Paspébiac
Small town · Quebec · Population 3,033
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
- 56.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 51.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 54.2 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 23.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 17.4% · 2016: 18.6%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%11.4%2016: 9.8%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%6.8%2016: 8.8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%17.5%2016: 18.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%31.7%2016: 33.8%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%33.2%2016: 28.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%19.1%2011: 22.7%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%30.5%2011: 30.9%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.9%2011: 9.9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%31.6%2016: 29%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.9%2011: 8.9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%17.1%2016: 20.4%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%21.6%2016: 19.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%33.2%2016: 31.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%18.8%2016: 21.9%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%9.6%2016: 6.8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%2.5%2016: 2.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%78.5%2016: 78.4%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%19%2016: 19.4%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%5.1%2016: 5.1%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%93.9%2016: 94.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1%2016: 0.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.8%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%71.6%2016: 80.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%28.4%2016: 19.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%83.6%2016: 82.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.4%2016: 1.7%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.4%2016: 0.7%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%12.8%2016: 11.5%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0.3%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.8%2016: 2.8%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%31.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%42.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%14.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%8.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%90.3%2016: 97.1%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%2.9%2016: 1.3%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%5.8%2016: 0.8%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.4%2016: 0.8%
Statistics Canada, 2021