Bonaventure
Small town · Quebec · Population 2,733
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
- 52.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 49.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 51.1 years
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 30.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 22.7% · 2016: 26%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13.3%2016: 13.9%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.3%2016: 9.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%20.1%2016: 19.4%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.7%2016: 31.4%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%30.2%2016: 25.7%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%18.6%2011: 24.1%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%31.1%2011: 30.7%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.8%2011: 7.9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%38.6%2016: 33.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.9%2011: 5.4%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%10.8%2016: 12.6%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%11.9%2016: 14.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%24.5%2016: 24.5%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%28.9%2016: 25.5%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%24.2%2016: 22.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%2.4%2016: 2.6%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%63%2016: 63.5%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%34.8%2016: 33.8%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%5.3%2016: 4.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%93%2016: 94.2%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1.7%2016: 0.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 5.7%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.1%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%70.3%2016: 70.2%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%29.7%2016: 29.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%72.2%2016: 75.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5.7%2016: 4.1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0.8%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3%2016: 3.3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%15.6%2016: 13.7%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.4%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%3%2016: 2.1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%31.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%35.4%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%19.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%9.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92.7%2016: 89.4%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1%2016: 1%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.4%2016: 7.6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.5%2016: 1.5%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.9%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021