St. Catharines
Small city · Ontario · Population 136,803
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
- 44.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 44 years (estimated) · 2016: 44.7 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 38.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 38.1% · 2016: 37.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.1%2016: 14.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.3%2016: 12.7%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%24.8%2016: 23.4%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.5%2016: 28%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%23.3%2016: 21.7%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%21.3%2011: 24.2%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%25.4%2011: 25.5%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.3%2011: 10.5%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%32.3%2016: 31.9%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%10.7%2011: 9.5%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%8.7%2016: 10.4%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%29%2016: 29%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%6.5%2016: 7.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%28.9%2016: 29.5%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%26.8%2016: 23.4%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%92.4%2016: 92%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%6.5%2016: 7.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1%2016: 0.7%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%79.5%2016: 80.2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.8%2016: 2.1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%18.7%2016: 17.7%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 10.7%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 9.4%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%64.4%2016: 66.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%35.6%2016: 33.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%55.6%2016: 57%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5.8%2016: 5.8%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%8.5%2016: 8.1%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%4.2%2016: 4.2%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%14.4%2016: 13.7%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%11%2016: 10.8%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%32.5%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%38.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%18.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%7.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%90.1%2016: 88.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%3%2016: 4.3%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.1%2016: 5.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.8%2016: 1%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2%2016: 1%
Statistics Canada, 2021