Gatineau
City · Quebec · Population 291,041
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
- 40 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 39.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 39.2 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 42.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 43.8% · 2016: 40.3%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%18.1%2016: 18.3%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.3%2016: 12.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%27.7%2016: 27.2%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.6%2016: 28.2%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%16.3%2016: 14%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%23.2%2011: 26.4%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%23%2011: 23.5%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%11%2011: 11.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%34.5%2016: 32.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.3%2011: 8.1%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%11.6%2016: 13%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%18%2016: 19.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%12.8%2016: 14.3%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%22.9%2016: 22.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%34.7%2016: 30.2%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%8.4%2016: 7%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%25.9%2016: 28.3%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%65%2016: 64%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.7%2016: 0.7%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%11.8%2016: 11.2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%71.1%2016: 75.1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%17.2%2016: 13.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 16.1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 13.1%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%60.2%2016: 62.5%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%39.8%2016: 37.5%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%36.5%2016: 38.5%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%14.3%2016: 14.6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%6.5%2016: 6.6%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%5.7%2016: 5.9%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%31.1%2016: 28.6%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%5.5%2016: 5.5%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%13.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%26.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%29.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%23.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%81.4%2016: 76.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%10.7%2016: 16.4%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.4%2016: 4.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.2%2016: 2.4%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.3%2016: 0.8%
Statistics Canada, 2021