Matane
Town · Quebec · Population 13,987
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
- 52.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 49.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 52.3 years
- Average household size
- 1.9
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.1 · 2011: 2 · 2016: 2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 33%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 31.5% · 2016: 30.7%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%12.4%2016: 12.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.1%2016: 9.4%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.7%2016: 19.7%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28%2016: 31.8%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%29.8%2016: 26.5%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%15.9%2011: 19.7%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%29.5%2011: 29.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.8%2011: 9.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%42.4%2016: 39.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.4%2011: 5.3%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%17%2016: 16.4%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%18%2016: 18.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%24%2016: 27.2%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%24%2016: 24.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%17%2016: 14%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0%2016: 0.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%79.8%2016: 82.2%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%20.1%2016: 17.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.5%2016: 0.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%98.5%2016: 98.9%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1%2016: 0.7%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 7.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 5.7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%59.8%2016: 63.9%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%40.2%2016: 36.2%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%56%2016: 56.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5.3%2016: 5.2%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.5%2016: 1.5%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%7.4%2016: 7.5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%26.9%2016: 26%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.9%2016: 3.1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%28.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%41.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%21.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%6.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%89.3%2016: 88.8%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.1%2016: 0.3%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%6.7%2016: 8.6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.5%2016: 0.6%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.5%2016: 1.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021