Tiny
Town · Ontario · Population 12,966
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
- 55.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 50.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 53.1 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 (estimated) · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 38.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 35.3% (estimated) · 2016: 28.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%12%2016: 11.8%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.1%2016: 9.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%18.3%2016: 17.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%32.5%2016: 35.2%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%29.1%2016: 26.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%22%2011: 26.1%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%38.5%2011: 37.9%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.8%2011: 6.8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%24.3%2016: 22.7%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.4%2011: 7.5%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9.7%2016: 10.6%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%27.3%2016: 25.8%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%7.5%2016: 10.9%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%33.4%2016: 35.7%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%22%2016: 17%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%84.1%2016: 82.3%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.2%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%15.5%2016: 17.1%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.4%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%80.4%2016: 79.2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%7.2%2016: 9.2%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%12.4%2016: 11.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0.7%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0.5%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%92.3%2016: 91.9%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%7.7%2016: 8.1%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%97.4%2016: 97.4%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.3%2016: 0.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.1%2016: 0.1%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.7%2016: 0.8%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%1.1%2016: 0.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.2%2016: 0.2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%17.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%29%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%28.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%19.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%94.6%2016: 94.8%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.8%2016: 1%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.5%2016: 2.9%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.2%2016: 0.2%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2%2016: 1%
Statistics Canada, 2021