Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands
Small town · Ontario · Population 2,641
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
- 55.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 50.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 53.7 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 39.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 32.5% · 2016: 25%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%12.1%2016: 13.3%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.1%2016: 8.9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%16.1%2016: 17.7%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.5%2016: 28.8%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%32.4%2016: 31.4%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%18.3%2011: 21.8%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%39.8%2011: 37.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.2%2011: 8.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%30.3%2016: 28.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.4%2011: 5.1%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9.8%2016: 10.7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%29.9%2016: 24.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%5.3%2016: 11.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%30.7%2016: 34.5%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%24.2%2016: 18.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%91.7%2016: 92.4%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%7.9%2016: 7.4%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.4%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%90.7%2016: 91.1%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%4.5%2016: 4.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%4.7%2016: 4.5%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.1%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%81.7%2016: 80.1%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%18.3%2016: 20.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%88.4%2016: 87.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.7%2016: 2.1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.2%2016: 1.7%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.7%2016: 2.5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%5.8%2016: 5.1%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.2%2016: 0.8%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%31.5%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%29.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%23.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%12%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%89.5%2016: 83.9%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%7.9%2016: 13%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.2%2016: 2.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021