Summerside
Town · Prince Edward Island · Population 16,001
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
- 46.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 44.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 46.7 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 44.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 44% · 2016: 41%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.4%2016: 15.5%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12.2%2016: 11.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.4%2016: 21.4%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.7%2016: 29.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%24.3%2016: 22.8%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%19%2011: 23.8%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%27.9%2011: 28.2%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.2%2011: 11.3%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%33.5%2016: 31.7%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.4%2011: 7.2%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%10.2%2016: 14.8%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%31.7%2016: 30.3%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%6%2016: 6.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%30.8%2016: 30%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%21.2%2016: 18.3%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%86.8%2016: 86%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.2%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%12.8%2016: 13.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.3%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%86.5%2016: 91.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%3.9%2016: 4.7%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%9.6%2016: 4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.7%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.8%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%53.2%2016: 55%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%46.8%2016: 44.9%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%49.1%2016: 50.4%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%10.4%2016: 10.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%10.6%2016: 9.4%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3.5%2016: 3.8%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%19%2016: 18.5%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.6%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%6.8%2016: 7.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%28.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%26.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%23.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%14.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%6.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92.8%2016: 91.7%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.2%2016: 0.5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.7%2016: 5.9%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.6%2016: 0.7%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.8%2016: 1.2%
Statistics Canada, 2021