Saguenay
Small city · Quebec · Population 144,723
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
- 46 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 45.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 46.1 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 33.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 33.9% · 2016: 32%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.9%2016: 14.8%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.9%2016: 10.7%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23.7%2016: 23.4%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.6%2016: 30.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%24.8%2016: 20.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%19.9%2011: 24.3%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%31.3%2011: 30.1%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.5%2011: 8.3%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%36.3%2016: 33.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5%2011: 5.3%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9.8%2016: 10.6%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%14.2%2016: 15.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%28.1%2016: 28.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%25.9%2016: 25.5%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%22.1%2016: 19.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.2%2016: 0.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%75.3%2016: 77.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%24.4%2016: 22.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.8%2016: 0.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%97.4%2016: 97.9%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1.8%2016: 1.2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 10.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 6.8%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%61.9%2016: 62.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%38.1%2016: 37.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%48.1%2016: 47.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%7.9%2016: 7.7%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2.4%2016: 2.4%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%13.4%2016: 13.7%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%25.8%2016: 25.6%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%1.6%2016: 1.8%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.9%2016: 1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%26%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%34.4%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%23.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%12.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%91.9%2016: 91.9%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%2%2016: 2.3%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.8%2016: 4.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.4%2016: 0.3%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.9%2016: 1.4%
Statistics Canada, 2021