Port-Cartier
Small town · Quebec · Population 6,516
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
- 45.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 42.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 43.7 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 26.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 29.1% · 2016: 26.7%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.5%2016: 16.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.7%2016: 9.9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23.8%2016: 25.4%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29.5%2016: 31.4%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%20.6%2016: 16.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%22.6%2011: 27.2%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%30.7%2011: 31.5%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.2%2011: 8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%34.6%2016: 31.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%3.9%2011: 4.7%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%21.4%2016: 21.3%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%19.6%2016: 21.1%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%22.8%2016: 24.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%23.7%2016: 22.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%12.4%2016: 10.6%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.2%2016: 0.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%76.9%2016: 79.6%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%23%2016: 20.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%1.3%2016: 1.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%97.1%2016: 97.1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1.7%2016: 1.5%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 4.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3.8%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%72.2%2016: 73%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%27.9%2016: 27.1%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%53.1%2016: 53.1%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.5%2016: 4.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%5.1%2016: 4.9%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%4.6%2016: 4.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%18.3%2016: 18.3%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%14.4%2016: 14.8%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%13.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%68.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%8.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%7.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93.8%2016: 92.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.1%2016: 0.9%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.8%2016: 5.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.8%2016: 0.5%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0.9%2016: 1.1%
Statistics Canada, 2021