Saint-Alban
Small town · Quebec · Population 1,196
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
- 53.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 49.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 51.1 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
- 28.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 27.5% · 2016: 19.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.2%2016: 13.3%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%5.9%2016: 8.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.7%2016: 20%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%31.4%2016: 32.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%28%2016: 25%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%18.1%2011: 23.4%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%31.9%2011: 33.3%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.8%2011: 6.3%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%37.1%2016: 32.7%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.2%2011: 6.3%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%15.3%2016: 12.2%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%19.5%2016: 22.8%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%35.6%2016: 44.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%18.6%2016: 14.6%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%11%2016: 6.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0%2016: 0%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%77.4%2016: 80.8%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%22.2%2016: 18.3%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.4%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.4%2016: 0%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%98.7%2016: 98.8%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%0.8%2016: 1.2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%82.9%2016: 80.9%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%16.2%2016: 18.2%
- Band or local government housing0.9%2016: 0.9%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%85.5%2016: 88.2%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.7%2016: 0.9%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0.9%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%6.8%2016: 6.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%2.6%2016: 2.7%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%3.4%2016: 0.9%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%41.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%23.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%13.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%17.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93.7%2016: 92.5%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 2.2%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.2%2016: 6.5%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.1%2016: 2.2%
Statistics Canada, 2021