Pickering
Small city · Ontario · Population 99,186
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
- 40.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 40.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 41.6 years
- Average household size
- 3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 3.1 · 2011: 3 · 2016: 2.9
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 33.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 32.6% · 2016: 31.7%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.5%2016: 16.3%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12.3%2016: 14.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%26.7%2016: 24%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.9%2016: 31%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%16.6%2016: 14.6%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%35.5%2011: 39.3%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%21.4%2011: 20.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.6%2011: 10.9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%17.2%2016: 16.7%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%15.4%2011: 13.8%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%5.6%2016: 6.9%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%23.3%2016: 25.1%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%5%2016: 5.9%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%27.9%2016: 30.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%38.1%2016: 31.4%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%91.4%2016: 91.6%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%7.2%2016: 7.3%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.3%2016: 1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%69.2%2016: 73.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.1%2016: 1.2%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%29.7%2016: 24.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 17.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 14.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%85.2%2016: 87.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%14.8%2016: 12.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%59.6%2016: 60.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%7.5%2016: 7.6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%14.9%2016: 13.9%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%5.5%2016: 5.7%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%3.3%2016: 3.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%9.2%2016: 8.5%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%6.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%25%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%46.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%14%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%8.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%87.1%2016: 80.4%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%7.8%2016: 15.7%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1.9%2016: 2.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.3%2016: 0.3%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.9%2016: 1.2%
Statistics Canada, 2021