Bois-Francs
Neighbourhood in Montréal · Quebec · Population 35,858
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
- 40.7 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 41.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 40.1 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 (estimated) · 2011: 2.5 (estimated) · 2016: 2.6 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 40%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 44.9% (estimated) · 2016: 41.2% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%20.1%2016: 20.4% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.2%2016: 10.3% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%26.5%2016: 28.7% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.5%2016: 25.6% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%15.6%2016: 14.7% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%36.1%2011: 34% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%19.4%2011: 21.9% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10%2011: 8.9% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%27.6%2016: 27% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.8%2011: 7.1% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%5.6%2016: 6.8% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%13.8%2016: 13.7% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%5.3%2016: 6.6% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%18.4%2016: 20.3% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%56.4%2016: 52.6% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%17.5%2016: 16.3% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%11.9%2016: 13.7% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%66.6%2016: 66.1% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%3.9%2016: 4% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%17.2%2016: 16.9% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%24.8%2016: 26.5% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%58%2016: 56.6% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 36%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 33% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%62.7%2016: 62.8% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%37.3%2016: 37.4% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%11.1%2016: 11.6% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3%2016: 3.3% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%22.7%2016: 23.3% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.4%2016: 1.4% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%40.4%2016: 40.8% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%20.9%2016: 19.3% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.6%2011: 0.5% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%8.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%26.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%21.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%34.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%8.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%76.8%2016: 71.2% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%16.6%2016: 24.8% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.2%2016: 2.5% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.3%2016: 0.6% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.2%2016: 0.7% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021