Lac-Supérieur
Small town · Quebec · Population 1,972
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
- 52 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 46.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 49.5 years
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 (estimated) · 2011: 2.1 (estimated) · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 43.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 47.2% (estimated) · 2016: 29.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%12.9%2016: 14.8%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.3%2016: 7.7%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.7%2016: 22%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%37.2%2016: 36.5%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%22.3%2016: 19%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%15.1%2011: 21.3% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%33.2%2011: 35% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.5%2011: 7.5% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%39.7%2016: 35%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.5%2011: 5.7% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%17.2%2016: 9.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%21.5%2016: 23.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%21.9%2016: 30.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%20.2%2016: 24.3%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%18.5%2016: 11.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%2%2016: 0.8%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%44.9%2016: 52.5%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%53%2016: 46.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.3%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%5.6%2016: 4.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%91.1%2016: 92.9%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%3.3%2016: 2.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%86.5%2016: 83.9%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%13%2016: 16.1%
- Band or local government housing0.5%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%93%2016: 93.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2%2016: 1.7%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3.5%2016: 3.3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0.5%2016: 0.6%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1%2016: 0.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%11%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%32.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%27%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%23%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%96.4%2016: 93.7%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.2%2016: 2.5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%0%2016: 0%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.4%2016: 2.5%
Statistics Canada, 2021