Lac-Bouchette
Small town · Quebec · Population 1,183
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
- 59.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 52.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 55.9 years
- Average household size
- 1.8
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 · 2011: 2.1 · 2016: 2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 36.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 28% · 2016: 25.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%9.7%2016: 11.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.2%2016: 7.5%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%15.3%2016: 15.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%33.9%2016: 34.7%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%33.5%2016: 30.5%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%10.9%2011: 17.9%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%35.9%2011: 36.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.2%2011: 7.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%43.8%2016: 35.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%3.1%2011: 3.6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%25.6%2016: 29.6%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%17.1%2016: 21.7%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%30.8%2016: 30.4%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%15.4%2016: 10.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%10.3%2016: 8.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0%2016: 0%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%86.9%2016: 91.2%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%13.1%2016: 8.8%
- 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%98.7%2016: 100%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%0.8%2006: 0.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 6.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%72.7%2016: 72.9%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%27.3%2016: 27.1%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%75.8%2016: 74.6%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.1%2016: 3.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.8%2016: 0.8%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%7.8%2016: 9.3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%11.7%2016: 11%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.8%2016: 0.8%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%28.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%32.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%25.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%10.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%94.8%2016: 95.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.6%2016: 4.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.6%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021