Sarnia
Small city · Ontario · Population 72,047
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
- 46 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 44.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 45.6 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
- 36.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 37.1% · 2016: 36.6%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.7%2016: 14.9%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.4%2016: 11.7%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%24%2016: 22.7%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.4%2016: 29%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%24.5%2016: 21.7%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%20.6%2011: 23.5%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%28.1%2011: 28.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.4%2011: 10%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%33.5%2016: 33.2%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.4%2011: 6.5%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%7.7%2016: 8.6%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%26.9%2016: 28.1%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%8.6%2016: 10.2%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%35.5%2016: 34.7%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%21.2%2016: 18.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%92.1%2016: 92%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%7.4%2016: 7.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.4%2016: 0.3%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%87.5%2016: 88.2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2.2%2016: 2.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%10.4%2016: 9.3%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 4.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 4.4%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%68.1%2016: 68.1%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%31.8%2016: 31.9%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%67.4%2016: 67%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.1%2016: 4.2%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%5.5%2016: 5.5%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.4%2016: 2.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%8.1%2016: 8.2%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%12.3%2016: 12.2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%35.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%35.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%18.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%8.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%91.5%2016: 90%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%2.1%2016: 3.4%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.1%2016: 4.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.8%2016: 1.4%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.5%2016: 0.9%
Statistics Canada, 2021