Saint-Apollinaire
Small town · Quebec · Population 7,968
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
- 36.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 39.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 38 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 46.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 35.9% · 2016: 35.5%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%21.8%2016: 18.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.8%2016: 10.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%33.1%2016: 30.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%23.6%2016: 27.7%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%13.6%2016: 13.5%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%29.9%2011: 31.5%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%30.4%2011: 29.1%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.9%2011: 7.8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%27.6%2016: 27.5%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.1%2011: 4.7%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%10.5%2016: 12.3%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%15.9%2016: 17.3%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%30.6%2016: 35.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%26.7%2016: 21.6%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%16.1%2016: 13.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.1%2016: 0%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%71.2%2016: 75.5%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%28.6%2016: 24.4%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.7%2016: 0.6%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%97.1%2016: 98%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.2%2016: 1.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 5.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 6.4%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%78.1%2016: 79.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%22.1%2016: 20.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%62.3%2016: 66.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%15.6%2016: 12%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0.2%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.7%2016: 2.9%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%17.1%2016: 16.1%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.3%2016: 1.9%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%11.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%18.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%19.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%28.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%21.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%94.4%2016: 93.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.5%2016: 1.1%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.8%2016: 3.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.4%2016: 0.3%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0.8%2016: 1.4%
Statistics Canada, 2021