Chapais
Small town · Quebec · Population 1,468
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
- 40.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 41.5 years (estimated) · 2016: 43.8 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 29.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 25.9% · 2016: 25.3%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%20.1%2016: 17%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.8%2016: 11.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%26.5%2016: 23.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.2%2016: 33.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%15.6%2016: 15.3%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%24%2011: 28.9%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%32.6%2011: 31.1%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.2%2011: 8.9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%34.9%2016: 31.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%2.3%2011: 5.2%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%28.4%2016: 25.4%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%16.1%2016: 15.3%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%35.5%2016: 39%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%15.5%2016: 13.6%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%3.9%2016: 6.2%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%4.1%2016: 1.3%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%70.7%2016: 77%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%25.2%2016: 21.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.7%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%3.7%2016: 2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%89.5%2016: 95.7%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%6.8%2016: 2.3%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%76.2%2016: 82%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%23.8%2016: 18%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%68.5%2016: 70.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.8%2016: 6.8%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.8%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%5.4%2016: 3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%9.2%2016: 12%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%12.3%2016: 7.5%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%22.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%62.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%13.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%1.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%77.3%2016: 80.1%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 1.4%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%15.6%2016: 10.6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%6.2%2016: 7.8%
Statistics Canada, 2021