Nipissing
Small town · Ontario · Population 1,769
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
- 54.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 49.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 52 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 36.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 35% · 2016: 35.7%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%12.4%2016: 12.6%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.6%2016: 9.4%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%16.9%2016: 17.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%35.6%2016: 37%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%28%2016: 23.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%22.7%2011: 26.1%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%43.3%2011: 44.9%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.3%2011: 6.5%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%20.7%2016: 18.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8%2011: 6.5%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9.3%2016: 10.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%22.5%2016: 24.7%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%15.4%2016: 12.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%39.6%2016: 37.9%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%13.2%2016: 13.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%91.2%2016: 90.3%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%8.8%2016: 10%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%93.2%2016: 92.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%3.4%2016: 3.5%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%3.4%2016: 4.1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%93.2%2016: 90.3%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%6.8%2016: 9.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%99.3%2016: 98.6%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0%2016: 0%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0%2016: 0.7%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.7%2016: 0.7%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%19%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%27.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%27.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%19.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%94.6%2016: 95%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1.8%2016: 2.5%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.7%2016: 1.7%
Statistics Canada, 2021