Brantford
Small city · Ontario · Population 104,688
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
- 40.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 40.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 41.9 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 (estimated) · 2011: 2.5 (estimated) · 2016: 2.4 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 39.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 43.3% (estimated) · 2016: 38.2% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.2%2016: 17.7% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.6%2016: 12% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%26.7%2016: 25.2% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.7%2016: 27.8% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%18.9%2016: 17.2% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%25.2%2011: 27.5% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%23.6%2011: 24.5% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%11.3%2011: 11.3% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%28%2016: 28% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%12%2011: 9.4% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%12.1%2016: 14.2% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%30.7%2016: 31.5% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%6.4%2016: 7.8% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%31.1%2016: 30.5% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%19.7%2016: 15.8% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%94.3%2016: 94.5% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%4.8%2016: 4.8% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1%2016: 0.8% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%84%2016: 86.6% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1%2016: 1% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%15%2016: 12.4% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 9.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 8.8% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%66%2016: 67.7% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%34%2016: 32.3% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%60.6%2016: 61.6% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.7%2016: 4.9% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%9.5%2016: 9.3% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3.8%2016: 3.5% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%10.5%2016: 10.4% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%10.7%2016: 9.6% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%33.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%29.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%19.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%13.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%91.3%2016: 90.4% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%3.2%2016: 3.8% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.5%2016: 4% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.4%2016: 1.1% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.6%2016: 0.9% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021