Chapleau
Small town · Ontario · Population 1,942
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
- 47.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 43.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 47.2 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 31.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 28.9% · 2016: 36.5%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.7%2016: 15.3%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10%2016: 10.4%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%22.1%2016: 22.4%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29.6%2016: 32.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%23.1%2016: 19.8%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%22%2011: 29.4%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%33.5%2011: 30.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.1%2011: 6.7%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%30.6%2016: 30.5%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.8%2011: 3.3%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%16.1%2016: 20.8%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%31.6%2016: 23.7%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%8.3%2016: 9.2%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%34.2%2016: 34.3%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%10.9%2016: 13%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%48.7%2016: 46.5%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%3.9%2016: 4.7%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%47.1%2016: 48.3%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.3%2016: 0.8%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%59.6%2016: 60.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%33.1%2016: 34.1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%7.3%2016: 5.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%77.2%2016: 70.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%23.4%2016: 29.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%71.8%2016: 70.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.4%2016: 7.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%5.2%2016: 4%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%7.5%2016: 4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%10.3%2016: 12.1%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.7%2016: 1.7%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%55%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%28.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%17%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%0%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%82%2016: 78.8%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%17.4%2016: 18.2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 1.2%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 1.2%
Statistics Canada, 2021