Donnacona
Small town · Quebec · Population 7,436
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
- 44.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 46.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 45.5 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.1 · 2011: 2.1 · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 35.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 36.3% · 2016: 38.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.1%2016: 15.3%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.4%2016: 8.4%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%25.7%2016: 25.7%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25%2016: 27.6%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%24.7%2016: 22.7%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%20.8%2011: 20.7%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%29.4%2011: 31.4%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.3%2011: 7.3%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%37.3%2016: 36%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.2%2011: 5%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%7.6%2016: 9.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%18.8%2016: 21.7%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%27.9%2016: 27.3%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%28.3%2016: 27.9%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%17.5%2016: 13.9%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.1%2016: 0.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%71%2016: 73.7%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%28.7%2016: 26.1%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%1%2016: 1.1%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%95.8%2016: 97.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%3.2%2016: 1.5%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 7.1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 6.6%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%65%2016: 65.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%34.8%2016: 34.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%56.4%2016: 55.5%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%9.5%2016: 9.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.2%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%13.3%2016: 14.5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%19.1%2016: 19.1%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.3%2016: 0.5%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.2%2016: 1.1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%30.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%22.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%15.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%23.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%8.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%95%2016: 94%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.3%2016: 0.7%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.1%2016: 5%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.3%2016: 0.3%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0.3%2016: 0.3%
Statistics Canada, 2021