Community Profile

Location

Set in the southwest corner of Lanark County due west of Perth, Tay Valley Township is comprised of several small communities joined by a shared heritage and a love for the rural lifestyle.

Located in eastern Ontario, Tay Valley Township covers 554 square kilometers. Ottawa is just over 80 kilometers to the northeast and Peterborough is 98 kilometers to the west. Kingston and the USA border are 70 kilometers to the south.

Driving Directions

Tay Valley Township incorporates the rich history of three former townships, Bathurst, Burgess and South Sherbrooke, all of whom combined to make the Township we have today.

Driving Directions

History and Historic Sites

Whether you are a visitor or resident of the area, you will find it is a Welcome Change of Pace .

History and Historic Sites

Demographics

Population

POPULATION - 2011
	Population
	2011	2006	change	% change
Both genders
Total	5,570	5,635	-65	-1.2
0 to 14	690	880	-190	-21.6
15 to 64	3,565	3,765	-200	-5.3
65 and over	1,315	985	330	33.5
Males
Total	2,750	2,835	-85	-3.0
0 to 14	355	470	-115	-24.5
15 to 64	1,785	1,860	-75	-4.0
65 and over	615	500	115	23.0
Females
Total	2,820	2,800	20	0.7
0 to 14	340	410	-70	-17.1
15 to 64	1,780	1,905	-125	-6.6
65 and over	700	485	215	44.3

Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population

Age Characteristics

AGE CHARACTERISTICS - 2011
Age groups	Both sexes	Males	Females
Total - Age groups	5,570	2,750	2,820
0 to 4 years	175	85	85
5 to 9 years	235	120	120
10 to 14 years	280	145	135
15 to 19 years	345	200	150
20 to 24 years	265	130	130
25 to 29 years	220	110	110
30 to 34 years	175	80	95
35 to 39 years	225	105	120
40 to 44 years	300	145	155
45 to 49 years	475	225	250
50 to 54 years	495	255	235
55 to 59 years	530	255	270
60 to 64 years	545	280	265
65 to 69 years	415	210	200
70 to 74 years	285	155	130
75 to 79 years	200	105	95
80 to 84 years	160	75	85
85 years and over	255	65	190
Median age	51.0	50.6	51.5

Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population

Age Distribution

AGE DISTRIBUTION - 2011
Age groups	Both sexes	Males	Females
0 to 14	12.4%	12.9%	12.1%
15 to 64	64.0%	64.9%	63.1%
65 and over	23.6%	22.4%	24.8%

Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population

Marital Status

LEGAL MARITAL STATUS
	Population	Percentage
Population 15 years and up	4,880
Married or living with a Common-Law Partner	3,185	65.3%
Married	2,775	56.9%
Living with a Common-Law Partner	410	8.4%
Not married and not living with a Common-Law Partner	1,695	34.7%
Single	935
Separated	115	2.4%
Divorced	210	4.3%
Widowed	430	8.8%

Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population

Family Characteristics

SELECTED FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS - 2011
	Population	Percentage
Total Number of Families:	1,695
Number of Married-Couple Families:	1,335	78.8%
Married couples with Children*:	495
Married Couples without Children*:	840
Number of Common-Law-Couple Families:	200	11.8%
Common-Law-Couples with Children*:	80
Common-Law-Couples without Children*:	125
Number of Lone-Parent Families:	150	8.8%
*Children aged 24 and under at home

Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population

Language

LANGUAGE
Selected languages	Mother tongue		Language spoken most often at home
Selected languages	number	%	number	%
Total	5,290	100.0	5,290	100.0
English	5,015	94.8	5,255	99.3
French	125	2.4	10	0.2
Non-official language	135	2.6	10	0.2
Multiple responses	20	0.4	10	0.2

Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population

Household Characteristics

OCCUPIED DWELLINGS
Year	Occupied Dwellings	% Change
2006	2085	+9.4
2011	2110	+1.2

AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD SIZE
Year	Average Household Size
2006	2.70
2011	2.64

Source: 2014 Official Plan Background Study

Workforce Profile

Major Employers of Tay Valley Township

Larger employers in the Township include OMYA, Lanark Lodge, Glen Tay School and Murphy’s Point Provincial Park, etc. Agriculture continues to play an important role in the township’s economy and rural landscape.

Employment Breakdown - Tay Valley Township

EMPLOYMENT BREAKDOWN FOR THE PERIOD OF 2006-2012
Description	2006	2012	Absolute Change	% Change
Professional, scientific and technical services	118	173	55	47%
Health care and Social Assistance	170	219	49	29%
Public Administration	80	114	34	43%
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	11	27	16	145%
Administrative and Support, Waste Management and Remediation Services	166	180	14	8%
Other Services (except public administration)	88	100	12	14%
Unclassified	17	28	11	65%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	16	25	9	56%
Retail Trade	80	86	6	8%
Accommodation and Food Services	87	93	6	7%
Educational Services	63	64	1	2%
Utilities	0	0	0	0%
Finance and Insurance	0	0	0	0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0	0	0%
Construction	224	222	- 2	- 1%
Wholesale Trade	80	77	3	4%
Manufacturing	56	48	- 8	- 14%
Transportation and Warehousing	87	73	- 14	- 16%
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, and Hunting	137	121	- 16	- 12%
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction	134	108	- 26	- 19%
Information and Cultural Industries	<10	<10	--	--
Total	1,618	1,765	147	9%

Source: 2014 Official Plan Background Study

Occupational Categories - Tay Valley Township

OCCUPATIONAL CATEGORIES
Occupation	Total	Percentage
Management Occupations	285	9%
Occupations Unique to Primary Industry	195	6%
Business: Finance and Administration Occupations	505	16%
Occupations unique to Processing: Manufacturing and Utilities	185	6%
Trades: Transport and Equipment Operators and related Occupations	645	21%
Natural and Applied Sciences and related Occupations	160	5%
Sales and Service Occupations	695	22%
Occupations in Social Science, Education, Government Service and Religion	225	7%

Source: City-Data, Statistics Canada, 2006 and 2011 Census of Population

Industry Categories - Tay Valley Township

INDUSTRY CATEGORIES
Industry	Total	Percentage
Manufacturing	325	11%
Construction	320	10%
Health care and Social Services	350	11%
Agriculture and other Resource-based industries	270	9%
Retail Trades	425	14%
Educational Services	165	5%
Business Services	540	18%
Other Services	450	15%
Other	240	8%

Source: City-Data, Statistics Canada, 2006 and 2011 Census of Population

Labour Force Activity - Tay Valley Township

LABOUR FORCE ACTIVITY
Labour type	Total	Percentage
Not in Labour Force	1,595	34%
Unemployed	125	3%
Employed	2,980	63%

Source: City-Data, Statistics Canada, 2006 and 2011 Census of Population

Lanark County Labor Statistics

LABOUR FORCE STATUS
	Total	Male	Female
Total population aged 15 years and over	54,390	26,350	28,040
In the labour force	34,755	17,680	17,075
Employed	32,120	16,300	15,820
Unemployed	2,640	1,385	1,255
Not in the labour force	19,630	8,675	10,960
Participation rate	63.9	67.1	60.9
Employment rate	59.1	61.9	56.4
Unemployment rate	7.6	7.8	7.3

Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population.

Occupation - Lanark County

OCCUPATION
	Total	Male	Female
Total labour force population aged 15 years and over by occupation - National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2011	34,755	17,685	17,075
Occupation - not applicable	650	240	405
All occupations	34,110	17,440	16,670
0 Management occupations	4,055	2,580	1,480
1 Business, finance and administration occupations	5,420	1,415	4,005
2 Natural and applied sciences and related occupations	2,310	1,705	605
3 Health occupations	2,325	400	1,930
4 Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services	3,750	1,115	2,630
5 Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport	860	305	555
6 Sales and service occupations	7,865	3,335	4,535
7 Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations	5,515	5,170	350
8 Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations	650	490	155
9 Occupations in manufacturing and utilities	1,350	925	430

Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population

Industry - Lanark County

INDUSTRY
	Total	Male	Female
Total labour force population aged 15 years and over by industry - North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 2007	34,760	17,680	17,075
Industry - not applicable	650	240	405
All industries	34,110	17,440	16,670
11 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting	715	480	230
21 Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	110	105	0
22 Utilities	285	215	70
23 Construction	3,365	3,025	340
31-33 Manufacturing	3,240	2,080	1,160
41 Wholesale trade	1,125	770	360
44-45 Retail trade	4,650	2,300	2,350
48-49 Transportation and warehousing	1,165	750	420
51 Information and cultural industries	595	385	210
52 Finance and insurance	790	220	570
53 Real estate and rental and leasing	600	315	285
54 Professional, scientific and technical services	2,315	1,250	1,065
55 Management of companies and enterprises	0	0	0
56 Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services	1,520	845	680
61 Educational services	1,960	530	1,425
62 Health care and social assistance	4,650	730	3,920
71 Arts, entertainment and recreation	720	345	375
72 Accommodation and food services	1,805	665	1,140
81 Other services (except public administration)	1,270	625	645
91 Public administration	3,210	1,790	1,425

Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population

Place of Work Status

PLACE OF WORK STATUS
	Total	Male	Female
Total employed population aged 15 years and over by place of work status	32,115	16,300	15,820
Worked at home	2,710	1,375	1,330
Worked outside Canada	35	30	0
No fixed workplace address	3,765	2,905	860
Worked at usual place	25,605	11,985	13,620

Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population

Economic Profile

Growth

RESIDENTIAL BUILDING PERMIT AND CONSENTS GRANTED
	Building Permits Issued			Consents Granted
Year	Permanent Residential	Seasonal Residential	Total	Non-Farm Residential	Seasonal Residential	Total
2010	19	0	19	19	0	19
2011	13	0	13	12	0	12
2012	17	0	17	17	0	17
2013	1 5	0	15	n/a	n/a	n/a
Total			62			25
10-yr mean			28.3			12.4
5-yr mean			19.5			14.4

COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL CONSTRUCTION (ft2) AND CONSENTS
	Building Permits Issued			Consents Granted
Year	Commercial	Industrial	Institutional	Agricultural	Commercial / Industrial
2010	0	1,079	10,023	0	0
2011	0	0	0	0	1
2012	0	0	2,344	0	1
2013	0	527	3,660	0	0

Income

TAY VALLEY TOWNSHIP: AVERAGE FAMILY INCOME IN 2005
Family Type	Income
All Census Families	68,903
Married Couple Families	72,010
Common Law Couple Families	64,186
Lone Parent Families	34,967
Female Lone Parent Families	34,494
Male Lone Parent Families	57,712

Source: City-Data, Statistics Canada, 2006 and 2011 Census of Population

LANARK COUNTY: INCOME OF INDIVIDUALS IN 2010
	Total	Male	Female
Total income in 2010 of population aged 15 years and over	54,390	26,355	28,035
Without income	2,245	945	1,300
With income	52,145	25,405	26,735
Under $5,000	4,395	2,070	2,330
$5,000 to $9,999	3,175	1,220	1,955
$10,000 to $14,999	4,795	1,865	2,930
$15,000 to $19,999	4,610	2,085	2,525
$20,000 to $29,999	7,635	3,065	4,570
$30,000 to $39,999	6,775	2,970	3,805
$40,000 to $49,999	5,525	2,875	2,650
$50,000 to $59,999	4,300	2,480	1,820
$60,000 to $79,999	5,480	3,150	2,330
$80,000 to $99,999	3,055	1,825	1,225
$100,000 and over	2,395	1,790	600
$100,000 to $124,999	1,530	1,140	390
$125,000 and over	865	655	205
Median income	31,960	38,005	27,683
Average income	39,356	44,980	34,012

Bibliography:

City Data. "Tay Valley Township." Statistics . Statistics from Census, 12 Oct. 2010. Web. 27 May 2014.

Statistics Canada. 2012. Tay Valley, Ontario (Code 3509015) and Lanark, Ontario (Code 3509) (table). Census Profile . 2011 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-XWE. Ottawa. Released October 24, 2012. (accessed June 2, 2014).

Statistics Canada. 2012. Tay Valley, Ontario (Code 3509015) and Ontario (Code 35) (table). Census Profile . 2011 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-XWE. Ottawa. Released October 24, 2012. (accessed June 2, 2014).

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