Montréal
Major city · Quebec · Population 1,762,949
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
- 38.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 39.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 38.5 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.1 · 2011: 2.1 · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 45.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 45% · 2016: 45%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.3%2016: 15.6%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.8%2016: 12.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%32%2016: 31.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%24.1%2016: 25%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%16.8%2016: 16%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%20%2011: 20.3%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%18.8%2011: 18.9%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.4%2011: 9.8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%41.8%2016: 40.8%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.9%2011: 10.3%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%10%2016: 11.3%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%14.9%2016: 16.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%10.5%2016: 11.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%20.3%2016: 21%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%44.4%2016: 39%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%11.9%2016: 10.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%27.2%2016: 29.9%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%58.5%2016: 57.4%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%2.4%2016: 2.5%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%13%2016: 12.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%47%2016: 49.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%40%2016: 38%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 21.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 19.1%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%36.4%2016: 36.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%63.6%2016: 63.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%7.1%2016: 7.3%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.2%2016: 3.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3.2%2016: 3.3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%13.2%2016: 13.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%56.9%2016: 57.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%16%2016: 14.2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%36%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%30.4%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%18.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%11.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%56.7%2016: 50.1%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%28.4%2016: 36.5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%9.6%2016: 8.6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%3.4%2016: 3.9%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.9%2016: 0.9%
Statistics Canada, 2021