West River
Small town · Prince Edward Island · Population 3,473
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
- 44.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 43.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 43.5 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 (estimated) · 2011: 2.6 (estimated) · 2016: 2.6 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 33.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 33.6% (estimated) · 2016: 25.3% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.3%2016: 18.7% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.5%2016: 10.8% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.6%2016: 22.3% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.1%2016: 31.5% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%19.6%2016: 16.5% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%30.7%2011: 34.8% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%34.1%2011: 35.1% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.1%2011: 7.3% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%19.6%2016: 18.3% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.4%2011: 5.2% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%5.3%2016: 5.8% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%20.4%2016: 24.6% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%9.5%2016: 8.8% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%37.3%2016: 35.3% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%28%2016: 25.9% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%85.6%2016: 86.4% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%14.4%2016: 13.6% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0.2% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%94%2016: 94.6% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.7%2016: 1.4% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%4.3%2016: 3.9% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%94%2016: 94.8% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%6.3%2016: 6.9% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%94.4%2016: 94.5% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.1%2016: 1.1% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.4%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.4%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%3.7%2016: 4.2% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%17.5%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%25.4%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%29.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%18.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%8.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%94.9%2016: 96% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1%2016: 1.1% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1.4%2016: 2.3% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.4%2016: 1.1% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021