East Hawkesbury
Small town · Ontario · Population 3,418
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: 46.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 49.8 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 37.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 27.2% · 2016: 23.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.1%2016: 13.5%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.8%2016: 10.8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%20.8%2016: 19.7%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%32.8%2016: 35.7%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%23.7%2016: 20.5%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%23.5%2011: 29.9%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%36.5%2011: 34.8%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6%2011: 6.8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%24.9%2016: 24%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.1%2011: 6.1%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%6.8%2016: 12.2%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%32.5%2016: 34.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%13.1%2016: 8.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%32.5%2016: 28.9%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%14.8%2016: 15.3%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%17.5%2016: 16.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%14.9%2016: 14.3%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%67.3%2016: 69.4%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%32.6%2016: 33.6%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%58%2016: 59.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%9.4%2016: 6.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.1%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%86.7%2016: 88%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%13.7%2016: 12%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%91.9%2016: 93.1%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.8%2016: 0.7%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0.4%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.1%2016: 1.1%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%1.8%2016: 1.1%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%3.5%2016: 3.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%35.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%20.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%26.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%13.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%96.1%2016: 95.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0.7%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2%2016: 2.9%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.6%2016: 1.5%
Statistics Canada, 2021