Grimsby
Town · Ontario · Population 28,883
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
- 45.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 43.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 43.6 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 · 2011: 2.6 · 2016: 2.6
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 36.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 36.3% · 2016: 33.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.2%2016: 17.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.8%2016: 11.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23%2016: 23.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.7%2016: 28.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%21.3%2016: 19.3%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%30.7%2011: 34.3%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%30%2011: 31%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.1%2011: 7.4%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%24.3%2016: 21.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.9%2011: 6.9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%6.4%2016: 6.9%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%22.8%2016: 24.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%5.9%2016: 7.2%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%32.2%2016: 32.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%32.7%2016: 28.2%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%93.6%2016: 93.6%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%6%2016: 6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.4%2016: 0.3%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%83.7%2016: 85.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1%2016: 1.1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%15.3%2016: 13.2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 19.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 12%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%82.6%2016: 85.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%17.3%2016: 14.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%64.4%2016: 68.4%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.2%2016: 2.2%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%22.9%2016: 19.2%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.9%2016: 2%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%5.3%2016: 5.3%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%3%2016: 2.5%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%20.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%21.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%22.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%25.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%10%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%94.7%2016: 93.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.7%2016: 1.7%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.8%2016: 3.8%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.4%2016: 0.7%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.5%2016: 0.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021