Carignan
Town · Quebec · Population 11,740
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
- 38.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 39.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 39.4 years
- Average household size
- 2.8
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.8 (estimated) · 2011: 2.8 (estimated) · 2016: 2.8
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 45.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 40.4% (estimated) · 2016: 32.7%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%21.7%2016: 20.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.2%2016: 11.9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%28.4%2016: 26.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.1%2016: 30.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%11.5%2016: 11.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%38.5%2011: 41.6% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%28.4%2011: 28.2% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.3%2011: 6.1% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%18%2016: 16.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.8%2011: 7.5% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%8.7%2016: 10.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%15.7%2016: 16.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%18.5%2016: 20.9%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%25.5%2016: 25.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%31.5%2016: 26.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%2%2016: 1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%40.9%2016: 45.5%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%56.7%2016: 53.5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.4%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%5%2016: 4.8%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%83.1%2016: 89%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%11.9%2016: 6.2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 9.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 5.1%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%90.6%2016: 92.1%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%9.4%2016: 7.9%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%80.4%2016: 83.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5.1%2016: 5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%4.7%2016: 4.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%7.8%2016: 5.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2%2016: 1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%9.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%17.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%17.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%33.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%22.3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%94.6%2016: 90.5%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%2.2%2016: 7.6%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1.5%2016: 0.6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.3%2016: 0.4%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.3%2016: 0.7%
Statistics Canada, 2021