Drummond/North Elmsley
Small town · Ontario · Population 8,183
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
- 50.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 46.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 49.6 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 · 2011: 2.6 · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 29.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 31.6% · 2016: 26.4%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.4%2016: 14.5%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.5%2016: 10.7%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.6%2016: 18.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%31.7%2016: 34.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%24.9%2016: 21.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%27.1%2011: 32%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%39.1%2011: 38%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.8%2011: 5.4%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%19.9%2016: 18.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.2%2011: 7.4%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%7%2016: 8.6%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%26.9%2016: 28.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%9.5%2016: 9.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%37.6%2016: 37%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%19%2016: 16.6%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%88.5%2016: 88.4%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%11.4%2016: 11.5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%93.4%2016: 94.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%3.2%2016: 2.8%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%3.4%2016: 2.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%93.3%2016: 90.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%6.7%2016: 9.2%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%93.6%2016: 93.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.5%2016: 0.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.5%2016: 0.3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.3%2016: 0.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%1.2%2016: 0.8%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%4%2016: 4%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%17.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%24.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%30.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%23.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%94.1%2016: 97%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.7%2016: 1.2%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1.5%2016: 1.5%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.5%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.1%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021