Fort-Coulonge
Small town · Quebec · Population 1,312
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
- 48.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 44.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 46.2 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 33.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 30.6% · 2016: 23.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.1%2016: 16.8%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.5%2016: 11.2%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%20.2%2016: 21.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29.3%2016: 29.7%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%24%2016: 21.3%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%21.9%2011: 28.4%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%28.9%2011: 25%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.5%2011: 9.5%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%32.5%2016: 27%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.1%2011: 6.9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%30.8%2016: 22.8%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%23.3%2016: 17.2%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%29.3%2016: 36.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%13.5%2016: 18.6%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%3.8%2016: 4.8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%7.6%2016: 7.7%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%10.7%2016: 17.4%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%82.4%2016: 74.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%15.6%2016: 14.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%80.5%2016: 83.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%3.8%2016: 2.1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 7.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.5%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%63.2%2016: 63.1%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%37.7%2016: 36.1%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%70.4%2016: 69.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%7.8%2016: 6.6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%4.3%2016: 4.1%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%7.8%2016: 8.2%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%11.3%2016: 10.7%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%34.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%39.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%21.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%1.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%89.5%2016: 91.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%2.3%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%5.8%2016: 5.8%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.3%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021