Owen Sound (Canada 2006 Census population 21,753; UA population 22,649; CA population 32,259), the county seat of Grey County, is a city in south-western Ontario, Canada. Owen Sound is located at the mouths of the Pottawatomi and Sydenham Rivers on an inlet of Georgian Bay named Owen Sound Bay. [1]

Contents

Overview

Climate

Temperature Chart

Temperature	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
Daily Average (°C)	-6	-6	-1	5	11	16	20	19	15	10	4	-2
Daily Maximum (°C)	-2	-2	3	10	17	21	25	24	20	13	7	1
Daily Minimum (°C)	-9	-10	-5	1	6	11	15	15	11	6	1	-5
Canada Daily Average (°C)	-10	-8	-3	4	11	15	18	17	12	6	-1	-8

Precipitation

Precipitation	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
Rainfall (mm)	24	20	40	62	72	76	73	89	105	87	74	33
Snowfall (mm)	111	58	38	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	36	94
Precipitation(mm)	135	78	77	70	72	76	73	89	105	89	109	127

Demographics

Racial Groups

Age characteristics

Legal marital status

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Knowledge of languages

Immigrant Status

Non-immigrants are persons who are Canadian citizens by birth. Although most Canadian citizens by birth were born in Canada, a small number were born outside Canada to Canadian parents.

Generation Status

Income

Income in 2005

Total income refers to the total money income received from all sources during calendar year 2005 by persons 15 years and over.
After-tax income refers to total income from all sources minus federal, provincial and territorial taxes paid for 2005.

Median income for households in 2005

Private household refers to a person or a group of persons (other than foreign residents) who occupy the same dwelling and do not have a usual place of residence elsewhere in Canada. It may consist of a family group (census family) with or without other persons, of two or more families sharing a dwelling, of a group of unrelated persons, or of one person living alone. Household members who are temporarily absent on Census Day (e.g., temporary residents elsewhere) are considered as part of their usual household. For census purposes, every person is a member of one and only one household. Unless otherwise specified, all data in household reports are for private households only.

Median after-tax income for households in 2005

Households

Median rent in 2006:

Owen Sound	$ 626
Ontario	$ 801
Canada	$ 671

Median mortgage payment in 2006:

Owen Sound	$ 750
Ontario	$ 1,046
Canada	$ 839

Occupied private dwelling types

Household characteristics

Mobility status - Place of residence 5 years ago

Education

Educational attainment

Major field of study

Location of study

Employment

Labour force activity

Employment rate

Participation rate - Refers to the labour force in the week (Sunday to Saturday) prior to Census Day (May 16, 2006), expressed as a percentage of the population 15 years and over excluding institutional residents.

Occupation for males

Occupation for females

Industry for males

Industry for females

Language used most often at work

Mode of transportation to work

Election Results

40th General Federal Election (2008)

Crime

No data available

Source information:

* Weather data sourced from Environment Canada (http://www.ec.gc.ca)

** All other census information is sourced from Stats Canada. Statistics Canada information is used with the permission of Statistics Canada. Users are forbidden to copy the data and redisseminate them, in an original or modified form, for commercial purposes, without permission from Statistics Canada. Information on the availability of the wide range of data from Statistics Canada can be obtained from Statistics Canada's Regional Offices, its World Wide Web site at www.statcan.gc.ca, and its toll-free access number 1-800-263-1136.