Nantes
Small town · Quebec · Population 1,388
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
- 46 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 42.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 45.5 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 30.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 23.4% · 2016: 23.7%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.9%2016: 15.3%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.4%2016: 12%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23%2016: 22.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%31.7%2016: 34.5%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%19.4%2016: 16%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%25.6%2011: 30.4%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%33.9%2011: 33%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.4%2011: 7%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%29.8%2016: 26.9%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%3.3%2011: 5.2%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%24.7%2016: 26.4%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%14.7%2016: 18.2%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%33.3%2016: 37.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%20.7%2016: 14.5%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%6.7%2016: 4.4%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.4%2016: 0%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%81.7%2016: 82.9%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%17.6%2016: 17.1%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.4%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.7%2016: 0.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%97.1%2016: 97.8%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.2%2016: 1.5%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 4.2%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%81%2016: 84%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%19.8%2016: 16.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%86.1%2016: 88.2%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.6%2016: 0%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%4.9%2016: 3.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%7.4%2016: 7.6%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%24.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%26.4%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%33.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%14%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%94.6%2016: 96.4%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.9%2016: 2.2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.6%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021