Lorraine
Small town · Quebec · Population 9,502
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
- 42.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 42.5 years (estimated) · 2016: 43.7 years
- Average household size
- 2.8
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 3 · 2011: 2.9 · 2016: 2.8
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 31.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 27.6% · 2016: 27.3%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%19.4%2016: 18.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12.6%2016: 14.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.3%2016: 18.7%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29.3%2016: 33.6%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%17.4%2016: 14.7%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%41.7%2011: 44.4%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%32.7%2011: 28.9%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8%2011: 10.9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%13.3%2016: 12.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.4%2011: 4.9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%2.3%2016: 3.6%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%11.6%2016: 15.1%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%11.4%2016: 9.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%26.9%2016: 26.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%47.9%2016: 45.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%2.2%2016: 1.5%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%27.4%2016: 28.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%70.2%2016: 70.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.3%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%7.5%2016: 7.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%78.6%2016: 82.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%13.9%2016: 10.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 5.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 4.2%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%97.6%2016: 96.2%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%2.4%2016: 3.9%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%88.2%2016: 89.3%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.5%2016: 2.6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%4.6%2016: 4.2%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0.2%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%4.7%2016: 3.6%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%1.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%53.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%32.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%9.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93.1%2016: 88.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%3.5%2016: 8.6%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1.2%2016: 1.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.3%2016: 0.6%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.8%2016: 0.9%
Statistics Canada, 2021