Newfoundland and Labrador
Province or territory · Population 510,550
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
- 48.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2016: 46 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 29%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 27.9% · 2016: 29.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13.4%2016: 14.3%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.1%2016: 10.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%22.1%2016: 23.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.8%2016: 32%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%23.6%2016: 19.4%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%22.8%2011: 28.5%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%32.2%2011: 31%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.9%2011: 9.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%27.9%2016: 24.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.2%2011: 9.1%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%12.6%2016: 15.7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%24.4%2016: 22.7%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%11.2%2016: 12.5%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%31%2016: 30.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%20.8%2016: 18.3%
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%5.1%2016: 5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%96.4%2016: 96.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.4%2016: 0.5%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%3.2%2016: 2.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.1%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%75.7%2016: 76.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%24%2016: 23.1%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%72.3%2016: 73.3%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.9%2016: 3.9%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%4.8%2016: 4.8%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%12.3%2016: 11.5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%5.5%2016: 5.3%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.4%2016: 0.3%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.8%2016: 0.9%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%18.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%31.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%26.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%19.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%88.9%2016: 89.1%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%2%2016: 2.5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.8%2016: 4.9%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.1%2016: 0.2%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%4.2%2016: 3.4%
Statistics Canada, 2021