Population, Households and Housing Stock
Household Size

Households

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Ontario — Household Size (%)

  One-Person Household Two-Person Household Three-Person Household Four-Person Household Five-Or-More-Person Household Total
Ontario 26.4 32.7 15.9 15.0 9.9 100.0
Barrie 22.1 32.3 17.7 17.2 10.7 100.0
Belleville - Quinte West 27.7 38.5 14.7 11.6 7.4 100.0
Bracebridge T 27.9 40.0 13.4 12.4 6.2 100.0
Brantford 25.7 34.3 16.0 14.4 9.6 100.0
Brighton MU 24.3 47.6 12.0 10.2 5.9 100.0
Brock TP 23.2 36.8 15.3 14.6 9.9 100.0
Brockville 33.8 39.5 12.6 9.1 4.8 100.0
Centre Wellington 22.7 38.0 14.6 15.0 9.6 100.0
Chatham-Kent 30.3 38.1 13.3 11.0 7.2 100.0
Cobourg 32.3 40.5 12.4 9.6 5.1 100.0
Collingwood 34.0 37.4 12.8 10.7 5.1 100.0
Cornwall 32.8 37.6 13.2 10.2 6.3 100.0
Elliot Lake 39.8 42.2 8.7 5.7 3.5 100.0
Erin T 15.0 36.6 17.4 19.0 11.7 100.0
Gravenhurst T 29.5 43.2 12.8 9.1 5.4 100.0
Greater Napanee T 27.1 41.0 13.8 11.1 6.8 100.0
Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury 30.7 36.5 14.7 12.4 5.7 100.0
Guelph 25.6 33.2 16.0 16.0 9.2 100.0
Haldimand County CY 22.6 37.0 15.4 14.3 10.6 100.0
Hamilton 27.1 32.6 15.9 15.4 9.0 100.0
Hawkesbury 42.0 36.4 11.7 6.4 3.5 100.0
Huntsville T 26.5 40.7 14.3 12.0 6.5 100.0
Ingersoll 25.2 36.3 16.1 14.1 8.3 100.0
Kawartha Lakes 25.6 41.9 14.0 11.5 7.0 100.0
Kenora 32.8 35.9 14.0 11.8 5.7 100.0
Kincardine MU 29.5 38.7 12.1 12.7 7.2 100.0
Kingston 30.2 37.6 14.2 12.0 6.0 100.0
Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo 24.8 32.9 16.3 16.0 9.9 100.0
Lambton Shores MU 28.5 46.7 10.5 8.6 5.6 100.0
London 29.4 34.4 14.8 13.3 8.2 100.0
Meaford MU 27.9 44.0 12.2 10.8 5.3 100.0
Midland 30.7 39.0 14.5 10.7 5.0 100.0
Norfolk 26.7 40.5 13.2 11.9 7.7 100.0
North Bay 30.7 38.5 14.0 11.3 5.5 100.0
North Perth MU 25.0 37.1 13.3 13.3 11.3 100.0
Orillia 33.2 36.1 14.3 10.1 6.3 100.0
Oshawa 21.0 30.5 18.2 18.6 11.8 100.0
Ottawa 27.9 33.9 15.2 14.6 8.4 100.0
Owen Sound 32.3 38.5 12.8 10.5 5.8 100.0
Pembroke 31.5 37.5 14.5 10.4 6.1 100.0
Petawawa 23.1 34.8 17.1 16.9 8.1 100.0
Peterborough 28.5 37.4 14.5 12.2 7.3 100.0
Port Hope 27.0 40.8 15.0 11.5 5.7 100.0
Prince Edward County CY 27.1 46.3 12.0 9.5 5.0 100.0
Sarnia 31.0 37.9 13.4 11.5 6.1 100.0
Saugeen Shores T 29.0 40.9 12.4 12.1 5.6 100.0
Sault Ste. Marie 33.3 36.7 14.3 11.0 4.7 100.0
Scugog TP 19.5 39.6 16.5 15.8 8.6 100.0
South Dundas MU 26.0 43.1 12.8 10.6 7.4 100.0
South Huron MU 30.4 40.6 11.4 10.6 6.9 100.0
St. Catharines - Niagara 28.7 36.5 14.9 12.4 7.4 100.0
Stratford 33.4 37.1 13.3 10.9 5.4 100.0
The Nation / La Nation M 20.3 38.6 16.3 16.3 8.4 100.0
Thunder Bay 33.2 35.9 13.9 11.4 5.6 100.0
Tillsonburg 31.3 40.1 12.4 10.6 5.6 100.0
Timmins 31.9 35.9 14.7 12.3 5.3 100.0
Toronto 25.0 28.5 17.3 17.1 12.2 100.0
Trent Hills MU 25.9 44.0 13.0 10.6 6.4 100.0
Wasaga Beach 26.5 44.6 13.2 10.0 5.7 100.0
West Grey MU 23.8 41.9 14.3 11.2 8.9 100.0
West Nipissing / Nipissing Ouest M 29.9 41.2 13.1 10.6 5.1 100.0
Windsor 28.1 33.3 14.9 13.9 9.9 100.0
Woodstock 28.1 34.9 15.4 13.6 8.2 100.0
Notes:
  • Where band housing is present, total dwelling counts are larger than the sum of owned and rented dwellings.
Source: CMHC, adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Canada and National Household Survey) (opens in new window)