Blainville
Small city · Quebec · Population 59,819
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
- 42 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 37.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 39.8 years
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.9 · 2011: 2.8 · 2016: 2.7
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 37.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 45.4% · 2016: 33.3%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%18.4%2016: 20.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%13.4%2016: 14.5%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%22.5%2016: 23.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%31%2016: 30.5%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%14.7%2016: 10.8%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%34.8%2011: 42.7%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%26.8%2011: 23.8%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.2%2011: 10.8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%21.6%2016: 18.9%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.5%2011: 6.3%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%7.8%2016: 9%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%16.3%2016: 17.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%17.3%2016: 18.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%26.7%2016: 27.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%31.9%2016: 27.3%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%1.5%2016: 0.8%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%39.6%2016: 44.4%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%58.3%2016: 54.5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.5%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%4.1%2016: 3.6%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%82.2%2016: 87.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%13.7%2016: 9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 13.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 8.8%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%77.7%2016: 81%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%22.3%2016: 19.1%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%64.2%2016: 67.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5.4%2016: 5.6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.2%2016: 1.3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%6.6%2016: 6.9%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%20.9%2016: 16.8%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%1.3%2016: 1.1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%3.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%15.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%36%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%36.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%8.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%91.5%2016: 90.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%4.3%2016: 7.1%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.1%2016: 1.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.7%2016: 0.6%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.3%2016: 0.7%
Statistics Canada, 2021