Laval
City · Quebec · Population 438,366
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
- 42.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 42 years (estimated) · 2016: 41.9 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.6
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 34.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 37.2% · 2016: 32.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.2%2016: 17.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.7%2016: 12.4%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%24.1%2016: 24.4%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.3%2016: 28.6%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%18.7%2016: 17.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%31.3%2011: 32.2%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%22.7%2011: 23.9%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10%2011: 10.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%27.9%2016: 26.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.1%2011: 8%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%10.9%2016: 12%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%17.5%2016: 19.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%15.1%2016: 16.4%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%24.3%2016: 24.5%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%32.2%2016: 27.6%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%5.8%2016: 5.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%31.8%2016: 34.6%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%60.3%2016: 58.3%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%2.1%2016: 2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%7.9%2016: 7.2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%52.2%2016: 56.8%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%40%2016: 36%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 18.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 15.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%66.6%2016: 69.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%33.4%2016: 30.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%44.8%2016: 46.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%9%2016: 9.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2.9%2016: 3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.9%2016: 3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%30.5%2016: 30.8%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%9.8%2016: 6.7%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%14.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%32.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%28.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%19.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%84%2016: 78.7%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%11.3%2016: 17.8%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.7%2016: 2.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.5%2016: 0.5%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.5%2016: 0.7%
Statistics Canada, 2021