Hay River
Small town · Northwest Territories · Population 3,169
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
- 40.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 35.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 37.8 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 (estimated) · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 35.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 47.6% (estimated) · 2016: 37%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.5%2016: 18.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.4%2016: 13.2%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%27.1%2016: 27.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.5%2016: 30.2%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%15%2016: 10.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%27.5%2011: 29.1%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%22.7%2011: 23.8%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.2%2011: 11.7%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%28.6%2016: 27.9%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%11%2011: 8.5%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%16.8%2016: 18%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%22.2%2016: 20.3%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%14.2%2016: 17%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%27.1%2016: 27.3%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%19.7%2016: 17.3%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%89.3%2016: 90.9%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.2%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%10.4%2016: 8.8%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%84%2016: 85.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%3%2016: 2.7%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%12.9%2016: 11.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 3.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.9%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%70.5%2016: 65.3%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%29.9%2016: 34.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%83.5%2016: 78.3%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5.9%2016: 5.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3.1%2016: 2.5%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.4%2016: 0%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%6.7%2016: 8.3%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 5.4%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%3.5%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%44.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%31.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%17.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%84.6%2016: 78.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.6%2016: 0.6%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%8%2016: 12.6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 1.4%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%6.4%2016: 7.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021