Port Colborne
Town · Ontario · Population 20,033
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
- 50.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 47.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 50 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
- 35.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 32.2% · 2016: 30.7%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13.2%2016: 13.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.5%2016: 10.4%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.2%2016: 19.7%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29.4%2016: 31.8%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%26.9%2016: 24.6%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%21.3%2011: 24.1%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%29.4%2011: 29%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.6%2011: 9.9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%31.6%2016: 31.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.1%2011: 6.6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9.7%2016: 12.2%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%35.4%2016: 33.1%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%8.8%2016: 11.3%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%32.1%2016: 31.7%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%13.9%2016: 11.6%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%91.6%2016: 90.6%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%8%2016: 8.9%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.4%2016: 0.4%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%88.1%2016: 86.2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%3.5%2016: 4.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%8.5%2016: 9.2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0.6%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%72.7%2016: 74.2%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%27.3%2016: 25.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%70.6%2016: 72.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.7%2016: 1.9%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2%2016: 2.1%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%5.9%2016: 6.3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%12.5%2016: 12.7%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%2.2%2016: 2.4%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%5.2%2016: 1.7%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%54.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%25.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%11.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%5.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92.8%2016: 91.5%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.4%2016: 0.8%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.8%2016: 5%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.9%2016: 0.8%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.1%2016: 2%
Statistics Canada, 2021