Whitby
Small city · Ontario · Population 138,501
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
- 40 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 39.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 39.5 years
- Average household size
- 2.9
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 3 · 2011: 2.9 · 2016: 2.9
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 34.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 44.5% · 2016: 32.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%19.1%2016: 19.9%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12.8%2016: 13.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%25.4%2016: 25.1%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.9%2016: 28.6%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%14.8%2016: 12.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%40.1%2011: 42.2%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%20.6%2011: 21.2%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.9%2011: 9.8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%17.2%2016: 17.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%12.2%2011: 10.2%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%5.6%2016: 6.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%22.4%2016: 24.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%5%2016: 6.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%29.3%2016: 32.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%37.6%2016: 31.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%90.4%2016: 90.8%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%8.3%2016: 8.3%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.2%2016: 0.8%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%75.5%2016: 80.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.3%2016: 1.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%23.2%2016: 17.5%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 7.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 6.8%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%82.1%2016: 83.3%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%17.9%2016: 16.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%69.5%2016: 69.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3%2016: 2.9%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%13.2%2016: 12.7%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.9%2016: 1.9%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%5.2%2016: 5.2%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%7.1%2016: 7.3%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%8.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%16.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%36.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%32%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%6.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%88.3%2016: 83.7%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%6%2016: 12.5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.5%2016: 2.6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.2%2016: 0.3%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3%2016: 0.9%
Statistics Canada, 2021