Percé
Small town · Quebec · Population 3,095
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
- 57.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 51.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 55.4 years
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 · 2011: 2.1 · 2016: 2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 21.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 22.4% · 2016: 18.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%9.9%2016: 10.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%6.1%2016: 7.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%16.8%2016: 18%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%32.8%2016: 36.2%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%34.4%2016: 28.3%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%13.5%2011: 19.2%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%27.7%2011: 27.8%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.4%2011: 9.6%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%40.6%2016: 38.8%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.7%2011: 10.5%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%31.1%2016: 33%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%19.4%2016: 21.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%17.5%2016: 19.2%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%19.7%2016: 17.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%12%2016: 8.4%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%13.5%2016: 12.4%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%55.6%2016: 60.5%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%30.9%2016: 27.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%21%2016: 19.8%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%76.7%2016: 78.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.3%2016: 1.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.6%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%79.4%2016: 80%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%20.6%2016: 20%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%92.3%2016: 92.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.6%2016: 0.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.3%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.9%2016: 2%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%3.9%2016: 4.3%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1%2016: 0.7%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%43.5%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%30.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%16.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%6.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%95.9%2016: 93.7%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1%2016: 3.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.1%2016: 1.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021