Granby
Small city · Quebec · Population 69,025
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
- 47.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 44.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 46.1 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 (estimated) · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 43.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 45% (estimated) · 2016: 41.6%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.3%2016: 15.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.5%2016: 10.8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%22%2016: 22.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.3%2016: 29.5%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%25.8%2016: 21.6%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%18.2%2011: 22.3%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%28.9%2011: 28.3%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.7%2011: 9.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%38.3%2016: 36.2%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.9%2011: 5.9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%16.1%2016: 17.6%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%23.9%2016: 24.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%21.5%2016: 21.5%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%22%2016: 21.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%16.5%2016: 15.4%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.5%2016: 0.4%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%62%2016: 63.5%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%37.1%2016: 35.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.4%2016: 0.4%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%2.1%2016: 2.2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%91.8%2016: 92.9%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%6.1%2016: 4.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 10.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 8%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%54.2%2016: 54.2%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%45.8%2016: 45.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%38.8%2016: 39.5%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%7.9%2016: 7%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.5%2016: 0.8%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%7.1%2016: 7.5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%40.1%2016: 39.1%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%1.6%2016: 2.7%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%3%2016: 3.3%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%18.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%27.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%26.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%19.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%7.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92%2016: 91.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.9%2016: 1%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.8%2016: 5.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.9%2016: 1.1%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.3%2016: 1%
Statistics Canada, 2021