Sault Ste. Marie
Small city · Ontario · Population 72,051
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
- 47.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 45.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 46.8 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
- 33.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 33.3% · 2016: 31.5%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.2%2016: 14.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.5%2016: 11.4%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23%2016: 22.2%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.4%2016: 29.8%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%24.9%2016: 22.4%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%20.2%2011: 24.3%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%26.9%2011: 27.2%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.4%2011: 10.8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%34%2016: 32.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.5%2011: 7.1%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%8.4%2016: 9.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%27.9%2016: 28.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%6.3%2016: 7.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%32.8%2016: 32.9%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%24.6%2016: 21.4%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%90.3%2016: 90.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%9.3%2016: 9.5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.4%2016: 0.4%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%87%2016: 86.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2.9%2016: 3.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%10.1%2016: 10%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.7%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%68.3%2016: 68.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%31.7%2016: 31.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%65%2016: 65%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5.6%2016: 5.7%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2.9%2016: 2.9%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%4.4%2016: 4.8%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%15.3%2016: 14.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%6.3%2016: 6.4%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.5%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%34.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%41%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%17.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%90.7%2016: 89.8%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%2.9%2016: 3.9%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.1%2016: 4.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1%2016: 0.9%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.4%2016: 0.7%
Statistics Canada, 2021