Préfontaine
Neighbourhood in Montréal · Quebec · Population 16,542
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
- 34.5 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 35.5 years (estimated) · 2016: 34.8 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 1.7
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 1.8 (estimated) · 2011: 1.7 (estimated) · 2016: 1.7 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 57.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 58.6% (estimated) · 2016: 58.6% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%10.4%2016: 9.7% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.3%2016: 12.1% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%49.2%2016: 46.1% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%19.3%2016: 21.9% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%10.3%2016: 10.2% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%9.9%2011: 9.2% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%20.1%2011: 17.6% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.7%2011: 6.8% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%52.3%2016: 52.6% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%12%2011: 13.7% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%8.1%2016: 10.5% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%10.9%2016: 16.2% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%10.1%2016: 13.1% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%23.4%2016: 22.1% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%47.5%2016: 38.1% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%3.4%2016: 2.3% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%30.2%2016: 35.4% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%65.7%2016: 61.4% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.8%2016: 0.9% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%4.8%2016: 3.8% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%77.2%2016: 79.6% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%18%2016: 16.6% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 22%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 19.3% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%25%2016: 23.2% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%74.8%2016: 76.9% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%0.1%2016: 0.2% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.3%2016: 1.6% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%6.5%2016: 6.6% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%89.9%2016: 89.6% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%1.6%2016: 1.6% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.5%2016: 0.5% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%49.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%23.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%11.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%9.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%34.9%2016: 31.5% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%44.8%2016: 54% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%12%2016: 8.5% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%6.7%2016: 5.6% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.1%2016: 0.8% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021