Racine
Small town · Quebec · Population 1,340
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
- 50.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 46.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 48.7 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 26.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 32.1% · 2016: 21.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.6%2016: 16.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.5%2016: 8.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.6%2016: 20.8%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29.5%2016: 34.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%26.9%2016: 21.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%23.3%2011: 28.6%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%43.1%2011: 41%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.2%2011: 5.7%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%25%2016: 22.5%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%3.4%2011: 3.8%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%7.9%2016: 10.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%20.1%2016: 18.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%25.9%2016: 28.4%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%25.9%2016: 29.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%18.7%2016: 13.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.8%2016: 0.8%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%59.8%2016: 64.2%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%39.8%2016: 35.1%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%3%2016: 2.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%95.1%2016: 95.8%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1.9%2016: 1.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.8%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%84.6%2016: 85.5%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%14.5%2016: 14.5%
- Band or local government housing0.9%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%88.9%2016: 91.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.9%2016: 0%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%4.3%2016: 2.7%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%5.1%2016: 5.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.9%2011: 2.8%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%23.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%28.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%28.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%16.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92.9%2016: 94.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2%2016: 5.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%4.1%2016: 1.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021