Cowansville
Town · Quebec · Population 15,234
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
- 48.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 45.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 46.2 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 47.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 42% · 2016: 43.6%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15%2016: 15.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.9%2016: 10.8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%22.3%2016: 22.8%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.8%2016: 29%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%28.2%2016: 22.4%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%17.2%2011: 20.5%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%28.7%2011: 28.5%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.3%2011: 10.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%39.6%2016: 35.7%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.2%2011: 6.2%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%16.1%2016: 19.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%25.8%2016: 27.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%21.9%2016: 23.9%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%21.1%2016: 17.5%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%15%2016: 12%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%5.9%2016: 5.6%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%42.6%2016: 43.7%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%51.3%2016: 50.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%14.8%2016: 15.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%79.4%2016: 80.5%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%5.8%2016: 3.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 9.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 6.4%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%49.9%2016: 52.2%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%50.1%2016: 47.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%40.2%2016: 43.6%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.7%2016: 4.8%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.1%2016: 1.2%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%8%2016: 9%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%44.8%2016: 40.2%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.4%2016: 1.2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%20.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%31.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%17.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%16.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%14%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%91.4%2016: 90.7%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.3%2016: 0.6%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%6.6%2016: 7.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.6%2016: 0.7%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.2%2016: 1%
Statistics Canada, 2021