Charlottetown
Town · Prince Edward Island · Population 38,809
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: 42.5 years (estimated) · 2016: 42.8 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 49.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 44.4% · 2016: 47.7%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13.3%2016: 13.9%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%15.9%2016: 13.9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%25.7%2016: 24.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%24.1%2016: 27.6%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%21%2016: 19.7%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%19.7%2011: 22%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%23%2011: 23.1%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.4%2011: 10.4%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%35.6%2016: 35.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%13.3%2011: 10.8%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%6%2016: 9%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%21.6%2016: 21.8%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%4.8%2016: 5.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%27.9%2016: 29.3%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%39.8%2016: 34.3%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%85.5%2016: 85.3%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%13.1%2016: 13%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.3%2016: 1.7%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%78.6%2016: 85.8%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.8%2016: 2.1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%19.6%2016: 12.1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 4.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 4.1%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%45.8%2016: 48.2%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%54.2%2016: 51.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%43.5%2016: 44.5%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%9.1%2016: 9.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3.3%2016: 3.3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3.2%2016: 3.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%39%2016: 37.5%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.3%2016: 0.2%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.6%2016: 1.8%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%20.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%29.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%24.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%19.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%6.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%84.4%2016: 82.4%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%4%2016: 3.1%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%9.5%2016: 12.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.6%2016: 1%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.7%2016: 1.2%
Statistics Canada, 2021