Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix
Small town · Quebec · Population 4,121
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
- 49.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 48.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 50.7 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 29%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 25.2% · 2016: 28.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.4%2016: 14.8%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.1%2016: 8.4%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.2%2016: 21.2%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.1%2016: 31.4%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%28.6%2016: 24.3%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%21.1%2011: 26.3%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%34.3%2011: 35.2%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.2%2011: 8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%34.3%2016: 30.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%3%2011: 3.3%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%10.9%2016: 17.8%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%15.9%2016: 16%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%32.4%2016: 31.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%23.2%2016: 22%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%17.9%2016: 13%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.1%2016: 0%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%86.6%2016: 86.6%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%13.2%2016: 13.4%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.5%2016: 0.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%98.9%2016: 99.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%0.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 3.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 4%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%76.5%2016: 72.9%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%23.5%2016: 27.4%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%67.4%2016: 66.6%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5.2%2016: 5.2%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.7%2016: 2%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%11%2016: 11.8%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%13%2016: 13%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0.3%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.7%2016: 1.2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%33.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%27.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%23.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%13%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92.5%2016: 89.4%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%5.1%2016: 7.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 1.3%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.4%2016: 1.9%
Statistics Canada, 2021