Lac Simon
Small town · Quebec · Population 1,285
Scores based on limited data
Statistics Canada does not publish some figures for First Nations reserves, such as housing costs, and figures marked Estimated come from a nearby source. Scores for Lac Simon use the figures that are available.
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
- 24.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 18.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 20.5 years
- Average household size
- 3.7
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 4.7 · 2011: 4.7 · 2016: 4.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 25.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 39.8% · 2016: 28.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%35.8%2016: 40.9%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%14.4%2016: 17%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%28.8%2016: 25.4%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%17.9%2016: 13.4%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%3.1%2016: 2.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%26.1%2011: 37.7%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%8.7%2011: 11.5%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%15.9%2011: 13.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%18.8%2016: 6.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%30.4%2011: 34.4%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%55.5%2016: 63.6%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%14.3%2016: 15.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%18.5%2016: 12.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%10.1%2016: 8.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%1.7%2016: 0%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%2.3%2016: 1.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%63.4%2016: 75.2%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%34.2%2016: 23.4%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.4%2016: 0.4%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%5.4%2016: 1.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%70.8%2016: 52.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%23.7%2016: 46%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%0%2016: 19%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%4.4%2016: 19%
- Band or local government housing95.6%2016: 61.9%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%91.2%2016: 92.1%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.9%2016: 1.6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%4.4%2016: 4.8%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.5%2016: 0%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0%2016: 0%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%0%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%13.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%55.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%25%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%8.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%56.2%2016: 56.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%39.6%2016: 43.8%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%4.2%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021