Eeyou Istchee Baie-James
Small town · Quebec · Population 2,638
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
- 34.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 43.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 34.5 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.9
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 (estimated) · 2011: 2.2 (estimated) · 2016: 3 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 48.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 38.1% (estimated) · 2016: 27.2% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%23.1%2016: 24.2% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%14.4%2016: 14.8% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%24.7%2016: 26% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.6%2016: 25.3% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%12.1%2016: 10.7% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%27.1%2011: 24.5% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%23.8%2011: 34.3% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.4%2011: 3.4% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%28.2%2016: 23.2% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%11.6%2011: 5.8% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%31.5%2016: 30% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%20.8%2016: 13.7% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%23.1%2016: 30.9% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%19.2%2016: 20.8% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%5.8%2016: 6.2% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%33.5%2016: 30.7% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%37.1%2016: 33.5% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%29.4%2016: 30.4% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 5% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%8.7%2016: 7.8% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%47.7%2016: 43.8% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%43.6%2016: 48.4% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 3.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.5% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%55.2%2016: 53.1% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%45.4%2016: 24.3% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%79.7%2016: 79.9% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%9.3%2016: 7.7% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.5%2016: 4.6% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.5%2016: 1.4% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%6%2016: 5.3% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%3.8%2016: 1.2% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%21.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%26.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%30.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%20.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%73.7%2016: 70.7% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%6.3%2016: 2.1% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%14.1%2016: 20.6% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%4.9%2016: 6.5% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021