Fermont
Small town · Quebec · Population 2,256
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 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 34.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 35 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 45.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 37.8% · 2016: 48.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%23.5%2016: 21.5%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.6%2016: 11.7%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%36.8%2016: 35%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.5%2016: 29.8%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%3.8%2016: 2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%32.8%2011: 34%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%22.6%2011: 27%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.7%2011: 4.5%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%34.9%2016: 33%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%2.1%2011: 5.3%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%4%2016: 6.9%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%18.7%2016: 18.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%39.6%2016: 39.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%26.3%2016: 27.5%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%11.5%2016: 8.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.4%2016: 0.4%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%66.3%2016: 69.9%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%33.7%2016: 29.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%1.6%2016: 1%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%96%2016: 97.2%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.4%2016: 1.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 10.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 9.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%59.2%2016: 60.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%40.3%2016: 39.3%
- Band or local government housing0.5%2006: 0.9%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%43.6%2016: 42.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%27.7%2016: 26.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%5.6%2016: 7.5%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.5%2016: 0.5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%2.1%2016: 0.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%20.5%2016: 21.2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%2.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%83.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%6.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%6.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%76.1%2016: 57.5%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%12.9%2016: 27.4%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%9.5%2016: 13.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.8%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 1%
Statistics Canada, 2021