Rainy River, Unorganized
Small town · Ontario · Population 1,423
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
- 54.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 52.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 55.7 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 (estimated) · 2011: 2.3 (estimated) · 2016: 2.2 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 38.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 19.2% (estimated) · 2016: 25% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13%2016: 10.5% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.8%2016: 7.9% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%15.4%2016: 16.3% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%35.8%2016: 40.1% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%26.3%2016: 25.6% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%24.6%2011: 25% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%45.6%2011: 51% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.3%2011: 2% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%19.3%2016: 21.8% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.3%2011: 2% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%5.8%2016: 11.2% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%35%2016: 29.8% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%9.5%2016: 12.5% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%32.1%2016: 28.5% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%17.5%2016: 20.6% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%96.1%2016: 95.7% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%4.2%2016: 4.3% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%96.1%2016: 92.8% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.4%2016: 1.8% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.5%2016: 5.4% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%95.5%2016: 93.1% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%3.6%2016: 6.8% (estimated)
- Band or local government housing0.9%2006: 1.8% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%97.4%2016: 96.6% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0.8% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0.9%2016: 0.8% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.8%2016: 1.7% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%11.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%29.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%37.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%18.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93.4%2016: 97% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.9%2016: 2% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1.9%2016: 2% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.8%2016: 2% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021