Niagara Falls
Small city · Ontario · Population 94,415
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
- 44.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 43.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 45 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 37.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 37.4% · 2016: 35.5%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.7%2016: 15.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.3%2016: 11.9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%24%2016: 23.1%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.1%2016: 29.7%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%21.9%2016: 20.3%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%24%2011: 26.7%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%24.2%2011: 24.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%11.1%2011: 11.4%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%27.9%2016: 28.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%12.7%2011: 9.9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9%2016: 11.4%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%31.1%2016: 31.7%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%6.6%2016: 8.3%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%29.3%2016: 30.3%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%24%2016: 18.3%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%92.3%2016: 91.8%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%6.3%2016: 7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.4%2016: 1.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%74.2%2016: 78%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.6%2016: 2%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%24.2%2016: 20%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 7.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 6.8%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%70.4%2016: 71.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%29.6%2016: 28.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%66.1%2016: 66.6%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5.5%2016: 5.6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%7.5%2016: 6.8%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3.3%2016: 3.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%13.2%2016: 13.1%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%4.2%2016: 4%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%30.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%29.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%19.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%12.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%6.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92.1%2016: 90%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%2.1%2016: 2.7%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.9%2016: 5.2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.6%2016: 1%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.2%2016: 1.1%
Statistics Canada, 2021