Whitewater Region
Small town · Ontario · Population 7,225
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
- 47.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 44 years (estimated) · 2016: 46.5 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 30.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 28% · 2016: 24.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.2%2016: 17%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.2%2016: 10.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.2%2016: 20.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29.2%2016: 30.2%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%23.3%2016: 21.3%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%26.8%2011: 30.9%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%35.1%2011: 34.3%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6%2011: 6%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%25.3%2016: 24.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.9%2011: 6.1%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%6.7%2016: 10.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%30.8%2016: 32.8%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%12%2016: 11.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%36.4%2016: 33.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%14.4%2016: 12.3%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%88.4%2016: 88.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%11.2%2016: 11.3%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.3%2016: 0.4%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%90.2%2016: 89.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%3.7%2016: 4.2%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%6.1%2016: 6.1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0.4%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%87.1%2016: 85.2%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%12.9%2016: 14.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%91.6%2016: 91%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.5%2016: 0.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.7%2016: 2%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.2%2016: 1.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%3.3%2016: 2.5%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.7%2016: 2.7%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%34.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%26.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%18.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%15.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93.4%2016: 95.4%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.4%2016: 0.4%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.2%2016: 4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.6%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.5%2016: 0.4%
Statistics Canada, 2021