Census counts

Selected geographical area:Canada

• Participation rate for the population aged 25 to 54 years - Canada
  (2021 Census of Population)

  85.6%
• Percentage of immigrants in the labour force aged 25 to 54 years - Canada
  (2021 Census of Population)

  27.7%
• Percentage of adults aged 25 to 64 with a bachelor’s degree or higher - Canada
  (2021 Census of Population)

  32.9%
• Average car commuting duration, in minutes - Canada
  (2021 Census of population)

  22.8
• Percentage point change in adults aged 25 to 64 with a bachelor’s degree or higher - Canada
  (2016 to 2021)

  4.3

  (period-to-period change)
• Public transit commuters, total - Canada
  (2021 Census of Population)

  1,000,505

  -49.2%

  (period-to-period change)
• Workers using more than one language regularly at work - Canada
  (2021 Census of Population)

  11.7%
• Commuters who walk or cycle, total - Canada
  (2021 Census of Population)

  811,430

  -26.2%

  (period-to-period change)
• Overqualification rate of immigrants aged 25 to 64 with a degree completed outside Canada - Canada
  (2021 Census of Population)

  25.8%
• Indigenous population - Canada
  (2021 Census of Population)

  1,807,250

  9.4%

  (period-to-period change)
• Homeownership rate - Canada
  (2021)

  66.5%
• First Nations—single identity - Canada
  (2021 Census of Population)

  1,048,405

  9.7%

  (period-to-period change)
• Households spending 30% or more of income on shelter costs (shelter-cost-to-income-ratio) - Canada
  (2021)

  20.9%
• Métis—single identity - Canada
  (2021 Census of Population)

  624,220

  6.3%

  (period-to-period change)
• Percentage change in the number of tenant households - Canada
  (2011 to 2021)

  21.5%

  (period-to-period change)
• Inuit—single identity - Canada
  (2021 Census of Population)

  70,545

  8.5%

  (period-to-period change)
• Percentage of the population speaking a language other than English or French predominantly at home - Canada
  (2021)

  12.7%
• Population with a mother tongue other than English or French, alone or with another language - Canada
  (2021)

  9,033,190
• Percentage of the population with French as first official language spoken - Canada
  (2021)

  21.4%
• Percentage of the population with English as first official language spoken - Canada
  (2021)

  75.5%
• Rate of English-French bilingualism - Canada
  (2021)

  18.0%
• Proportion of couples that have children - Canada
  (2021)

  50.0%
• Proportion of persons aged 15 years and older in private households that live alone - Canada
  (2021)

  14.5%
• Median household after-tax income - Canada
  (2020)

  $73,000
• Proportion of young adults aged 20 to 34 years that are living with at least one parent - Canada
  (2021)

  35.1%
• Proportion of couples that are common law - Canada
  (2021)

  22.7%
• Percent change in median household after-tax income - Canada
  (2015 to 2020)

  9.8%
• Proportion of couples that are married with children - Canada
  (2021)

  40.6%
• Gini index, adjusted household after-tax income - Canada
  (2020)

  0.302
• Proportion of children aged 0 to 14 years in census families that are living with at least one grandparent - Canada
  (2021)

  9.3%
• Proportion of two-parent families that are stepfamilies - Canada
  (2021)

  11.7%
• Change in the Gini index of household after-tax income - Canada
  (2015 to 2020)

  -0.040
• Prevalence of low income - Canada
  (2020)

  11.1%
• Percentage point change in prevalence of low income - Canada
  (2015 to 2020)

  -3.3
• Percentage of population aged 65 and older - Canada
  (2016 to 2021)

  19.0%

  2.1%

  (period-to-period change)
• Percentage of population aged less than 15 years - Canada
  (2016 to 2021)

  16.3%

  -0.3%

  (period-to-period change)
• Percentage of population aged 15 to 64 years - Canada
  (2016 to 2021)

  64.8%

  -1.7%

  (period-to-period change)
• Percentage of single-detached houses - Canada
  (2016 to 2021)

  52.6%

  -1.0%

  (period-to-period change)
• Percentage of apartments in a building that has five or more storeys - Canada
  (2016 to 2021)

  10.7%

  0.8%

  (period-to-period change)
• Population, 2021 - Canada
  (2021 Census of population)

  36,991,981

  5.2%

  (period-to-period change)
• Population share - Canada
  (2021 Census of population)

  100.0
• Private dwellings, total - Canada
  (2021 Census of population)

  16,284,235