Sioux Lookout
Small town · Ontario · Population 5,839
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
- 38 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 36.5 years (estimated) · 2016: 35.9 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 · 2011: 2.6 · 2016: 2.6
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 38.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 47.3% · 2016: 44.7%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%18%2016: 20%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12.2%2016: 12.9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%29.5%2016: 28.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.8%2016: 27.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%13.6%2016: 10.8%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%25.6%2011: 28.4%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%24.4%2011: 24.5%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9%2011: 10.5%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%28.2%2016: 24%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%12.8%2011: 12.6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%15%2016: 15.7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%23.5%2016: 24.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%5.7%2016: 6.9%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%31.3%2016: 33%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%24.5%2016: 19.3%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%95.2%2016: 94.5%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%4.6%2016: 5.1%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.4%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%85.7%2016: 84.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.4%2016: 1.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%12.9%2016: 13.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 3.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%66.7%2016: 62%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%33.3%2016: 38.2%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%67.9%2016: 71%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5.6%2016: 1.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3.2%2016: 5.7%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%7.3%2016: 7.9%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%11.1%2016: 9.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%4.9%2016: 4.5%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%23.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%25.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%30.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%14.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%86.6%2016: 87.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%9.9%2016: 10.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.6%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.7%2016: 1.3%
Statistics Canada, 2021