Boischatel
Small town · Quebec · Population 8,231
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
- 40.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 39.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 39.1 years
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 · 2011: 2.7 · 2016: 2.7
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 29.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 30.9% · 2016: 30.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%22%2016: 21.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.6%2016: 10.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%25.6%2016: 27.7%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.1%2016: 26.6%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%16.8%2016: 13.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%37.9%2011: 40.6%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%30%2011: 31.8%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.2%2011: 7.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%21.3%2016: 20.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.6%2011: 4.5%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%4%2016: 4.6%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%11.5%2016: 15.7%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%16.7%2016: 17.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%28.2%2016: 27.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%39.6%2016: 34.3%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.1%2016: 0%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%60.3%2016: 63.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%39.5%2016: 36.9%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.9%2016: 0.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%96.3%2016: 97.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.9%2016: 1.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 13.1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 14.9%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%89.8%2016: 89.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%10.2%2016: 10.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%77.7%2016: 75.1%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.1%2016: 2%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.2%2016: 0.2%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%4.1%2016: 4.8%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%15.9%2016: 18.1%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%9.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%22.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%19.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%37.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%10.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%95.1%2016: 92.7%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.9%2016: 4.9%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1.6%2016: 1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.4%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.3%2016: 0.8%
Statistics Canada, 2021