Charlemagne
Small town · Quebec · Population 6,302
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
- 49.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 47 years (estimated) · 2016: 49.6 years
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 · 2011: 2.1 · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 44.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 37% · 2016: 36.7%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13.4%2016: 12.5%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.3%2016: 9.7%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%24.2%2016: 22.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.8%2016: 33.8%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%25.2%2016: 21.7%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%15.2%2011: 19%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%27.9%2011: 29.3%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.2%2011: 8.6%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%39.2%2016: 36.8%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.5%2011: 8.2%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%15.1%2016: 16.4%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%22.4%2016: 22.8%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%26.5%2016: 26.5%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%23.8%2016: 22.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%12.1%2016: 11.8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.2%2016: 0.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%60.9%2016: 63.8%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%38.4%2016: 35.8%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.4%2016: 0.3%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%1.5%2016: 1.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%90.9%2016: 93%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%7.6%2016: 5.7%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 27.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 25.9%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%52.7%2016: 55.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%47.1%2016: 44.4%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%28.4%2016: 30.6%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.2%2016: 2.1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.8%2016: 0.5%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%6.8%2016: 7.3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%58.9%2016: 57.5%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%2.9%2016: 1.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%15.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%32.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%27.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%16.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%8.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92.1%2016: 88.1%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%3.3%2016: 8.3%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2%2016: 3.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.5%2016: 0.4%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.3%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021