Watson Lake
Small town · Yukon · Population 1,133
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 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 42.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 43.4 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 (estimated) · 2011: 2.3 (estimated) · 2016: 2.3 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 37.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 43.7% (estimated) · 2016: 40.5% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%18.9%2016: 18.3% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.3%2016: 9.2% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%24.2%2016: 24.2% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.9%2016: 33.7% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%19.4%2016: 14.6% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%20%2011: 22.2% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%22%2011: 27.5% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%14%2011: 12.4% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%34%2016: 35.3% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%10%2011: 8.7% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%23.1%2016: 26.6% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%27.4%2016: 26.2% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%12.8%2016: 10.9% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%21.4%2016: 21.6% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%15.4%2016: 17.3% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%96.5%2016: 94.1% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%3.5%2016: 4.9% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%89%2016: 81.6% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.9%2016: 1.5% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%10.1%2016: 16.9% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.2% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%54%2016: 53.6% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%46%2016: 43.7% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%78%2016: 84.3% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5%2016: 5.6% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1%2016: 0.5% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%4%2016: 7.6% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%10%2016: 2% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%36%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%44%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%10%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%87%2016: 76.4% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%12%2016: 22.8% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 2.8% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021