L'Avenir
Small town · Quebec · Population 1,350
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: 46.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 49.8 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 30.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 31% · 2016: 22.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17%2016: 16.8%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.4%2016: 7.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23.3%2016: 20.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30%2016: 35.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%21.9%2016: 20.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%23.6%2011: 23.1%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%38.7%2011: 37.5%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%4.7%2011: 5.8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%26.4%2016: 27.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.6%2011: 7.7%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%19.3%2016: 24.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%17.1%2016: 19.7%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%31.4%2016: 27.9%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%21.4%2016: 21.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%11.4%2016: 6.8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.4%2016: 0.8%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%71.5%2016: 69%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%28.1%2016: 30.3%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%1.9%2016: 2.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%95.6%2016: 95%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.6%2016: 2.3%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%82.1%2016: 87.9%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%18.9%2016: 12.9%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%87.9%2016: 80.3%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.9%2016: 0.9%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.8%2016: 2.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%4.7%2016: 4.3%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%3.7%2016: 12%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%27.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%34%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%20.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%11.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92.8%2016: 95.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 1.9%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%6.3%2016: 3.8%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 1.9%
Statistics Canada, 2021