East Ferris
Small town · Ontario · Population 4,946
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
- 48 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 45.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 47.8 years
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 · 2011: 2.6 · 2016: 2.6
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 31.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 34.3% · 2016: 28.6%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.7%2016: 15.5%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.1%2016: 9.7%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.1%2016: 21.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%33.3%2016: 35.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%20.8%2016: 18.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%31%2011: 32.4%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%39.9%2011: 40.3%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%4.5%2011: 4.7%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%16.4%2016: 14%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.2%2011: 7.6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%7.8%2016: 8.7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%25%2016: 22.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%8%2016: 8.9%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%37.5%2016: 39.7%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%21.8%2016: 20.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%63.2%2016: 61.9%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.6%2016: 0.3%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%36.1%2016: 37.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%74.5%2016: 72.6%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%19.2%2016: 23.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%6.4%2016: 3.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0.6%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%95.2%2016: 91.9%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%5%2016: 7.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%95.8%2016: 96.4%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.1%2016: 1.1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.6%2016: 1.4%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.8%2016: 0.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0.5%2016: 0%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%11.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%34.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%25.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%24.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%95.6%2016: 97.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.6%2016: 1.1%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.2%2016: 0.9%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.4%2016: 0.9%
Statistics Canada, 2021