Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury
Small city · Ontario · Population 166,004
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
- 43.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 42.5 years (estimated) · 2016: 43.3 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 35.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 35.8% · 2016: 34.7%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.4%2016: 15.5%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.6%2016: 12.2%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%25%2016: 24.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.6%2016: 29.4%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%20.3%2016: 18.4%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%23.1%2011: 26.5%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%27.1%2011: 27.5%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.8%2011: 9.6%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%30.8%2016: 29.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.2%2011: 8%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%8.7%2016: 10.8%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%24.2%2016: 24.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%7.2%2016: 8.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%36.4%2016: 35.5%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%23.5%2016: 20.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%62.3%2016: 60.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.9%2016: 0.8%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%36.6%2016: 38.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%66.5%2016: 65.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%22.6%2016: 25.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%10.8%2016: 8.5%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.6%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%64.5%2016: 65.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%35.5%2016: 34.2%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%60.6%2016: 61.6%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.6%2016: 4.7%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%4.1%2016: 4.1%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%6.3%2016: 6.1%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%16.9%2016: 16.1%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%6.7%2016: 6.4%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.9%2016: 1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%29.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%37.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%20.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%9.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%89.9%2016: 88.8%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%4.1%2016: 5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.4%2016: 4.5%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.4%2016: 0.4%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.1%2016: 1.3%
Statistics Canada, 2021