The Nation / La Nation
Town · Ontario · Population 13,350
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
- 40.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 39 years (estimated) · 2016: 39 years
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.8 · 2011: 2.7 · 2016: 2.6
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 35%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 30.9% · 2016: 32%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%18.7%2016: 19.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.5%2016: 11.2%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%27.2%2016: 27.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29.3%2016: 29.5%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%15.2%2016: 12.7%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%31.8%2011: 36.9%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%32.8%2011: 31.7%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.4%2011: 7.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%20.6%2016: 18.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.4%2011: 7.1%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%8.1%2016: 11.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%28.5%2016: 29.1%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%9.1%2016: 9.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%34.1%2016: 32.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%20.1%2016: 17.9%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%20.8%2016: 18.8%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%10.1%2016: 11.8%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%69%2016: 69.3%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%29.8%2016: 28.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%62.9%2016: 66.5%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%7.2%2016: 4.7%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 4.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.6%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%82.5%2016: 82.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%17.6%2016: 17.2%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%83.3%2016: 85.6%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.5%2016: 4.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.6%2016: 1.5%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.1%2016: 1.9%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%7.9%2016: 6.1%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.7%2016: 0.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%17.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%25.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%25%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%26.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%94.2%2016: 92.7%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1%2016: 3.8%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.7%2016: 2.5%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.4%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.8%2016: 0.8%
Statistics Canada, 2021