Chandler
Small town · Quebec · Population 7,490
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 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 50.5 years (estimated) · 2016: 54 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 23.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 22.7% · 2016: 19.7%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%10.8%2016: 11.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8%2016: 8.7%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%17.2%2016: 17.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%31.6%2016: 34.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%32.4%2016: 28.4%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%16.8%2011: 22.3%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%26.4%2011: 26.3%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%12.4%2011: 12.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%35.2%2016: 32.5%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.1%2011: 9.7%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%24.7%2016: 24.9%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%16.5%2016: 19.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%24%2016: 23%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%21.9%2016: 21.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%12.8%2016: 11.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.3%2016: 0.3%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%79.8%2016: 81.3%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%19.8%2016: 18.3%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%3.7%2016: 4.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%94.4%2016: 94.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1.9%2016: 1.1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 5.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 4%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%67.3%2016: 70.1%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%32.7%2016: 29.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%74.4%2016: 74.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.9%2016: 4.2%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.3%2016: 1.3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3.9%2016: 3.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%14.1%2016: 13.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.1%2016: 0.1%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.2%2016: 1.9%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%33.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%40.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%19.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%5.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93%2016: 92.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.4%2016: 0.9%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4%2016: 4.5%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.4%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.5%2016: 2%
Statistics Canada, 2021