Caledon
Small city · Ontario · Population 76,581
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: 41.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 41 years
- Average household size
- 3.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 3.1 · 2011: 3.1 · 2016: 3.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 35.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 33.9% · 2016: 33.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.2%2016: 18.6%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%14.4%2016: 14%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%24.1%2016: 23.2%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29.5%2016: 31%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%14.9%2016: 13.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%41.4%2011: 45.8%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%21.4%2011: 24.1%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.3%2011: 7.3%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%13.3%2016: 12%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%16.7%2011: 11.1%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%7.3%2016: 9.2%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%25.8%2016: 27.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%6.5%2016: 7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%28.1%2016: 29.3%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%32.3%2016: 27.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%91.5%2016: 92%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%5.9%2016: 6.4%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%2.5%2016: 1.6%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%64.7%2016: 71.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.7%2016: 0.9%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%34.6%2016: 27.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 3.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.6%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%89.4%2016: 90.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%10.7%2016: 9.2%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%80.7%2016: 83.4%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%7%2016: 6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%7.7%2016: 6.4%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.4%2016: 1.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%2%2016: 1.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%1.1%2016: 0.5%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%10.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%19.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%33.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%25.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%11%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%95.2%2016: 94.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.2%2016: 2.7%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1.7%2016: 2.2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.1%2016: 0.1%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.7%2016: 0.7%
Statistics Canada, 2021