Greenstone
Small town · Ontario · Population 4,309
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
- 47.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 42.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 45.4 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 (estimated) · 2011: 2.4 (estimated) · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 28.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 30.3% (estimated) · 2016: 32.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.8%2016: 16.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.2%2016: 10.8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%20.2%2016: 21.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%31.3%2016: 32.6%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%21.2%2016: 17.7%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%19.3%2011: 24.7% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%30.5%2011: 30.4% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.6%2011: 9.6% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%32.8%2016: 30.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.8%2011: 6.6% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%17.6%2016: 23.8%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%32.2%2016: 24.2%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%6.8%2016: 8.5%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%30.4%2016: 29.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%13.2%2016: 13.8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%68.9%2016: 66.8%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%1.8%2016: 2.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%29.4%2016: 31.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%72.8%2016: 69.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%20.8%2016: 24.5%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%6.3%2016: 6.2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%77.3%2016: 74.3%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%22.7%2016: 25.5%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%87.2%2016: 83.5%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.3%2016: 1.2%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2.1%2016: 1.2%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.3%2016: 1.7%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%7.3%2016: 8.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.8%2016: 3.9%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%38.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%41.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%15.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%3.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%85.3%2016: 86%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.2%2016: 0.5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%12%2016: 12.2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.5%2016: 0.8%
Statistics Canada, 2021