Channel-Port aux Basques
Small town · Newfoundland and Labrador · Population 3,547
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 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 49.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 51.7 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 21.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 27.2% · 2016: 23.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%12.3%2016: 13.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.2%2016: 8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%16.6%2016: 18.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%32.6%2016: 34.8%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%30%2016: 25.7%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%20.6%2011: 26.2%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%35.2%2011: 34.7%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.2%2011: 8.8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%30%2016: 28.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.1%2011: 6.1%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%14.6%2016: 19.8%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%34.6%2016: 23.8%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%9.3%2016: 14.2%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%30.1%2016: 30%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%11.3%2016: 12%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%98.4%2016: 98.4%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%1.4%2016: 1.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%99.1%2016: 99%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.3%2016: 0.1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%0.6%2016: 0.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.1%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%78.5%2016: 75.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%21.5%2016: 24.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%85.5%2016: 82.2%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.1%2016: 3.8%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 1.3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%4.8%2016: 2.2%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%6.9%2016: 9.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0.5%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.6%2016: 0.5%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%31.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%39.4%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%20%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%7.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%88.4%2016: 90.8%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%2.2%2016: 1.5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%5.6%2016: 6.2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.4%2016: 1.8%
Statistics Canada, 2021