Kirkland
Town · Quebec · Population 19,413
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
- 46.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 43.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 45.5 years
- Average household size
- 2.9
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 3.1 (estimated) · 2011: 3.1 (estimated) · 2016: 3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 22.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 24.3% (estimated) · 2016: 20.6%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.8%2016: 15.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%14%2016: 16.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%18.4%2016: 17.8%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%32%2016: 34.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%19.8%2016: 16.4%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%44.3%2011: 49.9% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%26.9%2011: 21.9% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9%2011: 8% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%13.1%2016: 12.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.6%2011: 8% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%2.5%2016: 2.7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%14%2016: 15%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%4.2%2016: 6.5%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%22.3%2016: 25.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%57.1%2016: 50.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%22.1%2016: 18.9%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%2.6%2016: 2.7%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%73.1%2016: 76.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%2.2%2016: 1.7%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%38.9%2016: 41%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%16.9%2016: 19.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%44.2%2016: 39.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 7%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 7.1%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%92.9%2016: 94.5%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%7.1%2016: 5.5%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%86.6%2016: 86.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.1%2016: 1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%8.3%2016: 8.5%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0.1%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0.6%2016: 0.5%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%3.4%2016: 3.2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%1.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%43.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%45.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%9.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%88.6%2016: 85.1%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%5.9%2016: 11.6%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.7%2016: 2.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.6%2016: 0.4%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.3%2016: 0.9%
Statistics Canada, 2021