Cornwall
Small town · Prince Edward Island · Population 6,574
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
- 38.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 38 years (estimated) · 2016: 39.8 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.8 · 2011: 2.8 · 2016: 2.6
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 46.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 40.8% · 2016: 37.3%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.6%2016: 19.6%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%14%2016: 13%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%26.6%2016: 25.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25%2016: 27.2%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%16.9%2016: 15.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%29.1%2011: 38.4%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%28.4%2011: 26.7%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.3%2011: 11.5%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%23.4%2016: 19.8%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.8%2011: 6.1%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%4.2%2016: 4.7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%19.8%2016: 20.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%5%2016: 10.2%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%34.3%2016: 32.9%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%36.7%2016: 31.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%83.7%2016: 84.5%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%15.7%2016: 15%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.6%2016: 0.4%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%88.4%2016: 93.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2.2%2016: 1.8%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%9.4%2016: 4.3%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.5%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%66.9%2016: 73.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%33.3%2016: 26.2%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%61%2016: 66.5%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%8.7%2016: 9.9%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%14.2%2016: 8.1%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.1%2016: 1.5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%7.8%2016: 5.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%6.2%2016: 8.1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%5.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%26.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%25.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%21.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%21.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%94.3%2016: 98%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1%2016: 0.6%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1.4%2016: 0.8%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.7%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021