Champlain
Small town · Ontario · Population 8,665
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
- 52.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 47.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 50.8 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 32.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 33.8% · 2016: 29.6%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%12.8%2016: 13.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9%2016: 9.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%18.6%2016: 19.1%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%32.1%2016: 34.5%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%27.4%2016: 23.3%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%22.4%2011: 28.3%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%38.7%2011: 35.7%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.9%2011: 6.9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%25.3%2016: 24.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.7%2011: 5.7%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%8.5%2016: 11.4%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%29.8%2016: 30.8%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%8.9%2016: 12.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%31.8%2016: 28.3%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%21.3%2016: 17.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%20.2%2016: 19.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%10.9%2016: 11.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%68.9%2016: 69.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%34%2016: 33.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%58.8%2016: 61.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%7.1%2016: 5.1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 3.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.9%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%79.3%2016: 79.6%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%20.7%2016: 20.4%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%82.4%2016: 83.2%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.8%2016: 4.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.7%2016: 0.7%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.5%2016: 2.3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%8.9%2016: 8.8%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0.1%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.7%2016: 0.5%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%27.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%28.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%27.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%12.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%95.6%2016: 95.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.6%2016: 0.8%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.4%2016: 2.9%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.3%2016: 0.3%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.3%2016: 0.5%
Statistics Canada, 2021