South Bruce Peninsula
Small town · Ontario · Population 9,137
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
- 56.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 51.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 54.5 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 36.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 31.2% · 2016: 28.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%11.8%2016: 12.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.3%2016: 8.8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%18.1%2016: 17.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29.8%2016: 31.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%33.1%2016: 30.6%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%17.7%2011: 21.8%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%38.2%2011: 39.1%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.6%2011: 6.3%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%30.6%2016: 28.7%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.8%2011: 6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9.9%2016: 14.2%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%33.7%2016: 28.8%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%9.2%2016: 12.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%33.5%2016: 32.7%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%13.7%2016: 12%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%95.5%2016: 95.6%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%4.4%2016: 4.3%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%94.7%2016: 94.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.9%2016: 0.7%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%4.4%2016: 4.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0.5%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%83.1%2016: 82.2%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%16.9%2016: 17.9%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%88.9%2016: 88.5%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.5%2016: 0.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.6%2016: 1.1%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2%2016: 2.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%5.8%2016: 6.6%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.1%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.1%2016: 1.1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%28.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%29.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%25.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%12%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92.6%2016: 94.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.5%2016: 0.5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%5%2016: 4.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.3%2016: 0.5%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.7%2016: 0.5%
Statistics Canada, 2021