La Pêche
Small town · Quebec · Population 8,636
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: 44.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 46.1 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 32.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 33.7% · 2016: 27.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.7%2016: 16.8%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.2%2016: 8.7%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23.6%2016: 23%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.8%2016: 34.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%20.8%2016: 17.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%25.6%2011: 28.3%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%30.7%2011: 30.7%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.6%2011: 7.9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%28.6%2016: 26%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.5%2011: 6.9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%14.3%2016: 15.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%19.4%2016: 21.3%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%15.2%2016: 15.4%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%21.8%2016: 21.5%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%29.2%2016: 26.3%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%19.2%2016: 18.9%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%19.8%2016: 20.9%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%61%2016: 60.1%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%37%2016: 36.8%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%56.5%2016: 58%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%6.5%2016: 5.2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.6%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%85.7%2016: 84.3%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%14.3%2016: 15.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%87.2%2016: 87.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.4%2016: 2.9%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2%2016: 2.4%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.9%2016: 2.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%3.4%2016: 2.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.1%2016: 1.5%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%18.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%27.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%24%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%22.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%6.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92%2016: 93%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.4%2016: 3.7%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.2%2016: 2.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.5%2016: 0.4%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.7%2016: 0.8%
Statistics Canada, 2021