Midland
Town · Ontario · Population 17,817
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
- 50 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 47.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 50.1 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 (estimated) · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 42.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 40.4% (estimated) · 2016: 39.6%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13.3%2016: 13.6%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.1%2016: 10.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%22.1%2016: 20.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.5%2016: 30.5%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%27.9%2016: 25.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%18.4%2011: 21.2%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%28.1%2011: 28.8%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.7%2011: 11.6%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%31.2%2016: 30.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%11.6%2011: 8.2%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%10.5%2016: 13.7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%33.6%2016: 33.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%6.5%2016: 7.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%31.9%2016: 30.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%17.5%2016: 15.3%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%91.5%2016: 91.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%8.3%2016: 8.8%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%89%2016: 89.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%3.3%2016: 3.7%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%7.7%2016: 6.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 5.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 4.8%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%65.7%2016: 65.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%34.4%2016: 34.2%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%65%2016: 65.2%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.6%2016: 3.6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%5.5%2016: 5.2%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%6%2016: 5.8%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%12%2016: 12.1%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%6.8%2016: 6.9%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.1%2016: 1.2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%30%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%31.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%22.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%11.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%87.7%2016: 86.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.9%2016: 1.7%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%7.9%2016: 9.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.7%2016: 1.2%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.8%2016: 1.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021