Espanola
Small town · Ontario · Population 5,185
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
- 48.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 46.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 48 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 32.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 31.3% · 2016: 33.5%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15%2016: 14.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.4%2016: 11%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%22.5%2016: 21.4%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29%2016: 31.6%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%25.2%2016: 21.6%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%20.6%2011: 25.3%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%31.7%2011: 32.4%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.9%2011: 9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%30.6%2016: 28.9%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.2%2011: 7%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%13.8%2016: 14.2%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%31.8%2016: 27.8%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%7.4%2016: 10.3%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%32.9%2016: 35.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%14.5%2016: 12.3%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%78.9%2016: 78.6%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.2%2016: 0.3%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%20.7%2016: 21%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.3%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%82.9%2016: 82.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%11.6%2016: 13%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%5.5%2016: 4.7%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.8%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%75.9%2016: 77.6%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%24.3%2016: 22.4%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%80.7%2016: 80.1%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.3%2016: 3.7%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2.6%2016: 3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.6%2016: 2.3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%10.2%2016: 11%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.7%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%37.5%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%41.4%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%15.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%3.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%85.1%2016: 82.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.5%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%10.1%2016: 14.9%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%2.1%2016: 1.2%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.1%2016: 1.7%
Statistics Canada, 2021