Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu
Small town · Quebec · Population 2,339
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 years (estimated) · 2016: 45.8 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 31.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 36.9% · 2016: 30.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.5%2016: 17.3%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.8%2016: 9.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%22%2016: 22.7%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.3%2016: 32%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%21.6%2016: 18.6%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%24.3%2011: 27.1%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%31.7%2011: 34.4%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.4%2011: 8.9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%30.2%2016: 28.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.4%2011: 3.6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%14.8%2016: 13.9%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%25%2016: 23.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%25%2016: 28.2%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%23%2016: 19.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%11.5%2016: 14.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0%2016: 0.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%65.6%2016: 67.7%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%34%2016: 32.1%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%1.1%2016: 1.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%96.4%2016: 96.7%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.6%2016: 2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.5%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%80.7%2016: 81.1%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%19.3%2016: 18.4%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%84.7%2016: 83.2%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0%2016: 0.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.5%2016: 1%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2%2016: 2.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%10.4%2016: 10.7%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.5%2016: 2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%42.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%23.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%20.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%13.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%82.2%2016: 87.5%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.5%2016: 3.8%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%13.2%2016: 7.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.5%2016: 1%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1%2016: 1.4%
Statistics Canada, 2021