Kuujjuaq
Small town · Quebec · Population 2,668
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
- 28.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 27 years (estimated) · 2016: 27.8 years
- Average household size
- 2.7
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 3 · 2011: 3 · 2016: 2.8
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 43.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 41.4% · 2016: 55.4%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%29.4%2016: 27%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%14.2%2016: 16.9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%30.5%2016: 31.4%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%20.6%2016: 20.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%5.2%2016: 4.4%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%25.8%2011: 27.5%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%13.9%2011: 10.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%15.5%2011: 12.5%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%31.4%2016: 31.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%13.4%2011: 16.2%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%34.1%2016: 29%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%21.2%2016: 16.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%10.3%2016: 14.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%16.8%2016: 18.7%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%17.9%2016: 21.2%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%57.3%2016: 53%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%2.1%2016: 2.6%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%36.1%2016: 38.3%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%4.3%2016: 6.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%10.8%2016: 9.6%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%15.1%2016: 18.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%74.1%2016: 71.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%6.6%2016: 5.2%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%93.4%2016: 95.4%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%29.2%2016: 31.4%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%42.1%2016: 40.7%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%5.1%2016: 9.8%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.5%2016: 0%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%23.1%2016: 19.1%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%13.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%32%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%39.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%13.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%74.2%2016: 64.9%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.8%2016: 0.7%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%17%2016: 28.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.8%2016: 0.7%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%6.8%2016: 5.1%
Statistics Canada, 2021