Mont-Carmel
Small town · Quebec · Population 1,160
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
- 54 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 52.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 55.5 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.1 · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 27.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 24.3% · 2016: 22.5%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.1%2016: 12%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%6%2016: 6.2%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.6%2016: 19.1%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.3%2016: 34.7%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%30.6%2016: 28.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%19.6%2011: 20.8%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%35.5%2011: 35.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.5%2011: 5.9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%35.5%2016: 32.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%2.8%2011: 5.9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%18.9%2016: 19.7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%9.9%2016: 17.2%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%32.4%2016: 36.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%26.1%2016: 16.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%12.6%2016: 8.2%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0%2016: 0%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%83.5%2016: 87.9%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%15.6%2016: 12.1%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.4%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.4%2016: 0.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%98.2%2016: 99.5%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1.3%2006: 2.1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 4.7%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%84%2016: 84.3%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%16%2016: 14.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%93.5%2016: 93.1%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0%2016: 0%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%4.7%2016: 5.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.9%2016: 1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%56.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%20.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%12.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%11.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%96.2%2016: 93.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.8%2016: 6.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021