Smiths Falls
Small town · Ontario · Population 9,254
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: 45.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 48.1 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 (estimated) · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 43.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 43% (estimated) · 2016: 41%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.6%2016: 15.5%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.1%2016: 10.5%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23.1%2016: 20.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.1%2016: 29.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%26.3%2016: 24%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%16%2011: 19.3%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%24.1%2011: 24.4%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%11.1%2011: 12.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%38.6%2016: 37.5%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%10.1%2011: 8.5%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%18.8%2016: 17.9%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%34.2%2016: 32.1%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%5.2%2016: 9.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%29.6%2016: 29.7%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%12.2%2016: 11.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%90.3%2016: 90.9%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%9.6%2016: 8.8%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%92.2%2016: 93.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2.8%2016: 3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%5%2016: 3.7%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 5.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 4.6%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%54.8%2016: 57.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%45.4%2016: 42.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%53%2016: 54.6%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%13.7%2016: 13.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3.5%2016: 3.3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.7%2016: 2.7%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%25.6%2016: 24.1%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%1%2016: 1.2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%55.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%24.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%12.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%85.5%2016: 84.1%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.3%2016: 0.5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%12.3%2016: 12.8%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.5%2016: 0.5%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.6%2016: 2.5%
Statistics Canada, 2021