Moosonee
Small town · Ontario · Population 1,512
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
- 29.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 27.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 28.1 years
- Average household size
- 3.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2011: 3.2 · 2016: 3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 43.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2016: 47.7%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%28.7%2016: 29.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%13.9%2016: 15.2%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%27.7%2016: 27.7%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%21.5%2016: 22%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%7.3%2016: 5.4%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%20.6%2011: 30%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%14.4%2011: 15.5%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%15.5%2011: 13.6%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%23.7%2016: 23.5%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%25.8%2011: 19.1%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%18.4%2016: 20.8%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%24.3%2016: 16.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%3.9%2016: 4.5%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%27%2016: 39.6%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%25.7%2016: 18.8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%98%2016: 95.9%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%2.3%2016: 3.4%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.7%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%83.7%2016: 78.6%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1%2016: 1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%15.3%2016: 20.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 3.1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%36.7%2016: 37%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%62.2%2016: 62%
- Band or local government housing1%2016: 1%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%68.4%2016: 69.1%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%16.3%2016: 17.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1%2016: 1%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%7.1%2016: 0%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%6.1%2016: 12.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1%2011: 0.9%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%9.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%30.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%41.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%14.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%66.1%2016: 54.8%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 1.6%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%22.9%2016: 37.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 1.6%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%9.3%2016: 6.5%
Statistics Canada, 2021