Notre-Dame-des-Prairies
Small town · Quebec · Population 9,471
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
- 50.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 47.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 49 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 37.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 41.3% · 2016: 32.4%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.1%2016: 14.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.1%2016: 10.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%20.7%2016: 20.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.4%2016: 31.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%27.7%2016: 23.7%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%19.2%2011: 23%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%32.3%2011: 31.9%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.5%2011: 9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%33.9%2016: 32.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.1%2011: 5.6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%12.7%2016: 12.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%19.1%2016: 23.1%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%23.1%2016: 24.3%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%26%2016: 23.3%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%19.1%2016: 16.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.1%2016: 0.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%70.5%2016: 71.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%29.4%2016: 28.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.6%2016: 0.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%96.6%2016: 97.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.9%2016: 1.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 7.1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 6.7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%68.8%2016: 71.3%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%31.2%2016: 28.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%58.8%2016: 58.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5.6%2016: 5.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2.4%2016: 2.6%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%6.9%2016: 7.2%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%25.8%2016: 25.3%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.6%2016: 0.7%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%34.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%24.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%26.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93%2016: 93.5%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.8%2016: 1%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.7%2016: 3.2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.9%2016: 1.1%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.5%2016: 1.1%
Statistics Canada, 2021