Candiac
Town · Quebec · Population 22,997
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 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 38.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 39.3 years
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 (estimated) · 2011: 2.7 (estimated) · 2016: 2.7
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 40.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 43% (estimated) · 2016: 30.4%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%19.9%2016: 22%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.8%2016: 12.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23.4%2016: 25.2%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.3%2016: 28.5%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%16.5%2016: 11.6%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%36.2%2011: 39.8% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%26.3%2011: 26% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.3%2011: 9.8% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%22.6%2016: 19.8%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.6%2011: 4.7% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%3.9%2016: 4.8%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%13%2016: 14.3%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%10.1%2016: 11.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%23.3%2016: 25.6%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%49.7%2016: 43.6%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%4.5%2016: 2.7%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%26.1%2016: 29.5%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%68.2%2016: 67.4%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.3%2016: 0.5%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%9.4%2016: 9.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%69.5%2016: 77%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%21%2016: 13.5%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 20.7%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 18.6%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%80%2016: 85.6%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%20%2016: 14.4%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%56.6%2016: 60.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%7.8%2016: 8.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%7.7%2016: 7.6%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.1%2016: 0.1%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%24.8%2016: 21.8%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%2%2016: 1.2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%4.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%25.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%24.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%34.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%10.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%89.6%2016: 84.7%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%6.1%2016: 12.7%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1.6%2016: 1.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.1%2016: 0.5%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.7%2016: 0.7%
Statistics Canada, 2021