Desmarchais-Crawford
Neighbourhood in Montréal · Quebec · Population 17,503
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
- 41 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 42.5 years (estimated) · 2016: 41.7 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.1 (estimated) · 2011: 2 (estimated) · 2016: 2.1 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 42.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 40.1% (estimated) · 2016: 42.4% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16%2016: 15.1% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.6%2016: 9.5% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%33.2%2016: 30.5% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25%2016: 28% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%16.8%2016: 16.8% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%20%2011: 18.4% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%22.8%2011: 20.6% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.1%2011: 11.4% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%39.4%2016: 39.3% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.7%2011: 9.6% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9.5%2016: 11% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%15.9%2016: 20.7% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%9.4%2016: 13.4% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%22.3%2016: 21.5% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%42.8%2016: 33.2% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%10.9%2016: 11.5% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%22%2016: 23.7% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%66.9%2016: 64.3% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.4%2016: 0.4% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%22%2016: 23.4% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%63.2%2016: 64.6% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%14.7%2016: 11.9% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 7.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 7.3% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%32.4%2016: 32.5% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%67.4%2016: 68.1% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%8%2016: 7.9% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.9%2016: 1.9% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.7%2016: 0.8% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%62.6%2016: 63.3% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%23%2016: 22.3% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%3.3%2016: 3.7% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%74.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%17.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%3.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%1.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%55.5%2016: 49% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%30.4%2016: 41.1% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%8.9%2016: 6% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%2.8%2016: 2.9% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.3%2016: 0.7% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021