Bluewater
Small town · Ontario · Population 7,540
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
- 52 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 47.5 years (estimated) · 2016: 50.4 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 32.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 28% · 2016: 31.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.5%2016: 13.9%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.7%2016: 11.5%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%18.7%2016: 18.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29.8%2016: 31.5%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%27.3%2016: 24.3%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%22.7%2011: 27%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%38.3%2011: 38.9%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.3%2011: 4.4%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%29.5%2016: 28.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.1%2011: 4.3%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9.6%2016: 12.7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%29.5%2016: 28.3%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%11.7%2016: 9.9%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%31.5%2016: 34.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%17.8%2016: 15%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%97.2%2016: 97.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%2.7%2016: 2.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%94.3%2016: 93.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.6%2016: 0.7%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%5.1%2016: 5.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%83.5%2016: 79.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%16.5%2016: 20.5%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%82.5%2016: 85.5%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.8%2016: 0.8%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%4.7%2016: 4.3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.8%2016: 0.8%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%6.7%2016: 6.6%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%4.7%2016: 2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%37.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%22.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%17.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%16.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%89.9%2016: 90.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0.5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%7.9%2016: 6.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.7%2016: 1.6%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.6%2016: 0.8%
Statistics Canada, 2021