Pessamit
Small town · Quebec · Population 2,428
Scores based on limited data
Statistics Canada does not publish some figures for First Nations reserves, such as housing costs, and figures marked Estimated come from a nearby source. Scores for Pessamit use the figures that are available.
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
- 34.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 29.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 34.6 years
- Average household size
- 2.9
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 3.6 · 2011: 3.2 · 2016: 2.9
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 21.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 19.2% · 2016: 13.5%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%23.9%2016: 24.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%14.2%2016: 14.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%26.4%2016: 26.8%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%24.9%2016: 25.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%10.9%2016: 8.6%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%17.7%2011: 21.3%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%6.7%2011: 6.7%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%29.9%2011: 32%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%21.3%2016: 21.8%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%24.4%2011: 23.3%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%36.7%2016: 50.6%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%11.4%2016: 9.3%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%29%2016: 19.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%16.3%2016: 15.6%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%6.9%2016: 4.6%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.2%2016: 0.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%86.1%2016: 90.9%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%11.4%2016: 6.9%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%2.7%2016: 2.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0%2016: 0.2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%9.8%2016: 3.5%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%90.2%2016: 96.2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 9%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%35.4%2016: 44.2%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%8.5%2016: 8.3%
- Band or local government housing56.1%2016: 47.4%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%91.5%2016: 90.4%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0%2016: 0%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%7.9%2016: 8.3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0%2016: 0%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.6%2016: 1.3%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%10.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%24.4%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%35.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%23.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%7.3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%84.9%2016: 80.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.4%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%9.6%2016: 14.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.4%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%4.1%2016: 3.1%
Statistics Canada, 2021