Pontiac
Small town · Quebec · Population 6,142
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
- 41.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 41.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 41.9 years
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 · 2011: 2.6 · 2016: 2.6
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 29.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 32.9% · 2016: 28.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%19.6%2016: 19.5%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.5%2016: 10%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%25.9%2016: 24.7%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30%2016: 31.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%15.1%2016: 13.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%31.5%2011: 34%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%28.2%2011: 31%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.4%2011: 7.9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%23.3%2016: 20.9%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.7%2011: 7.7%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%17.2%2016: 18.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%24.5%2016: 25.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%15.7%2016: 14.5%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%23.1%2016: 24.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%19.6%2016: 17%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%23.5%2016: 22.8%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%11.3%2016: 13%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%65.1%2016: 64.3%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%37.1%2016: 38.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%54.6%2016: 55.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%8.3%2016: 5.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0.7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%87.8%2016: 87.6%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%12.2%2016: 12.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%92.6%2016: 92.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.9%2016: 1.8%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.3%2016: 0.9%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.7%2016: 2%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%1.7%2016: 1.3%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.8%2016: 1.3%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%23.5%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%26.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%25%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%21.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%95.5%2016: 92.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.9%2016: 4.5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%0.7%2016: 2.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.7%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.6%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021