Souris
Small town · Prince Edward Island · Population 1,766
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
- 49.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 42.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 45.3 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.8 (estimated) · 2011: 2.6 (estimated) · 2016: 2.4 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 36.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 18.9% (estimated) · 2016: 15.1% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.9%2016: 17.5% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.6%2016: 11.8% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.8%2016: 19.3% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%32.6%2016: 30.9% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%22.1%2016: 20.2% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%26.8%2011: 32.2% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%31.5%2011: 29.8% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.1%2011: 8% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%28.2%2016: 25.9% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.4%2011: 8.5% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%11.6%2016: 15.3% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%31.6%2016: 24.4% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%9.5%2016: 10.9% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%31.1%2016: 34.8% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%15.3%2016: 12.9% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%93.2%2016: 94.4% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.3% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%6.5%2016: 5.3% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%96.6%2016: 96.8% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.8%2016: 1.3% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.5%2016: 1.9% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%91.9%2016: 87.5% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%7.4%2016: 12.4% (estimated)
- Band or local government housing0.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%90.5%2016: 90.6% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0%2016: 1.4% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0.2% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.7%2016: 0.7% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%2%2016: 1.6% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%6.8%2016: 5.4% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%30.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%20.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%28.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%16.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%98.3%2016: 96.9% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1.7%2016: 3% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 1.2% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021