Rideau Lakes
Town · Ontario · Population 10,883
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
- 55.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 50.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 54 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 32.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 28.4% · 2016: 24.4%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%12.1%2016: 12.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.4%2016: 9.5%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%17.2%2016: 16.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%31.2%2016: 34.5%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%31%2016: 27.4%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%21.2%2011: 24.6%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%39.8%2011: 42%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.4%2011: 7.4%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%24.9%2016: 22.7%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.8%2011: 6.2%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%8.1%2016: 9.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%27%2016: 28.8%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%8%2016: 8.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%37.7%2016: 36.5%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%19.2%2016: 17%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%90.8%2016: 90.9%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%9%2016: 9.1%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%94.1%2016: 94.2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2.3%2016: 2.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%3.7%2016: 3.3%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%87.8%2016: 91.5%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%12.1%2016: 8.5%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%91.9%2016: 91.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.1%2016: 0.9%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.7%2016: 0.8%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.3%2016: 0.3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%2%2016: 1.7%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%3.9%2016: 4.5%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%28.5%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%25.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%28.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%14.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%94%2016: 94.1%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.3%2016: 1.3%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.1%2016: 2.6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.3%2016: 0.5%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.5%2016: 1.4%
Statistics Canada, 2021