Brossard
Small city · Quebec · Population 91,525
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
- 42.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 42.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 42.3 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 40.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 40.1% · 2016: 35.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.6%2016: 16.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.3%2016: 11.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%26.6%2016: 26.2%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.3%2016: 26.5%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%21.3%2016: 20%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%29.8%2011: 31.1%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%25%2011: 25.9%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.1%2011: 8.9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%27.6%2016: 26%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.5%2011: 8.9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%7.8%2016: 8.8%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%15.5%2016: 18.2%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%9.7%2016: 10.5%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%21.9%2016: 23.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%45.1%2016: 39.3%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%13.1%2016: 11.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%20.1%2016: 22.4%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%62.1%2016: 62%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%4.7%2016: 4.4%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%11.7%2016: 11.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%39%2016: 44.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%49.3%2016: 44.1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 31%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 28.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%69.6%2016: 74.5%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%30.4%2016: 25.5%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%38.8%2016: 41.5%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%9.9%2016: 10.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%6%2016: 6%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.8%2016: 1.9%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%34.3%2016: 32.6%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%9.1%2016: 7.5%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%4.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%35.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%23.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%28%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%8.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%79.4%2016: 67.9%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%14.1%2016: 28.3%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.5%2016: 2.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.1%2016: 0.7%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.9%2016: 0.7%
Statistics Canada, 2021