Baie-Saint-Paul
Small town · Quebec · Population 7,371
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
- 54.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 50.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 53.1 years
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 28.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 26.6% · 2016: 24.6%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%12.8%2016: 13.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.1%2016: 7.9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.5%2016: 18.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.7%2016: 32.5%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%32.9%2016: 27.8%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%18.7%2011: 23.2%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%31%2011: 29%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6%2011: 6.6%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%38.2%2016: 36.2%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.1%2011: 7.7%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%12.4%2016: 13.2%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%16.7%2016: 18.8%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%25.9%2016: 27.9%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%23%2016: 25%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%21.9%2016: 15.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.1%2016: 0%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%76%2016: 80.7%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%23.8%2016: 19.1%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.6%2016: 0.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%97.2%2016: 98.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.1%2016: 1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 5.4%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%63.8%2016: 69.3%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%36.2%2016: 30.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%60.4%2016: 61.3%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.8%2016: 4.8%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.3%2016: 0.3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%11.1%2016: 11.1%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%20.3%2016: 19.3%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%3.1%2016: 3.1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%25.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%30.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%26.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%14.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%86.2%2016: 87.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%9.6%2016: 9.6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%2.8%2016: 1.2%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.1%2016: 1.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021