Scugog
Town · Ontario · Population 21,581
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
- 49.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 46.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 48.2 years
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 · 2011: 2.7 · 2016: 2.6
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 30.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 35.1% · 2016: 27.6%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14%2016: 14.5%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.8%2016: 12.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%20.6%2016: 19.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.4%2016: 33%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%24.2%2016: 21.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%28.9%2011: 33%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%32.8%2011: 31.9%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.5%2011: 7.6%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%19.5%2016: 19.9%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%11.2%2011: 9.5%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%6.9%2016: 7.7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%29%2016: 29.1%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%8.2%2016: 10%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%31.9%2016: 32.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%23.9%2016: 21.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%93%2016: 92.9%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%6.7%2016: 6.9%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%92.7%2016: 93.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1%2016: 1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%6.3%2016: 5.7%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.6%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%87%2016: 86.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%13%2016: 13.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%89.3%2016: 89.1%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.9%2016: 2.1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1%2016: 1.1%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.6%2016: 1.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%5.4%2016: 5.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.6%2016: 0.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%25.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%28%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%29.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%14.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93.1%2016: 93%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.7%2016: 1.5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.4%2016: 4.5%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.2%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.6%2016: 0.8%
Statistics Canada, 2021