Boisbriand
Town · Quebec · Population 28,308
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 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 37 years (estimated) · 2016: 37.7 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.8 (estimated) · 2011: 2.7 (estimated) · 2016: 2.6
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 40.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 34.7% (estimated) · 2016: 32.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%19.6%2016: 19.3%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12%2016: 15.8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%24.6%2016: 23.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.5%2016: 30.2%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%15.3%2016: 11.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%28.9%2011: 35.7% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%26.1%2011: 22.9% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.2%2011: 12.9% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%28.5%2016: 24.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.3%2011: 7.1% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%12.1%2016: 12%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%18.9%2016: 22.7%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%18.9%2016: 19.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%25.3%2016: 26.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%24.7%2016: 19.6%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%8.1%2016: 6.8%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%37.3%2016: 40.4%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%52.3%2016: 50.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%2.3%2016: 2.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%5%2016: 3.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%73.1%2016: 79.2%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%21.8%2016: 16.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 17%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 12.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%64.5%2016: 68.2%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%35.5%2016: 31.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%46.9%2016: 50.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5.5%2016: 6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%6.7%2016: 7%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.3%2016: 1.3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%38.9%2016: 34.7%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.7%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%4.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%30.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%43.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%10.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%9.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%91%2016: 88.5%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%2.8%2016: 5.8%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4%2016: 4.2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.4%2016: 0.6%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.9%2016: 0.8%
Statistics Canada, 2021