Mirabel
Small city · Quebec · Population 61,108
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
- 37.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 35.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 35.8 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 · 2011: 2.6 · 2016: 2.6
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 47.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 46.3% · 2016: 42.4%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%20.7%2016: 22%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.2%2016: 12.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%29.6%2016: 30.1%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.9%2016: 26%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%12.6%2016: 9.7%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%29.6%2011: 36.8%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%26.9%2011: 24.5%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.3%2011: 10.4%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%26.4%2016: 23.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.8%2011: 6.6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%11.4%2016: 12.8%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%18.8%2016: 19.7%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%25.8%2016: 27.3%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%25.6%2016: 25.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%18.5%2016: 14.9%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.9%2016: 0.4%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%52.6%2016: 57.3%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%46.3%2016: 42.1%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.3%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%2.5%2016: 2.1%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%90.8%2016: 94.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%6.7%2016: 3.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 16.7%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 9.4%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%66.1%2016: 70.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%33.9%2016: 29.2%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%54%2016: 60.4%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.5%2016: 3.2%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.6%2016: 0.6%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%14.6%2016: 15.8%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%26.5%2016: 19.5%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.6%2016: 0.3%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%9.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%22.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%39.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%21.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%95%2016: 93.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.3%2016: 2.8%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.3%2016: 2.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.4%2016: 0.5%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1%2016: 0.9%
Statistics Canada, 2021