Leeds and the Thousand Islands
Small town · Ontario · Population 9,804
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
- 52 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 47.5 years (estimated) · 2016: 50.5 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 30.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 30.3% · 2016: 26.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13.7%2016: 14%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.6%2016: 9.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.2%2016: 18.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%31.9%2016: 34.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%26.8%2016: 23%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%24.6%2011: 28.6%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%39.6%2011: 39.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.9%2011: 6.6%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%21.2%2016: 20.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.8%2011: 6.6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%7.3%2016: 9%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%30.2%2016: 29.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%9.1%2016: 10.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%35.4%2016: 34.7%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%18.1%2016: 16.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%91.3%2016: 92%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.2%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%8.6%2016: 8%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%93.8%2016: 94.6%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2.4%2016: 2.1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%3.7%2016: 3.3%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0.6%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%91.5%2016: 89.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%8.5%2016: 10.4%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%94%2016: 93.5%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.9%2016: 0.8%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.1%2016: 0.6%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.6%2016: 0.5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%1.4%2016: 1.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%3%2016: 3.1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%31.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%29.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%24.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%11.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%95.6%2016: 95.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.3%2016: 0.4%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.7%2016: 2.6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.4%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.3%2016: 1.1%
Statistics Canada, 2021