Happy Valley-Goose Bay
Small town · Newfoundland and Labrador · Population 8,040
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
- 39.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 38.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 38.8 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
- 39.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 40.6% · 2016: 36.3%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.5%2016: 18.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.9%2016: 12.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%28.4%2016: 28.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29.2%2016: 29.7%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%12.9%2016: 11.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%26.7%2011: 34.2%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%28.9%2011: 28.7%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.2%2011: 9.5%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%22.8%2016: 18.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%11.4%2011: 9.2%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%10.6%2016: 12.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%20.5%2016: 18.2%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%12.3%2016: 15.4%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%35.7%2016: 37%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%20.8%2016: 17.2%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%93.3%2016: 93.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%6.5%2016: 6.5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%91.3%2016: 93.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1%2016: 1.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%7.7%2016: 5.3%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.2%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%63.9%2016: 66.1%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%36.2%2016: 33.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%64.2%2016: 69.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%17.1%2016: 15.8%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%12.2%2016: 9.7%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.1%2016: 1.3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%4.1%2016: 2.6%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0.2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%16%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%23.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%33.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%22.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%87%2016: 89%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.2%2016: 3.7%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.1%2016: 2.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.4%2016: 0.2%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%9.3%2016: 4.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021