Hanover
Small town · Ontario · Population 7,967
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
- 49.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 46.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 47.7 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 40.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 44.5% · 2016: 37.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.5%2016: 15.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.9%2016: 10.4%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.3%2016: 20.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%24.3%2016: 26.5%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%29.9%2016: 26.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%20%2011: 23.4%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%30.3%2011: 30.8%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.6%2011: 7.7%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%33.2%2016: 33.5%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.8%2011: 6.8%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%14.8%2016: 18%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%34.7%2016: 34.7%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%6.9%2016: 6.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%32.6%2016: 27.9%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%10.9%2016: 12.8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%95.6%2016: 94.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%4.1%2016: 5.5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.3%2016: 0.3%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%94.8%2016: 94.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.6%2016: 0.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%4.6%2016: 4.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 4.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3.6%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%64.2%2016: 61.6%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%36%2016: 38.4%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%64.2%2016: 63.6%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.3%2016: 3.9%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%7.5%2016: 6.7%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%4.4%2016: 4.2%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%16.8%2016: 17.2%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%3.8%2016: 4%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%31.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%32.4%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%17%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%13.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%87.6%2016: 85.4%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%10.7%2016: 11.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.5%2016: 1.4%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.4%2016: 1.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021