Lake of Bays
Small town · Ontario · Population 3,759
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
- 58.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 53 years (estimated) · 2016: 57.5 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 (estimated) · 2011: 2.2 (estimated) · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 43.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 28.3% (estimated) · 2016: 28.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%9.4%2016: 9%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%6.9%2016: 7.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%15.6%2016: 14.7%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%33.8%2016: 36%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%34.4%2016: 32.6%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%17.3%2011: 22.3% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%42.6%2011: 42.9% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%4.5%2011: 5.9% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%29%2016: 25.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.5%2011: 4.2% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9.5%2016: 10.3%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%31.4%2016: 29.8%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%8.4%2016: 8.3%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%27%2016: 26.3%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%24.1%2016: 25.6%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%93.1%2016: 93%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%6.9%2016: 7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%94%2016: 92.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.9%2016: 0.9%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%5.1%2016: 6.3%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%91.2%2016: 90.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%8.8%2016: 9.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%97.2%2016: 96.2%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0%2016: 0%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.3%2016: 0.7%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%2%2016: 1.7%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.6%2016: 1.4%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%21.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%26.4%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%31%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%16.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%94.4%2016: 87.4%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 4.3%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2%2016: 7.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.2%2016: 1.2%
Statistics Canada, 2021