Corner Brook
Town · Newfoundland and Labrador · Population 19,333
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
- 49.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 46.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 47.9 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
- 33.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 33.3% · 2016: 32.4%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%11.8%2016: 12.9%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.9%2016: 11.5%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.9%2016: 21.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.8%2016: 30.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%26.7%2016: 22.8%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%18.7%2011: 24.5%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%28.2%2011: 29%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.1%2011: 11.3%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%34.4%2016: 30.7%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.6%2011: 9.4%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9.4%2016: 11.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%23.6%2016: 20.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%11.3%2016: 13.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%34%2016: 34.3%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%21.8%2016: 19.9%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%94.9%2016: 94.9%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%5%2016: 5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%97%2016: 98%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.4%2016: 0.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.7%2016: 1.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%62.5%2016: 62.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%37.6%2016: 37.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%61.7%2016: 62.2%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.4%2016: 4.7%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3.9%2016: 4.2%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%17.8%2016: 15.8%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%11.4%2016: 11.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.1%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.7%2016: 1.7%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%30.5%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%34.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%21.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%10.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%90.1%2016: 87.7%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.7%2016: 1.9%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%6.5%2016: 8.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.2%2016: 0.4%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.5%2016: 1.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021