Chibougamau
Small town · Quebec · Population 7,233
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
- 40.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 39.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 39.8 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 31.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 41% · 2016: 33.7%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%18.5%2016: 18.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.7%2016: 12.7%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%26.5%2016: 25.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.4%2016: 29.6%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%15.9%2016: 13.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%24%2011: 28%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%30.9%2011: 30.3%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.4%2011: 8.5%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%31.5%2016: 30.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.2%2011: 4.3%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%13.6%2016: 18%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%15.4%2016: 15.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%29.7%2016: 28.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%25%2016: 23.9%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%16.5%2016: 14%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%2.6%2016: 1.6%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%68.5%2016: 72.5%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%28.8%2016: 25.8%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%3%2016: 2.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%92.5%2016: 94.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%4.5%2016: 3%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 7.1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 4.8%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%70.1%2016: 69.3%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%29.9%2016: 30.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%50.5%2016: 48.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.5%2016: 4.9%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.7%2016: 1.8%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3.9%2016: 5.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%22.3%2016: 24.1%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0.2%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%17.1%2016: 14.7%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%16.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%53.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%21.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%6.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%83.1%2016: 80%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.3%2016: 0.9%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%9.7%2016: 12.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.4%2016: 0.6%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%5.4%2016: 6.1%
Statistics Canada, 2021