Fort Smith
Small town · Northwest Territories · Population 2,248
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
- 38.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 35.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 35.2 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 (estimated) · 2011: 2.6 · 2016: 2.6
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 36.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 47.4% (estimated) · 2016: 45%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%19.8%2016: 21.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.4%2016: 13.9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%28%2016: 27.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.1%2016: 25.5%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%14.7%2016: 11.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%23.9%2011: 28.4%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%23.9%2011: 21.9%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%14.2%2011: 9.7%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%25.6%2016: 22.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%12.5%2011: 14.8%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%18.2%2016: 17.8%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%15.8%2016: 15.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%13%2016: 11.9%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%29.6%2016: 33%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%23.1%2016: 21.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%92.1%2016: 92.8%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.2%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%7.7%2016: 7.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.5%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%88%2016: 87%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2.9%2016: 2.8%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%9%2016: 10.2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%62.5%2016: 58.6%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%37.5%2016: 41.9%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%76.8%2016: 70.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%14.7%2016: 11.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%6.2%2016: 7.8%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.6%2016: 3.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0.6%2016: 5.2%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.1%2016: 1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%8.5%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%39.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%34.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%15.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%81.3%2016: 75.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%12.1%2016: 16.9%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.4%2016: 1.3%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%4.7%2016: 5.8%
Statistics Canada, 2021