Cornwall
Town · Ontario · Population 47,845
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
- 46.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 44.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 46.6 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
- 41.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 43.4% · 2016: 41.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.7%2016: 15.5%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10%2016: 11.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%22.9%2016: 21.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26%2016: 28.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%25.4%2016: 23.4%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%17.8%2011: 20.5%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%25.8%2011: 27.4%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%11.3%2011: 11.4%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%35.9%2016: 34.7%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.2%2011: 7.1%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%16%2016: 18.7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%33.7%2016: 34.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%7.2%2016: 7.4%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%29.9%2016: 29.3%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%13.3%2016: 10.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%60.6%2016: 57.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.8%2016: 0.9%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%38.2%2016: 41.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.5%2016: 0.3%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%68.5%2016: 68.8%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%19.4%2016: 22.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%12%2016: 8.7%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 3.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%53.6%2016: 54.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%46.4%2016: 45.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%49%2016: 48.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%10.2%2016: 10.1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%5.5%2016: 5.5%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%8.3%2016: 8.7%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%20.8%2016: 20.8%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%5.4%2016: 5.4%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.8%2016: 0.8%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%37.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%33%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%19.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%7.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%88.3%2016: 86.5%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%3%2016: 4.2%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%5.4%2016: 7.5%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1%2016: 1%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.3%2016: 0.8%
Statistics Canada, 2021