North Middlesex
Small town · Ontario · Population 6,307
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 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 41.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 43 years
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.8 · 2011: 2.7 · 2016: 2.6
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 23.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 24.4% · 2016: 25.3%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%18.2%2016: 18.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.7%2016: 13.2%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%22.4%2016: 20.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.8%2016: 29.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%21.7%2016: 18.6%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%32.6%2011: 37.2%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%32.4%2011: 31.7%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.8%2011: 6.8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%23.6%2016: 21.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.6%2011: 4.5%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%8.9%2016: 12.8%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%29.4%2016: 26%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%8.9%2016: 10.9%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%38.2%2016: 36.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%14.7%2016: 14.3%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%97.2%2016: 97.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%2.7%2016: 2.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%94.3%2016: 94.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.4%2016: 0.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%5.3%2016: 5.3%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0.4%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%82%2016: 80.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%18.2%2016: 19.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%90.8%2016: 92.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.6%2016: 0.9%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0.2%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.4%2016: 0.2%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%7.5%2016: 5.1%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.6%2016: 0.9%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%41.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%26.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%21.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%7.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%91.9%2016: 93%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0.4%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%5.1%2016: 5.9%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.4%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.4%2016: 0.7%
Statistics Canada, 2021