Bonnechere Valley
Small town · Ontario · Population 3,898
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
- 54.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 49.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 52.4 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 37.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 23.8% · 2016: 23.4%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13.1%2016: 13.6%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.2%2016: 9.8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%17.2%2016: 16.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29.8%2016: 33.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%30.3%2016: 27.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%19.8%2011: 24.1%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%35.3%2011: 36.1%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.3%2011: 6.9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%31%2016: 29.9%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.5%2011: 5.3%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%10.7%2016: 13.2%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%33.1%2016: 33.2%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%8.5%2016: 12.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%36.1%2016: 32.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%11.3%2016: 8.8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%92.1%2016: 92%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%7.8%2016: 7.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%92.8%2016: 92.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2.6%2016: 2.9%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%4.6%2016: 4.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%83.9%2016: 87.3%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%16.4%2016: 12.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%89.9%2016: 89.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.7%2016: 0.9%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.4%2016: 2.8%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%5.7%2016: 4.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.3%2016: 0.3%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.9%2016: 1.2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%40.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%22.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%21.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%10.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%94.8%2016: 93.7%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0.7%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4%2016: 4.8%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0.8%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021