Terrace Bay
Small town · Ontario · Population 1,528
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
- 48.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 49.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 50.8 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 33.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 14.6% · 2016: 32.6%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.7%2016: 15.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%6.2%2016: 8.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%24.8%2016: 21.1%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.1%2016: 35.4%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%24.2%2016: 20.5%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%19.6%2011: 19.9%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%33.6%2011: 35.3%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.3%2011: 7.4%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%36.4%2016: 34.5%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.2%2011: 4.4%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%10.2%2016: 6.7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%36.7%2016: 30.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%10.8%2016: 11.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%25.9%2016: 32.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%16.9%2016: 17.8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%89.6%2016: 87.7%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%10.4%2016: 11.3%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.3%2016: 0.6%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%85.9%2016: 84.6%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%4.4%2016: 6.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%9.7%2016: 9.1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%77.6%2016: 81.9%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%21.7%2016: 18.1%
- Band or local government housing0.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%86.6%2016: 86.6%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.1%2016: 1.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2.1%2016: 1.3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 1.3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%9.9%2016: 9.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%42.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%37.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%18.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%0%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%88.7%2016: 86.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 1.4%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%10.4%2016: 12%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.7%2016: 1.4%
Statistics Canada, 2021