Pointe-à-la-Croix
Small town · Quebec · Population 1,344
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
- 51.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 46.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 49.2 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 23.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 40.5% · 2016: 19.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.5%2016: 14.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.1%2016: 8.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.7%2016: 22.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%32%2016: 34.5%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%26.4%2016: 20.5%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%16.4%2011: 20%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%27.3%2011: 29.2%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.2%2011: 12.3%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%36.7%2016: 35.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.4%2011: 10%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%25.4%2016: 29.6%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%25.4%2016: 18.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%21%2016: 23.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%18.1%2016: 21.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%10.9%2016: 7.9%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%8.6%2016: 6.5%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%42.2%2016: 42.2%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%49.3%2016: 50.9%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%14.6%2016: 13.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%82.5%2016: 83.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%3%2016: 2.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 5.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 5.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%68%2016: 64.6%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%32%2016: 35.4%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%69.8%2016: 68.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5.4%2016: 6.1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.8%2016: 2.3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.3%2016: 2.3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%20.9%2016: 19.1%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.8%2016: 1.5%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%18%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%45.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%24.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%12.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%95.9%2016: 94.4%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.1%2016: 2.2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.1%2016: 3.3%
Statistics Canada, 2021