Renfrew
Small town · Ontario · Population 8,190
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 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 49.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 51.9 years
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.1 · 2011: 2.1 · 2016: 2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 41.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 38.6% · 2016: 34.7%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%12.1%2016: 13.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9%2016: 9.7%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.3%2016: 19.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.4%2016: 29.8%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%32.1%2016: 28%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%14.3%2011: 18%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%27.3%2011: 25.8%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.1%2011: 11.5%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%40.6%2016: 39.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.7%2011: 5.8%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%13.4%2016: 12.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%37.6%2016: 34.7%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%7.6%2016: 7.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%29.2%2016: 33%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%12.1%2016: 12%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%91.2%2016: 92.5%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%8.6%2016: 7.4%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%93.4%2016: 94.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2.8%2016: 2.8%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%3.8%2016: 2.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.4%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%58.5%2016: 62.6%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%41.3%2016: 37.4%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%62.2%2016: 62.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5.9%2016: 5.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%8.3%2016: 8%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.8%2016: 2.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%20.1%2016: 20.5%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.6%2016: 0.8%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%51.5%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%24.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%12.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%8.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%87.3%2016: 87.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0.7%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%9.3%2016: 10.6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.8%2016: 0.7%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.3%2016: 0.8%
Statistics Canada, 2021