Guelph
Small city · Ontario · Population 143,740
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: 38.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 38.3 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 41.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 47% · 2016: 41.5%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.4%2016: 17.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%13.2%2016: 13.8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%29%2016: 28.1%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.1%2016: 26.4%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%16.4%2016: 14.6%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%27.4%2011: 29.5%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%23.6%2011: 23.8%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.9%2011: 9.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%26.9%2016: 27%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%13.2%2011: 11.2%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%8.2%2016: 9.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%22.9%2016: 24.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%4.3%2016: 5.3%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%23.9%2016: 25.3%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%40.7%2016: 35.6%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%89.6%2016: 89.6%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%8.9%2016: 9%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.5%2016: 1.3%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%74.5%2016: 77.2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.1%2016: 1.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%24.4%2016: 21.5%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 18.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 14.7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%65.7%2016: 67.3%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%34.3%2016: 32.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%48.6%2016: 50.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.5%2016: 4.6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%15.2%2016: 13.9%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%6.4%2016: 6.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%13.7%2016: 13.3%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%11.5%2016: 10.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%19.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%24%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%26.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%22.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%7.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%87.4%2016: 84.5%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%4.5%2016: 7.1%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%5.1%2016: 5.9%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.1%2016: 1.6%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.9%2016: 0.9%
Statistics Canada, 2021