Lac-au-Saumon
Small town · Quebec · Population 1,488
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
- 53.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 48.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 51.3 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 26.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 27% · 2016: 24.4%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.1%2016: 15.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.4%2016: 8.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.1%2016: 19%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%24.5%2016: 29.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%32.6%2016: 27.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%24.6%2011: 30.2%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%28.7%2011: 29.2%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.6%2011: 7.5%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%36.1%2016: 31.2%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.1%2011: 4.7%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%15.2%2016: 15.8%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%15.2%2016: 20.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%36.2%2016: 38.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%22.5%2016: 20.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%12.3%2016: 4.3%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0%2016: 0%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%87.6%2016: 88%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%12.4%2016: 11.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.4%2016: 0.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%98.9%2016: 99.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%0.7%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 6.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 4.5%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%72.7%2016: 79.5%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%28.1%2016: 20.5%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%73.6%2016: 78.6%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.7%2016: 0.9%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2.5%2016: 1.8%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3.3%2016: 4.5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%17.4%2016: 11.6%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.7%2016: 2.7%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%50.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%21.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%22.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%1.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%97.2%2016: 88%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 1.9%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1.8%2016: 6.5%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 1.9%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.8%2016: 1.9%
Statistics Canada, 2021