Quebec
Province or territory · Population 8,501,833
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
- 43.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2016: 42.5 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 39%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 38.1% · 2016: 35.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.4%2016: 16.3%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.5%2016: 11.4%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%25.7%2016: 25.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.8%2016: 28.6%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%20.6%2016: 18.3%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%22.7%2011: 25.3%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%26.2%2011: 25.9%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.8%2011: 9.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%35.1%2016: 33.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.1%2011: 7.4%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%11.8%2016: 13.3%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%17%2016: 18.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%18.9%2016: 19.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%22.8%2016: 22.9%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%29.5%2016: 25.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%5.3%2016: 4.6%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%47.3%2016: 50%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%46.4%2016: 44.5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1%2016: 0.9%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%7.6%2016: 7.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%74.8%2016: 77.1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%17.6%2016: 15.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 13.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 11.7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%59.9%2016: 61.3%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%39.9%2016: 38.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%44.6%2016: 45.4%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5.3%2016: 5.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2.6%2016: 2.6%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%7.2%2016: 7.5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%33.2%2016: 32.7%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%6%2016: 5.3%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.1%2016: 1.1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%23.5%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%29.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%23.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%17.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%82.4%2016: 78.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%9%2016: 13.7%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%5.6%2016: 5.6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.3%2016: 1.5%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.7%2016: 1%
Statistics Canada, 2021