Seguin
Small town · Ontario · Population 5,280
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
- 54.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 49.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 53 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 34.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 32.3% · 2016: 27.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%10.5%2016: 12.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.7%2016: 9.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%18.9%2016: 17.2%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%32.4%2016: 34.4%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%28.5%2016: 27.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%20.4%2011: 25.5%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%40.3%2011: 40.3%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%4.9%2011: 4%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%26.5%2016: 24.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8%2011: 8.3%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%6.5%2016: 10.9%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%33.1%2016: 31.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%8.8%2016: 10.4%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%31.8%2016: 28.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%20.2%2016: 19%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%96%2016: 95.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%4%2016: 4.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%93.1%2016: 91%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1%2016: 0.9%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%5.9%2016: 8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.1%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%90.4%2016: 91.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%9.8%2016: 8.2%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%96.7%2016: 96.2%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.7%2016: 0.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.2%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.5%2016: 0.8%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0.7%2016: 0.8%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%20.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%29.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%27.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%17.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92.5%2016: 94.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.9%2016: 0.6%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.6%2016: 3.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2%2016: 1.7%
Statistics Canada, 2021