Matagami
Small town · Quebec · Population 1,402
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 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 39.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 39.5 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 30%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 37.2% · 2016: 28.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.7%2016: 19.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.7%2016: 10%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%25.6%2016: 26.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29.2%2016: 31.4%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%16.7%2016: 12.4%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%24.2%2011: 31.2%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%31.5%2011: 33.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.5%2011: 6.4%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%31.5%2016: 26.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.5%2011: 4%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%15.1%2016: 18.2%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%18%2016: 17.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%28.8%2016: 34.5%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%22.3%2016: 18.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%16.5%2016: 9.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.7%2016: 0.7%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%69.3%2016: 73.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%29.6%2016: 26.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%1.8%2016: 2.1%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%94.6%2016: 96.2%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%3.6%2016: 1.7%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 4.1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 4.8%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%78.5%2016: 77.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%21.5%2016: 22.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%48%2016: 48%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%19.5%2016: 22%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%4.1%2016: 3.3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%5.7%2016: 1.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%3.3%2016: 4.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%19.5%2016: 20.3%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%6.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%76%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%12.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%1.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%78.7%2016: 76.9%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%18.9%2016: 19.9%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.5%2016: 3.2%
Statistics Canada, 2021