Fort Simpson
Small town · Northwest Territories · Population 1,100
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
- 40 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 34.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 38.3 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 (estimated) · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 32.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 43.9% (estimated) · 2016: 31.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.5%2016: 17.8%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12.7%2016: 12.9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%29.5%2016: 27%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29.1%2016: 33.2%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%13.6%2016: 8.7%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%20.9%2011: 24.7%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%23.1%2011: 19.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%11%2011: 12.4%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%28.6%2016: 29.5%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%16.5%2011: 15.5%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%28.5%2016: 20.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%23.8%2016: 14.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%12.3%2016: 19.4%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%20%2016: 28.5%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%13.8%2016: 16%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%96.8%2016: 94.9%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%2.8%2016: 4.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.4%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%76.5%2016: 75.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.4%2016: 1.7%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%22.1%2016: 22.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 5.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%52.2%2016: 58.5%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%48.9%2016: 42.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%67.8%2016: 69.1%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%12.2%2016: 10.6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%10%2016: 5.3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.1%2016: 0%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%7.8%2016: 13.8%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.1%2016: 1.1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%4.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%23.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%50%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%18.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%75.5%2016: 69.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%22.4%2016: 24.6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2%2016: 4.4%
Statistics Canada, 2021