Bécancour
Town · Quebec · Population 13,561
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
- 44 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 44 years (estimated) · 2016: 44 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 33.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 29.4% · 2016: 33.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17%2016: 17.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.6%2016: 9.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%26%2016: 24.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.2%2016: 29%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%22.3%2016: 20%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%22.9%2011: 26%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%31%2011: 30.8%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8%2011: 8.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%33.8%2016: 32.5%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.3%2011: 3.8%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%10.9%2016: 10.7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%15.1%2016: 14.8%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%25%2016: 28.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%26.3%2016: 25.7%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%22.7%2016: 20.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.2%2016: 0.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%70.6%2016: 72.8%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%29.1%2016: 27.1%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.8%2016: 0.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%97.5%2016: 98.1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1.7%2016: 1.1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 8.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 6.8%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%74.9%2016: 73.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%25.1%2016: 26.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%68.5%2016: 69.5%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.1%2016: 3.9%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2.8%2016: 2.4%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3%2016: 3.2%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%20.5%2016: 19.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.1%2016: 1.1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%24.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%24.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%18.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%23%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%8.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%95.1%2016: 93.4%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.3%2016: 0.4%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.6%2016: 4.6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.2%2016: 0.8%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0.7%2016: 0.7%
Statistics Canada, 2021