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Renfrew County Statistics


Renfrew County

    Income and Work (Total Population 15 yrs and over
by labour force activity)
Population 96,416 Employed 44,175
Male 47,365 Unemployed   3,320
Female 49,055 Not in the labour force 28,815
Marital Status Participation rate 62.2%
Never Married (single) 19,980 Unemployment rate 7%
Legally Married and not separated 44,065 Total Labour Force (15 yrs and over by occupational categories)
Separated but still legally married 2,555 Management Occupations 4,450
Divorced 4,820 Business, finance & admin occ. 5,955
Widowed 6,330 Natural and applied sciences  2,460
Total Visible Minority Population Health occupations  2,635
Chinese 245 Occupations in social science, education, government service and religion
 2,825
South Asian 200 Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport     745
Black 455 Sales and service 13,675
Filipino 135 Trades, transport and equipment operators and related   7,895
Latin American  20 Occupations unique to primary industry   2,715
Southeast Asian  35 Occupations unique to processing, manufacturing and utilities   3,590
Arab  45 Population 15 yrs and over by hours of unpaid housework 76,310
West Asian    0 No hours of housework   7,270
Korean 155 Less than 5 hours of housework 12,715
Japanese 100 5 - 14 hours of housework 22,955
Visible Minority, n.i.e.  35 15 - 29 hours of housework 17,570
Multiple Visible Minorities  65 30 - 59 hours of housework 11,435
All others 93,520 60 or more hours of housework   4,360
Immigrants Families
Total 5,375 Total families of now married couples 21,745
Non-perm residents     90 Total families of common-law couples   2,920
Total Population By Mother Tongue Total single-parent families by sex of parent   3,395
English 84,975 Female Parent  2,765
French   4,290 Male Parent     630
Non-official languages   4,850 Average number of persons per census family 2.9
Total Aboriginal Population   3,420 Dwellings

Information courtesy of Statistics Canada
and Dennis Leung, Ottawa Citizen

Average value of dwellings $114,659
Owned     28,115
Rented       9,535

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