Baie-Comeau
Town · Quebec · Population 20,687
People and homes
Who lives here and what homes are like, from the 2021 Census. Shown for context: these figures are never part of a score.
Who lives here
- Median age
- 48.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 45.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 46.5 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 30.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 31.1% · 2016: 29.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.4%2016: 15.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.8%2016: 10.9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.8%2016: 22.1%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%31.3%2016: 32.8%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%22.7%2016: 19%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%19.7%2011: 25.4%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%31.4%2011: 30.5%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.4%2011: 8.6%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%36.8%2016: 33.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%3.8%2011: 4.6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%12.4%2016: 13.3%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%16.3%2016: 18%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%25.2%2016: 25.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%28.2%2016: 26.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%17.9%2016: 16.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.1%2016: 0.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%78.4%2016: 78.9%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%21.4%2016: 21%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.7%2016: 0.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%97.7%2016: 97.7%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1.6%2016: 1.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 5.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 4.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%68.6%2016: 69.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%31.4%2016: 30.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%51.7%2016: 51.6%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%6.8%2016: 6.9%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3%2016: 3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3.3%2016: 3.5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%22.7%2016: 22.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%1%2016: 1.1%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%11.4%2016: 11.4%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%23.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%54.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%17.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%3.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93.1%2016: 91.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.9%2016: 1.1%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.5%2016: 5.5%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.4%2016: 0.5%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.1%2016: 1.3%
Statistics Canada, 2021