Cantley
Town · Quebec · Population 11,449
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: 36.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 38.1 years
- Average household size
- 2.8
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.9 · 2011: 2.9 · 2016: 2.8
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 33.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 44.6% · 2016: 30%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%21.4%2016: 22.6%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.5%2016: 11.2%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%26.5%2016: 27.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.9%2016: 29.8%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%10.7%2016: 8.5%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%39.8%2011: 44.8%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%31.5%2011: 27%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.6%2011: 7%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%14.8%2016: 14.5%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.3%2011: 7.7%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9.4%2016: 10.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%17.3%2016: 17.1%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%14.1%2016: 14.9%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%25.3%2016: 26.9%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%33.9%2016: 30.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%6%2016: 4.7%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%26%2016: 30.3%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%68%2016: 65%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%11.9%2016: 10.6%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%80.7%2016: 84.5%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%7.4%2016: 4.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0.7%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0.7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%92.7%2016: 91.2%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%7.3%2016: 8.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%88.1%2016: 87.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.3%2016: 1.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.1%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%9.1%2016: 9.3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%1.3%2016: 1.3%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%4.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%15.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%29.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%42.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%7.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93%2016: 91.7%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%2.6%2016: 5.4%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.5%2016: 1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.4%2016: 1.1%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.5%2016: 0.8%
Statistics Canada, 2021