Beauharnois
Town · Quebec · Population 13,638
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
- 43.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 46.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 46.1 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 37.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 33.8% · 2016: 33.5%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.3%2016: 15%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.3%2016: 11.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%26.3%2016: 22.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27%2016: 30%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%21.1%2016: 21.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%20.5%2011: 22.3%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%28.3%2011: 31%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.1%2011: 9.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%35.3%2016: 33.2%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.8%2011: 7%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%14.1%2016: 16.6%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%21.3%2016: 23.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%30.7%2016: 27.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%20.3%2016: 21.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%13.7%2016: 11.3%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%1.1%2016: 0.9%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%55.7%2016: 58.5%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%43.1%2016: 40.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%4.3%2016: 4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%91.3%2016: 93.5%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%4.4%2016: 2.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 9.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 7.5%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%62.6%2016: 64.3%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%37.3%2016: 35.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%50.6%2016: 52.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5.5%2016: 5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.5%2016: 0.4%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%11.4%2016: 12.2%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%29.6%2016: 27.1%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.4%2016: 2.4%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%29.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%23.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%20.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%17.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92.3%2016: 90.4%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%2.8%2016: 4.5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.9%2016: 4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.8%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1%2016: 0.3%
Statistics Canada, 2021