Smooth Rock Falls
Small town · Ontario · Population 1,200
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
- 58 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 53.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 55 years
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 · 2011: 2.1 · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 28.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 18.3% · 2016: 29.7%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%11.2%2016: 11.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.5%2016: 8.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%15.4%2016: 15.8%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.8%2016: 35%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%35%2016: 27.8%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%14.7%2011: 18.5%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%38.8%2011: 40.8%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6%2011: 6.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%34.5%2016: 30.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6%2011: 3.1%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%14.2%2016: 17.4%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%25.5%2016: 31.1%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%10.4%2016: 11.4%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%40.6%2016: 30.3%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%8.5%2016: 9.8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%28.1%2016: 22.8%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%6%2016: 8.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%66%2016: 69.9%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%35.3%2016: 30.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%58.3%2016: 65.8%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%6.4%2016: 3.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%80.2%2016: 81.6%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%20.7%2016: 19.2%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%86.2%2016: 82.3%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%6.9%2016: 7.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.9%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.9%2016: 1.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%4.3%2016: 7.3%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.9%2016: 1.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%44%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%43.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%11.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%0%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%86.2%2016: 83.1%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 5.6%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%10.8%2016: 8.5%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 2.8%
Statistics Canada, 2021