Laurentian Valley
Small town · Ontario · Population 9,450
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
- 45.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 43.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 45.1 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 · 2011: 2.6 · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 30.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 28.5% · 2016: 23.5%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.3%2016: 16.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.4%2016: 11.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%22.4%2016: 22.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.2%2016: 32.4%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%20.6%2016: 17.8%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%29.7%2011: 33.8%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%34.5%2011: 34.9%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.4%2011: 7.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%19.7%2016: 19.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.7%2011: 7.5%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%8.4%2016: 10.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%27.7%2016: 28.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%9.5%2016: 11%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%37.8%2016: 34.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%16.8%2016: 15.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%84.8%2016: 84.8%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.2%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%15%2016: 15%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%90.1%2016: 89.8%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%5.4%2016: 6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%4.5%2016: 4.2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%87.9%2016: 89.1%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%12.1%2016: 10.9%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%93.3%2016: 92.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.2%2016: 2.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.3%2016: 0.1%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.5%2016: 0.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%3.8%2016: 4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%26.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%29.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%29.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%12.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%95.9%2016: 95.5%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0.3%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2%2016: 2.5%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.5%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.2%2016: 1.1%
Statistics Canada, 2021