Pointe-Claire
Town · Quebec · Population 33,488
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
- 49.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 47.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 47.6 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 34%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 33.4% · 2016: 30.6%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.6%2016: 15.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.6%2016: 12.2%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.9%2016: 19.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.1%2016: 29.6%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%27.8%2016: 23.8%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%29.8%2011: 32.2%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%25%2011: 23.9%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.2%2011: 9.4%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%30.6%2016: 29.9%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.4%2011: 5.5%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%3.6%2016: 4.2%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%16.7%2016: 18%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%6%2016: 7.4%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%22.9%2016: 23.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%50.7%2016: 46.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%25.9%2016: 24.9%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%3.3%2016: 4.4%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%69.1%2016: 69.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.6%2016: 1.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%47.3%2016: 50.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%20.5%2016: 21.5%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%32.3%2016: 27.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 13.7%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 7.7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%69.3%2016: 70.3%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%30.8%2016: 29.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%49.9%2016: 53.1%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%6.8%2016: 7.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%10.1%2016: 10.3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.8%2016: 0.8%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%11.4%2016: 10.7%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%20.9%2016: 17.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%36.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%25.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%20.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%8.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%8.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%81.8%2016: 75.4%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%9.5%2016: 19.3%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%5.1%2016: 3.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.5%2016: 1.4%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.3%2016: 0.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021