Huntingdon
Small town · Quebec · Population 2,556
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
- 49.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 47.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 48.3 years
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 45.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 32.6% · 2016: 32.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.5%2016: 16.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.4%2016: 10%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.1%2016: 19.8%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.2%2016: 28.6%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%27.8%2016: 25.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%15.8%2011: 19.8%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%23.3%2011: 24%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%12.1%2011: 11.5%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%42.1%2016: 38.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.7%2011: 7.4%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%26.5%2016: 30.7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%27.7%2016: 24.1%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%20.9%2016: 19.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%18.9%2016: 18.9%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%6.8%2016: 6.6%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%19.1%2016: 17.3%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%23.9%2016: 22.7%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%56.7%2016: 59.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%37.8%2016: 38.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%55.5%2016: 56.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%6.6%2016: 4.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 5.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3.7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%54.8%2016: 59.2%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%45.2%2016: 40.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%60.4%2016: 65.3%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5%2016: 5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.4%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%13.3%2016: 12.3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%20.8%2016: 17.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%56%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%25.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%9.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%0.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%7.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%84.8%2016: 82.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 1.3%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%14.5%2016: 15.8%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 1.3%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021