L'Isle-aux-Allumettes
Small town · Quebec · Population 1,382
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
- 50 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 47.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 50.6 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 35.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 22.8% · 2016: 22.7%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.2%2016: 13.9%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.7%2016: 11.2%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%20.6%2016: 18.4%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.2%2016: 32.2%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%25.6%2016: 24.3%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%22.6%2011: 25%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%31.5%2011: 33%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.5%2011: 7.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%34.7%2016: 27.8%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.8%2011: 8%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%16.9%2016: 18.3%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%29.6%2016: 26%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%11.3%2016: 12.2%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%31%2016: 30.5%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%11.3%2016: 13%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%60.1%2016: 57.7%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.4%2016: 0.7%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%39.5%2016: 41.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%75.7%2016: 75.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%18.1%2016: 20.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%6.2%2016: 4.1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%82.3%2016: 84.5%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%16.9%2016: 15.5%
- Band or local government housing0.8%2006: 0.9%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%92.7%2016: 94%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.4%2016: 3.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.8%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0.9%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%2.4%2016: 0.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.6%2016: 0.9%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%32.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%24.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%21%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%15.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%6.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%96.1%2016: 98%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.9%2016: 2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021