Huron Shores
Small town · Ontario · Population 1,860
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
- 56.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 51.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 54.1 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
- 34.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 24% · 2016: 27.7%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%12.6%2016: 11.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.3%2016: 9.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%15.1%2016: 15.1%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%34.7%2016: 38.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%30.1%2016: 25.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%16.2%2011: 21.5%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%43.1%2011: 43.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.4%2011: 5.4%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%27.5%2016: 24.7%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.8%2011: 5.4%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%16.8%2016: 14.4%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%34.7%2016: 41.2%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%8.4%2016: 10%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%31.6%2016: 23.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%8.4%2016: 10%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%90.6%2016: 89.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%8.3%2016: 10.5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.3%2016: 0.3%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%87.6%2016: 87%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%4.6%2016: 6.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%7.8%2016: 6.3%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%89.2%2016: 89.3%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%11.4%2016: 10.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%95.8%2016: 96%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.6%2016: 0.7%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.6%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.2%2016: 0%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%1.8%2016: 2%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%32.5%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%30.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%22.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%11.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%91.1%2016: 92.1%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.3%2016: 4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%5.7%2016: 4%
Statistics Canada, 2021