Lac-Mégantic
Small town · Quebec · Population 5,747
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
- 53.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 48.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 50.9 years
- Average household size
- 1.9
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.1 · 2011: 2 · 2016: 2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 36.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 41.8% · 2016: 33.6%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13.1%2016: 15.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.1%2016: 9.5%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%18.4%2016: 18.7%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.4%2016: 30.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%33.1%2016: 26.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%14.1%2011: 18.7%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%27.8%2011: 28.5%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.5%2011: 9.3%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%46.7%2016: 41.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%2.9%2011: 3.5%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%14.5%2016: 22.4%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%20.8%2016: 21.3%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%25.9%2016: 22.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%21.6%2016: 18.7%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%17.3%2016: 15.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.3%2016: 0%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%73.6%2016: 74.9%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%26.1%2016: 25%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%1.3%2016: 1.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%96.2%2016: 97.2%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.5%2016: 1.5%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 9.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 8.7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%53.7%2016: 58.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%46.1%2016: 41%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%48.6%2016: 55.5%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.2%2016: 2.2%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3.7%2016: 3.7%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%12.8%2016: 11.9%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%30.8%2016: 24.7%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.9%2016: 2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%38.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%20.4%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%18.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%18.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%87.4%2016: 87.9%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.1%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%9.2%2016: 8.9%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.1%2016: 1.7%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.6%2016: 1.3%
Statistics Canada, 2021