.5% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%10.8%2016: 12.6% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%27.1%2016: 32.5% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%25.3%2016: 17.3% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%92.7%2016: 88.7% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%6.9%2016: 7.3% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 4.3% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%95.3%2016: 92.1% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.3%2016: 1.3% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%3.5%2016: 6.6% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%91.9%2016: 89.6% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%8.9%2016: 10.2% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%93.3%2016: 96.3% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.7%2016: 0.4% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.5%2016: 0.4% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.7%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%1.5%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.2%2016: 3% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%42.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%23%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%20%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%11.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93.8%2016: 97.6% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.8%2016: 0% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.5%2016: 1.5% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.8%2016: 0% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021