Caplan
Small town · Quebec · Population 1,966
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
- 56.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 51.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 52.8 years
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.1 · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 29.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 29% · 2016: 31.7%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%11.7%2016: 13.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%6.1%2016: 8.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.1%2016: 19.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.8%2016: 33.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%32.3%2016: 26.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%16.8%2011: 23.6%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%36.4%2011: 38.2%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.5%2011: 7.9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%34.2%2016: 30%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6%2011: 3.4%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%18.1%2016: 11.9%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%15.9%2016: 13.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%29.7%2016: 32.2%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%23.1%2016: 27.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%13.7%2016: 14.4%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%1%2016: 0.7%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%71.2%2016: 72.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%27.5%2016: 26.9%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%3.1%2016: 3.2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%95.7%2016: 95.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1.3%2016: 1.2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 3.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%71.2%2016: 65.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%28.8%2016: 34.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%72.8%2016: 74.4%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.3%2016: 4.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%9.2%2016: 10.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%9.8%2016: 8.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%3.8%2016: 1.7%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%32.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%30.4%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%21.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%10.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93.9%2016: 92.7%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 2%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.1%2016: 4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.5%2016: 2%
Statistics Canada, 2021