Rivière-du-Loup
Town · Quebec · Population 20,118
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
- 48.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 47 years (estimated) · 2016: 48.3 years
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 · 2011: 2.1 · 2016: 2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 39.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 39.7% · 2016: 35%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13.7%2016: 13.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.2%2016: 10.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.9%2016: 22.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.9%2016: 29.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%28.3%2016: 24.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%17.8%2011: 20.5%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%29.6%2011: 29.8%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.1%2011: 7.4%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%41.3%2016: 38.2%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.2%2011: 5.4%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%12.4%2016: 13.4%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%15.4%2016: 16.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%24.8%2016: 24.9%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%25.8%2016: 26.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%21.6%2016: 18.8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.1%2016: 0.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%74.2%2016: 77.4%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%25.4%2016: 22.4%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.4%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.6%2016: 0.6%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%97.2%2016: 98.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.2%2016: 1.1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 9.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 9.8%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%54.1%2016: 55.5%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%45.9%2016: 44.5%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%42.8%2016: 43.5%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%7.2%2016: 7.1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.7%2016: 1.8%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%5.9%2016: 6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%40.7%2016: 39.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.5%2016: 0.5%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.2%2016: 1.3%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%23.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%30.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%24.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%18.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%89.7%2016: 89.8%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.4%2016: 0.7%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%7.7%2016: 7.6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.4%2016: 0.6%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.9%2016: 1.2%
Statistics Canada, 2021