Windsor
Small city · Ontario · Population 229,660
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
- 40.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 40.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 41.4 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 39.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 42.4% · 2016: 38.5%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16%2016: 16.3%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%13%2016: 13.5%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%26%2016: 24.8%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.4%2016: 27.7%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%18.6%2016: 17.6%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%23%2011: 24.6%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%20.9%2011: 21.1%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%11.9%2011: 12.4%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%33.1%2016: 33.9%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%11.1%2011: 9.4%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%11.2%2016: 11.7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%30.4%2016: 30.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%5%2016: 6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%25.5%2016: 26.6%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%27.9%2016: 25.2%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%88.5%2016: 88.5%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.2%2016: 0.2%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%8.5%2016: 8.8%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%2.8%2016: 2.6%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%64.8%2016: 67.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.9%2016: 2.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%33.3%2016: 30.2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 8.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 8%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%62.5%2016: 63.5%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%37.5%2016: 36.5%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%60.1%2016: 60.3%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.6%2016: 4.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%6.6%2016: 6.6%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%4.2%2016: 4.1%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%11.4%2016: 11%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%13%2016: 13.3%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%39.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%28.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%18.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%10.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%90.8%2016: 88.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%3.5%2016: 5.1%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.1%2016: 4.2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.8%2016: 1.4%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.9%2016: 1%
Statistics Canada, 2021