Pointe-des-Cascades
Small town · Quebec · Population 1,775
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
- 37.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 40.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 39.7 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 51.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 45.1% · 2016: 42.4%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%21.7%2016: 17.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.2%2016: 9.8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%32.1%2016: 30.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.9%2016: 29.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%12.4%2016: 12.8%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%29.7%2011: 27.4%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%25%2011: 31%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.1%2011: 8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%29.1%2016: 31%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.1%2011: 7.1%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9%2016: 14.8%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%20.6%2016: 19.8%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%22.6%2016: 23.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%24.6%2016: 23.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%23.6%2016: 18.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%4.8%2016: 2.7%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%33%2016: 37.2%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%62%2016: 60.1%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.6%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%13%2016: 9.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%75.2%2016: 83.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%11.8%2016: 7.1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 7.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 9.2%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%74.3%2016: 72.3%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%26.4%2016: 27.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%66.4%2016: 67.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2%2016: 2.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%5.4%2016: 3.1%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%8.7%2016: 10%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%17.4%2016: 16.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%14.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%14.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%22.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%31.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%18.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92.9%2016: 95.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%3.9%2016: 4.2%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%0%2016: 1.2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.6%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021