Cape Breton
Small city · Nova Scotia · Population 93,694
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
- 50.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 47.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 50 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 26.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 22.8% · 2016: 23.7%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%12.5%2016: 13.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.2%2016: 10.8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%20.9%2016: 19.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29.7%2016: 32.5%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%26.7%2016: 23.7%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%17.5%2011: 22.7%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%26%2011: 25.5%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%13%2011: 13.6%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%33.2%2016: 31.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%10.3%2011: 9.4%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%10.4%2016: 13.2%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%27.4%2016: 26.3%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%11.7%2016: 13.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%28.8%2016: 28.7%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%21.7%2016: 18.2%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%95.5%2016: 95.7%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%4.3%2016: 4.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%95.2%2016: 97.1%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.8%2016: 0.8%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%4.1%2016: 2.1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.1%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%71.1%2016: 72.2%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%28.9%2016: 27.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%73.5%2016: 73.4%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%6.7%2016: 6.8%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.7%2016: 1.7%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%4.3%2016: 4.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%10.5%2016: 10.2%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.5%2016: 0.5%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.9%2016: 3.1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%37.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%30.4%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%21.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%8.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%91.9%2016: 91%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.9%2016: 2.7%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.4%2016: 4.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.2%2016: 0.2%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.6%2016: 2.1%
Statistics Canada, 2021