Thunder Bay
Small city · Ontario · Population 108,843
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 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 43.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 44.5 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 35%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 34.8% · 2016: 32.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.2%2016: 14.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.7%2016: 12.4%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%25.2%2016: 23.7%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27%2016: 29.4%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%21.9%2016: 20%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%20.2%2011: 23.7%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%25.4%2011: 25.1%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.1%2011: 10.5%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%34.6%2016: 33.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.6%2011: 7.7%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%10.5%2016: 11.8%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%25.8%2016: 25.3%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%6.6%2016: 7.9%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%29.8%2016: 30.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%27.3%2016: 24.2%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%91.5%2016: 91.7%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%8%2016: 7.8%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.5%2016: 0.4%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%84.9%2016: 84.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.9%2016: 2.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%13.1%2016: 12.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 4.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3.9%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%67.7%2016: 69.5%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%32.3%2016: 30.5%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%65.5%2016: 66.2%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.3%2016: 4.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3%2016: 2.9%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%5%2016: 5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%16.2%2016: 15.6%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%5.3%2016: 5.4%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.7%2016: 0.7%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%38.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%34.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%18.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%6.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%88.5%2016: 88.4%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%3.8%2016: 4.4%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.7%2016: 4.6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.2%2016: 1.3%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.8%2016: 1.3%
Statistics Canada, 2021