Bonfield
Small town · Ontario · Population 2,146
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: 46.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 48.9 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 38.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 30.1% · 2016: 29.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.4%2016: 13.9%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.6%2016: 9.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23.1%2016: 22.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%33.3%2016: 37.5%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%20.3%2016: 17%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%23.6%2011: 27.2%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%35.4%2011: 37.3%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.2%2011: 7%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%24.7%2016: 20.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%10.1%2011: 10.1%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%14%2016: 13.8%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%32.2%2016: 27.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%9.5%2016: 12.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%33.5%2016: 36.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%10.7%2016: 9.2%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%65.5%2016: 60.8%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.2%2016: 1.3%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%34.3%2016: 37.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%75.8%2016: 70.1%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%19.6%2016: 27.1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%4.7%2016: 2.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.8%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%89.3%2016: 92.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%11.2%2016: 7.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%92.7%2016: 94.5%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0%2016: 0%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.7%2016: 0.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%4.5%2016: 3.7%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.1%2016: 1.2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%20.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%30.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%29.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%13.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%94%2016: 94.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 1.2%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2%2016: 0%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.3%2016: 4.7%
Statistics Canada, 2021