Tyendinaga
Small town · Ontario · Population 4,538
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
- 42.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 40.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 42.4 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.8
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 3 (estimated) · 2011: 2.8 (estimated) · 2016: 2.8 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 27.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 30.2% (estimated) · 2016: 26.2% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%18.3%2016: 17.6% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10%2016: 12.9% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%24.2%2016: 22.6% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.8%2016: 33% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%16.3%2016: 13% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%33.6%2011: 40.2% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%30.9%2011: 31% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.5%2011: 5.5% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%17.9%2016: 15.6% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%12.1%2011: 9.3% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%5.9%2016: 9.7% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%33.9%2016: 30% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%8.7%2016: 9.7% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%37%2016: 38.2% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%14.1%2016: 11.2% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%95.6%2016: 96.2% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.2%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%4.1%2016: 3.6% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%96%2016: 97.1% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.9%2016: 0.8% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%3.1%2016: 2.1% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%92.1%2016: 93.9% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%7.6%2016: 6.5% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%97%2016: 97.7% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.6%2016: 0.3% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%2.1%2016: 0.3% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%34.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%14.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%28.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%16.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%6.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%97.6%2016: 95.1% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.8%2016: 1% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1.1%2016: 1.4% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0.8%2016: 1.7% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021