Port McNeill
Small town · British Columbia · Population 2,356
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, 2011: 38 years (estimated) · 2016: 40.7 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 42.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 46.2% · 2016: 39.4%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.4%2016: 18.6%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.5%2016: 10.7%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%26.1%2016: 26.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28%2016: 31.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%17%2016: 12%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%24%2011: 30.2%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%30.4%2011: 29.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.8%2011: 6%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%28.9%2016: 28.7%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.8%2011: 9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%12.9%2016: 21.9%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%35.7%2016: 29.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%11.8%2016: 15.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%23.9%2016: 20.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%15.7%2016: 12.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%97.5%2016: 96.6%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%2.5%2016: 3.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%92.6%2016: 92.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.1%2016: 1.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%6.4%2016: 6.2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 6.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 4%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%69.6%2016: 66.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%30.4%2016: 33.2%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%71.9%2016: 55%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3%2016: 3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%12.3%2016: 11.4%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1%2016: 1.5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%10.8%2016: 9.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1%2016: 19.3%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%5.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%56.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%32.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%3.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%84.7%2016: 84.9%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.9%2016: 1.6%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%10.7%2016: 9.5%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.9%2016: 1.6%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.3%2016: 1.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021