Montague
Small town · Ontario · Population 3,914
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
- 44.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 43.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 43.6 years
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 (estimated) · 2011: 2.6 · 2016: 2.6
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 32.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 32.8% (estimated) · 2016: 32.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.2%2016: 16.9%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.7%2016: 10.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%24.9%2016: 24.2%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29.8%2016: 31.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%19.6%2016: 17.3%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%27.3%2011: 31.5%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%35.7%2011: 36.2%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.3%2011: 7.3%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%18.7%2016: 18.2%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%11%2011: 8.1%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9.6%2016: 10.2%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%30.5%2016: 28.3%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%6.6%2016: 8.9%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%39.2%2016: 42.7%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%14.3%2016: 9.4%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%86%2016: 86%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%14%2016: 13.9%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%91.9%2016: 92.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%4.1%2016: 4.1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%4%2016: 3.3%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%93.7%2016: 91.9%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%6.7%2016: 8.1%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%96.3%2016: 96.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.3%2016: 2.1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.7%2016: 0.4%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0.3%2016: 0.7%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%23.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%23.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%24.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%23.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%96.7%2016: 95.8%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.7%2016: 1.1%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1.7%2016: 1.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1%2016: 1.7%
Statistics Canada, 2021