Châteauguay
Small city · Quebec · Population 50,815
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
- 42.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 42.5 years (estimated) · 2016: 42.3 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 36.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 32.6% · 2016: 31.4%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%18.4%2016: 17.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.2%2016: 12.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23.5%2016: 23.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.4%2016: 28.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%19.6%2016: 17.8%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%28.8%2011: 30.4%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%24.1%2011: 26.5%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.8%2011: 11.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%27.8%2016: 25.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.4%2011: 7.8%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%11.7%2016: 12.2%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%24%2016: 26.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%19.4%2016: 21.4%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%23.3%2016: 22.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%21.6%2016: 17.4%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%12.3%2016: 11.8%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%28.5%2016: 29.3%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%58.4%2016: 58.3%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.8%2016: 0.7%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%25.1%2016: 25.6%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%53.4%2016: 57.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%21.5%2016: 16.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 8.1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%71.9%2016: 75.2%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%28.1%2016: 24.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%63.2%2016: 65.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5.4%2016: 5.7%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.4%2016: 1.4%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3.5%2016: 3.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%26%2016: 22.8%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.4%2016: 0.4%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%17.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%37.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%21.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%18.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%86.4%2016: 82.4%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%7.6%2016: 13.3%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.5%2016: 2.9%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.8%2016: 0.6%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.7%2016: 0.8%
Statistics Canada, 2021