Parry Sound
Small town · Ontario · Population 6,879
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
- 53.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 48 years (estimated) · 2016: 50.5 years
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 · 2011: 2.1 · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 45%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 37.7% · 2016: 47.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%11.7%2016: 13.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.7%2016: 10.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.5%2016: 20.8%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.9%2016: 28.6%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%32%2016: 27.5%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%14.2%2011: 18.6%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%26.1%2011: 24.4%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.6%2011: 10.4%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%40.4%2016: 36.9%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.6%2011: 8.3%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%14.6%2016: 15.8%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%33.4%2016: 31.1%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%7%2016: 7.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%25.9%2016: 29.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%18.8%2016: 16.6%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%93.4%2016: 94.4%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%6.5%2016: 5.4%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%91.2%2016: 93.1%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.6%2016: 1.5%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%7.2%2016: 5.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 11%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%59.8%2016: 60%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%40.4%2016: 40%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%53.6%2016: 55.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.1%2016: 4.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.2%2016: 1.4%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%5.6%2016: 5.8%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%27%2016: 25.5%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%5.9%2016: 4.6%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.5%2016: 2.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%40.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%29%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%15.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%11.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%84.5%2016: 82.1%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0.4%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%11.8%2016: 14%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.8%2016: 1.7%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.5%2016: 1.5%
Statistics Canada, 2021