Northern Bruce Peninsula
Small town · Ontario · Population 4,404
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
- 61.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 57.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 60.4 years
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 · 2011: 2.1 · 2016: 2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 36.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 31.2% · 2016: 25.4%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%8.2%2016: 8%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%5.7%2016: 5.8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%13.4%2016: 13.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%31.7%2016: 33.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%41.1%2016: 39%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%13.2%2011: 16.6%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%45.1%2011: 45.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%4.1%2011: 4.5%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%33.6%2016: 31.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.1%2011: 4.5%
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%30.2%2016: 30.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%9.5%2016: 13.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%28.1%2016: 28.7%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%22.4%2016: 16%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%95.4%2016: 95.5%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%4.5%2016: 4.4%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%91.2%2016: 92.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.1%2016: 1.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%7.7%2016: 6.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.1%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%89.8%2016: 92.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%10.2%2016: 7.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%93.7%2016: 94.3%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.5%2016: 0.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2.3%2016: 1.8%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.2%2016: 0.3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%2.5%2016: 1.6%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.9%2016: 1.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%19.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%23.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%27%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%23.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%6.3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%86.4%2016: 90.5%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%9.6%2016: 7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.9%2016: 1.2%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.5%2016: 1.2%
Statistics Canada, 2021