Ripon
Small town · Quebec · Population 1,735
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
- 53.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 49.5 years (estimated) · 2016: 53.6 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 39%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 31.5% · 2016: 25.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.7%2016: 12%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%6.6%2016: 8.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.6%2016: 18.8%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.8%2016: 36.2%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%28.2%2016: 24.3%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%18.4%2011: 19.9%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%37.3%2011: 41.2%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.3%2011: 7.4%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%31%2016: 27%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7%2011: 3.7%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9.7%2016: 14%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%15.9%2016: 18.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%32.4%2016: 32.9%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%21.6%2016: 17.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%21%2016: 17.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.6%2016: 0.3%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%54.2%2016: 55.2%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%45%2016: 44.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%2%2016: 1.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%96.3%2016: 96.8%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1.7%2016: 1.3%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%83.6%2016: 84.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%15.7%2016: 15.6%
- Band or local government housing0.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%91.1%2016: 90.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.9%2016: 2.1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.3%2016: 1.4%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3.2%2016: 3.5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%1.9%2016: 0.7%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.6%2016: 1.4%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%27%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%25.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%25.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%18.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%91.9%2016: 93.5%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%6.5%2016: 4.6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.6%2016: 1.9%
Statistics Canada, 2021