Sheshatshiu 3
Small town · Newfoundland and Labrador · Population 1,225
Scores based on limited data
Statistics Canada does not publish some figures for First Nations reserves, such as housing costs, and figures marked Estimated come from a nearby source. Scores for Sheshatshiu 3 use the figures that are available.
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
- 27 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 22.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 22.4 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 3.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 5.3 (estimated) · 2011: 4.4 (estimated) · 2016: 4.5 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 18.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 19.4% (estimated) · 2016: 28% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%30.3%2016: 34.2% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%17.6%2016: 19% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%28.3%2016: 28.1% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%17.2%2016: 16.9% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%6.1%2016: 3.7% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%26.5%2011: 33.6% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%13.2%2011: 10.5% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%22.1%2011: 13% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%7.4%2016: 8.6% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%30.9%2011: 35.2% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%48.6%2016: 62.5% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%18%2016: 9.8% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%5.4%2016: 14.1% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%21.6%2016: 11% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%6.3%2016: 2.8% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%92.2%2016: 95.2% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.4%2016: 0.4% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%3.7%2016: 2.6% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%3.3%2016: 2.7% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%26.3%2016: 18.8% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%3.7%2016: 1.1% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%70%2016: 80.1% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 4.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%25%2016: 30.6% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%7.4%2016: 4.7% (estimated)
- Band or local government housing67.6%2016: 64.7% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%95.6%2016: 95.3% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.5%2016: 1.6% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2.9%2016: 1.6% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 1.6% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%0%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%5.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%23.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%48.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%20.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%87.3%2016: 59.4% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 18.7% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%7.9%2016: 10.8% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%4.8%2016: 9.3% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021