Mashteuiatsh
Small town · Quebec · Population 2,010
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 Mashteuiatsh 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
- 43.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 36.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 37.5 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
- 19.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 24% · 2016: 27.5%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.4%2016: 21.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12.2%2016: 15.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%22.4%2016: 23%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29.1%2016: 27.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%18.7%2016: 13.3%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%23.5%2011: 26.5%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%21.6%2011: 18.4%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%11.1%2011: 15.3%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%29.6%2016: 26.2%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%14.2%2011: 15.3%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%16.1%2016: 27.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%13.7%2016: 9.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%31.2%2016: 30%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%22%2016: 22.5%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%17.1%2016: 11%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.3%2016: 0.3%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%84.5%2016: 85%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%15%2016: 15%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%1.3%2016: 0.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%92%2016: 87.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%6.8%2016: 12.1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 3.7%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%75.2%2016: 70.5%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%16.1%2016: 14.8%
- Band or local government housing8.7%2016: 14.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%75.8%2016: 76%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.5%2016: 3.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%8.1%2016: 7.3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%5%2016: 3.3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%6.8%2016: 7.3%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.6%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.2%2016: 2.7%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%9.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%19.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%41.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%24.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%6.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%94.7%2016: 87.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 1.7%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.6%2016: 6.8%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 1.7%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2%2016: 3.4%
Statistics Canada, 2021