Oka
Small town · Quebec · Population 3,968
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
- 46.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 44.5 years (estimated) · 2016: 47.5 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 31.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 28.7% · 2016: 25.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.1%2016: 17%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.4%2016: 8.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.8%2016: 20.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.2%2016: 34.2%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%21.3%2016: 18.8%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%27.9%2011: 30.5%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%32.2%2011: 31.5%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.1%2011: 8.4%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%26.3%2016: 25%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.5%2011: 5.8%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%12.9%2016: 13.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%18.9%2016: 18.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%21.1%2016: 21.4%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%25%2016: 22.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%22.3%2016: 23.8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%1.8%2016: 1.7%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%46.1%2016: 47.8%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%51.7%2016: 49.9%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.3%2016: 0.8%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%5.2%2016: 5.2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%90%2016: 90.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%4.8%2016: 4.3%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.2%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%82.4%2016: 84%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%17.6%2016: 16%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%88.2%2016: 88.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.5%2016: 1.6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.3%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%4%2016: 4.2%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%4.3%2016: 3.8%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.5%2016: 1.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%30%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%24.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%20.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%21.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%90.3%2016: 89.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.9%2016: 4.7%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.4%2016: 4.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.9%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.5%2016: 0.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021