Mascouche
Small city · Quebec · Population 51,183
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
- 40.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 37.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 38.7 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.8 · 2011: 2.7 · 2016: 2.6
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 41.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 39.8% · 2016: 35.3%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%19.8%2016: 19.8%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.4%2016: 11.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%27.1%2016: 28.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.2%2016: 26.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%16.4%2016: 13.5%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%30.5%2011: 35.9%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%26.4%2011: 26.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.6%2011: 9.8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%25.2%2016: 22.8%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.2%2011: 8.1%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%10%2016: 11.8%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%19.7%2016: 21%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%24.9%2016: 26.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%25.4%2016: 24.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%20%2016: 16.3%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.6%2016: 0.6%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%53.6%2016: 57.7%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%45.6%2016: 41.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%2.3%2016: 2.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%89.7%2016: 92.2%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%8%2016: 5.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 21%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 18.6%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%76.1%2016: 79.5%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%23.8%2016: 20.5%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%59%2016: 62%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5.4%2016: 5.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3.5%2016: 2.4%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%4.3%2016: 4.5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%27.4%2016: 25.2%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%4.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%23.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%22%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%39.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%10%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93%2016: 92%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%2.7%2016: 5.1%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.4%2016: 1.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.4%2016: 0.2%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.5%2016: 0.9%
Statistics Canada, 2021