Contrecoeur
Small town · Quebec · Population 9,480
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
- 38.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 44.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 40.5 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 47.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 40.6% · 2016: 45.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%20.4%2016: 17%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.4%2016: 9.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%31%2016: 28.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%23%2016: 27.5%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%18.1%2016: 18.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%25.1%2011: 23.1%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%31.3%2011: 34.9%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.4%2011: 8.4%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%30.1%2016: 31.5%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.1%2011: 5.3%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%13.5%2016: 14%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%17.1%2016: 19.1%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%26.5%2016: 29.4%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%26.5%2016: 24.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%16.5%2016: 12.6%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.2%2016: 0.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%64.1%2016: 66.6%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%35.6%2016: 33%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%1.3%2016: 1.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%94.3%2016: 96.2%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%4.4%2016: 2.5%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 13%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 13.5%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%75.9%2016: 72.5%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%24.1%2016: 27.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%49.8%2016: 50.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%12.8%2016: 9.6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3.9%2016: 3.7%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%8.6%2016: 10%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%21.6%2016: 22.2%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%3.3%2016: 3.7%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%14.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%23.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%14.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%32.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%14.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93.7%2016: 91.8%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%2.2%2016: 3.6%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.5%2016: 3.8%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.4%2016: 0.3%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.4%2016: 0.5%
Statistics Canada, 2021