Kirkland Lake
Small town · Ontario · Population 7,750
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
- 45.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 45.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 45.8 years
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.1 · 2011: 2.1 · 2016: 2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 38.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 40.1% · 2016: 40.3%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.3%2016: 15.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.5%2016: 10.8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%24%2016: 23.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27%2016: 29.7%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%23.2%2016: 21.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%16.7%2011: 20.8%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%23.8%2011: 25.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.5%2011: 10.6%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%43.2%2016: 40.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.8%2011: 5.6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%17.4%2016: 18.4%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%26.5%2016: 23.3%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%6.9%2016: 10.9%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%32.8%2016: 35.7%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%16.4%2016: 11.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%72.1%2016: 69.6%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.5%2016: 0.9%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%27.3%2016: 29.4%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%79.9%2016: 79.8%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%12.3%2016: 14.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%7.8%2016: 5.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0.9%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%62.3%2016: 61.3%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%37.7%2016: 38.5%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%62.9%2016: 63.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.7%2016: 2.2%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2.8%2016: 2.4%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%4.2%2016: 4.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%24.5%2016: 23.8%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%3%2016: 3%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.8%2011: 0.7%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%67%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%21.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%1.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%87.4%2016: 86%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.7%2016: 0.8%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%8.7%2016: 11.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.6%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.8%2016: 1.7%
Statistics Canada, 2021