Wawa
Small town · Ontario · Population 2,705
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
- 47.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 44.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 46.6 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 31.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 36.9% · 2016: 29.5%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.1%2016: 15.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.2%2016: 10.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%22.6%2016: 21.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.1%2016: 32.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%22.2%2016: 19.3%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%23.6%2011: 24.5%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%30.2%2011: 31%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.3%2011: 8.8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%32.2%2016: 30.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.8%2011: 5.4%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%11%2016: 15.3%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%28%2016: 28.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%12.1%2016: 13%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%36.2%2016: 27.9%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%13.5%2016: 15.3%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%69.3%2016: 67.4%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%1.5%2016: 1.2%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%29%2016: 31.4%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%75.7%2016: 74.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%16.7%2016: 19.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%7.6%2016: 6.1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3.5%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%78.5%2016: 72.3%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%21.9%2016: 27.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%81.5%2016: 78.5%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.1%2016: 2.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2.9%2016: 3.1%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.4%2016: 2%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%11.1%2016: 12.5%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.4%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.6%2016: 1.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%39.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%47.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%10.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%1.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%85.3%2016: 80.1%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%8.6%2016: 16.5%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%3%2016: 1.5%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.6%2016: 1.5%
Statistics Canada, 2021