Horton
Small town · Ontario · Population 3,182
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
- 48.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 45.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 47.1 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 31.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 32.1% · 2016: 27%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.6%2016: 15.3%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.2%2016: 10.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.8%2016: 21.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%32.7%2016: 32.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%22.8%2016: 19.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%27.1%2011: 31.9%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%36%2011: 37%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.4%2011: 6.5%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%21.7%2016: 20.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.7%2011: 6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%6.3%2016: 11.6%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%32.6%2016: 32.7%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%12.6%2016: 9.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%32.6%2016: 34.9%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%15.6%2016: 11%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%90.9%2016: 91.5%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.2%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%9.1%2016: 8.5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%94.3%2016: 94.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2.8%2016: 2.8%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.8%2016: 2.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%91.1%2016: 90.2%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%8.9%2016: 10.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%88.4%2016: 90.6%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.4%2016: 0.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.8%2016: 0%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%3.5%2016: 1.3%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%7%2016: 7.7%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%24%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%27.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%23.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%19.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%6.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%98.1%2016: 98.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%0.8%2016: 1.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.2%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021