Puvirnituq
Small town · Quebec · Population 2,129
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
- 22.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 21.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 21.4 years
- Average household size
- 3.9
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 4.9 · 2011: 4.4 · 2016: 3.9
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 27.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 11.5% · 2016: 47.5%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%34.7%2016: 37.6%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%19.5%2016: 19.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%24.9%2016: 24.2%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%15.3%2016: 15.7%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%5.2%2016: 3.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%29.4%2011: 29.5%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%7.3%2011: 7.7%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%21.1%2011: 14.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%16.5%2016: 16.7%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%25.7%2011: 30.8%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%65.3%2016: 63%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%16.5%2016: 16.7%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%8.2%2016: 7.2%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%7.6%2016: 7.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%1.8%2016: 3.6%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%54.7%2016: 43.6%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%2.8%2016: 7.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%29.1%2016: 30.5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%13.7%2016: 18.8%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%2.6%2016: 1.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.7%2016: 4.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%95.7%2016: 94.3%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.7%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.2%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%0%2016: 2.2%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%99.1%2016: 98.9%
- Band or local government housing0.9%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%30.9%2016: 32.2%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%51.8%2016: 54.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%16.4%2016: 0%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0%2016: 12.2%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.9%2016: 1.1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%0%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%6.4%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%35.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%48.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%10.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%34.3%2016: 28.9%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%33.6%2016: 52.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%31.5%2016: 18%
Statistics Canada, 2021