Elliot Lake
Town · Ontario · Population 11,372
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
- 60.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 57 years (estimated) · 2016: 58.8 years
- Average household size
- 1.9
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2 · 2011: 2 · 2016: 1.9
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 42.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 40.5% · 2016: 38.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%10.3%2016: 10.3%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%6.4%2016: 7%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%15.9%2016: 14.7%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.5%2016: 30.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%39.9%2016: 37.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%10.8%2011: 12.7%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%33.1%2011: 37.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8%2011: 7.9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%39.8%2016: 38.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.3%2011: 5.6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%18.5%2016: 22.2%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%36.2%2016: 28.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%7.7%2016: 7.2%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%25.4%2016: 30.3%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%12.1%2016: 12.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%80.1%2016: 76.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.8%2016: 1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%19%2016: 22.8%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%80.4%2016: 77.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%12.3%2016: 15.2%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%7.3%2016: 7.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 6.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 5.4%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%60.8%2016: 62.3%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%39.2%2016: 37.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%45%2016: 46.4%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%18.8%2016: 18.6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%10.3%2016: 10.3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.9%2016: 0.8%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%15.1%2016: 14.7%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%9.8%2016: 9.1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%30.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%48.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%17.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%2.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%88.1%2016: 82.8%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.3%2016: 2.6%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%7.6%2016: 11.2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.8%2016: 0.3%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.6%2016: 3.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021