Minto
Small town · Ontario · Population 9,094
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
- 40.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 42.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 43.5 years
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 · 2011: 2.6 · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 40.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 35% · 2016: 27.6%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%19.3%2016: 17.9%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.6%2016: 12.2%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23.2%2016: 21.7%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.1%2016: 28.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%20.9%2016: 20.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%29.2%2011: 29.5%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%31.1%2011: 33.3%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.6%2011: 7.3%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%24.7%2016: 25.2%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.3%2011: 6.5%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%20.6%2016: 19.2%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%34.3%2016: 31.8%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%7.9%2016: 12.2%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%27.4%2016: 26.9%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%9.8%2016: 9.9%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%94.7%2016: 94.8%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%3.9%2016: 4.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.3%2016: 1.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%86.3%2016: 87.1%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.6%2016: 0.7%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%13.1%2016: 12.2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.2%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%76.1%2016: 80.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%23.9%2016: 19.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%78.5%2016: 82.1%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.5%2016: 2.8%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3.2%2016: 2.2%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1%2016: 1.1%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%11.1%2016: 11.2%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.1%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.5%2016: 0.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%40.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%19.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%18.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%14.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%90.3%2016: 89.7%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.5%2016: 0.5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%8.2%2016: 8.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.8%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0.8%2016: 0.4%
Statistics Canada, 2021