Pierrefonds-Est
Neighbourhood in Montréal · Quebec · Population 38,220
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
- 42.3 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 40.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 42 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 (estimated) · 2011: 2.6 (estimated) · 2016: 2.6 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 32.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 34% (estimated) · 2016: 29.3% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.9%2016: 17.6% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12.3%2016: 12.9% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%24%2016: 24% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.3%2016: 28.7% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%18.5%2016: 16.7% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%31.7%2011: 32.5% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%20%2011: 20.1% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.8%2011: 10.8% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%27.9%2016: 27.7% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.6%2011: 9.4% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%8.8%2016: 9.4% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%19.6%2016: 22.1% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%10%2016: 10.4% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%23.4%2016: 23.8% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%38.1%2016: 33.8% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%22.3%2016: 21% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%12.1%2016: 12.9% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%62.7%2016: 63.6% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%2.8%2016: 2.4% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%26%2016: 26.3% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%24.8%2016: 27% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%49.1%2016: 46.7% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 16.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 14.1% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%64.9%2016: 66.2% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%34.9%2016: 33.9% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%44.3%2016: 44.8% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5.3%2016: 5.5% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%7.5%2016: 7.8% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.4%2016: 1.4% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%32.9%2016: 32.2% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%8.5%2016: 8.1% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%20.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%45.4%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%21.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%10.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%79.6%2016: 72.8% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%14.8%2016: 23.5% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.8%2016: 2.4% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.2%2016: 0.5% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.4%2016: 0.6% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021