Saint-Damien
Small town · Quebec · Population 2,393
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
- 57.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 53.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 56.6 years
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 (estimated) · 2011: 2.1 (estimated) · 2016: 2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 48.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 34.5% (estimated) · 2016: 28.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%10.4%2016: 10.3%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.3%2016: 7.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%16.9%2016: 15.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%34.7%2016: 38.4%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%30.7%2016: 28.4%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%11.5%2011: 16.9% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%38.5%2011: 36.5% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.6%2011: 6.7% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%36.5%2016: 36.8%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7%2011: 6.6% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%18.4%2016: 18.3%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%22.4%2016: 21.3%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%24%2016: 31.5%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%18.4%2016: 20.9%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%16.8%2016: 8.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.4%2016: 0.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%65.3%2016: 67.5%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%33.8%2016: 32%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.4%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%1.3%2016: 1%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%95.6%2016: 98.1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%3.1%2016: 1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.4%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%84.8%2016: 87.3%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%15.2%2016: 12.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%95.9%2016: 96.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0%2016: 0.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2%2016: 1.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0.4%2016: 0%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.6%2016: 1.4%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%25%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%35.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%24.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%11.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93.9%2016: 93.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 3.4%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.4%2016: 2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021