Ontario
Province or territory · Population 14,223,942
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
- 41.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2016: 41.3 years
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 · 2011: 2.6 · 2016: 2.6
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 37.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 41.3% · 2016: 37.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.8%2016: 16.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.9%2016: 12.7%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%26.7%2016: 25.7%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27%2016: 28.5%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%18.5%2016: 16.7%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%27.6%2011: 30.1%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%24.1%2011: 24%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.2%2011: 9.4%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%26.5%2016: 25.9%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%12.6%2011: 11.3%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%8.8%2016: 10.4%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%23.3%2016: 24.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%5.1%2016: 6.2%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%26%2016: 27%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%36.8%2016: 31.9%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%86.5%2016: 86%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.3%2016: 0.3%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%10.8%2016: 11.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%2.4%2016: 2.5%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%65.1%2016: 66.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%3.3%2016: 3.7%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%31.6%2016: 29.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 15%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 13.2%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%68.4%2016: 69.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%31.4%2016: 30.2%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%53.6%2016: 54.3%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5.5%2016: 5.6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%9.2%2016: 8.9%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3.3%2016: 3.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%10%2016: 10.1%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%17.9%2016: 17.2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%22.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%26.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%24.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%19.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%6.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%83.6%2016: 77.9%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%8.6%2016: 14.6%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.6%2016: 5.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.8%2016: 1.2%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.4%2016: 1%
Statistics Canada, 2021