Tay
Town · Ontario · Population 11,091
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: 46.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 48.7 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 38.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 34.9% · 2016: 32.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14%2016: 13.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.1%2016: 10.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23.2%2016: 21.4%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%31.3%2016: 33.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%23.5%2016: 21%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%23.4%2011: 24.9%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%34.7%2011: 35.2%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.9%2011: 9.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%22.6%2016: 21.7%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%12.3%2011: 10.2%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%11.7%2016: 13%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%30.5%2016: 33.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%9.5%2016: 10.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%33.6%2016: 33.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%14.6%2016: 9.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%94.2%2016: 94%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%5.7%2016: 5.9%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%92.8%2016: 92.2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.8%2016: 2.1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%5.4%2016: 5.7%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0.7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%90.4%2016: 88.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%9.6%2016: 11.5%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%92.1%2016: 93.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.1%2016: 1.1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.2%2016: 1.3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.4%2016: 1%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%2.9%2016: 1.8%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.3%2016: 1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%25.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%27.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%25.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%13.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%7.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%95.4%2016: 95.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.5%2016: 0.6%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.6%2016: 1.9%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.5%2016: 0.7%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.1%2016: 1.2%
Statistics Canada, 2021