Saint-Donat
Small town · Quebec · Population 4,561
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
- 60.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 54.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 58.4 years
- Average household size
- 1.9
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.1 · 2011: 2 · 2016: 1.9
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 44.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 38.1% · 2016: 27.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%7.9%2016: 8.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%4.8%2016: 7.2%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%12.5%2016: 12.4%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%37.7%2016: 39.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%37.2%2016: 33.3%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%10.9%2011: 16.2%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%39.9%2011: 38.3%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.3%2011: 7.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%39.3%2016: 36.9%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.5%2011: 3.4%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%17%2016: 16.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%20.9%2016: 23.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%22.2%2016: 22.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%23.8%2016: 21.3%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%16.1%2016: 15.9%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.6%2016: 0.5%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%52.4%2016: 56.4%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%47.1%2016: 43.1%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%2.8%2016: 2.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%94.4%2016: 95.2%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.9%2016: 2.1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 5.7%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 4.5%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%74.9%2016: 79.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%25.1%2016: 20.5%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%83.2%2016: 81.1%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.5%2016: 2.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.6%2016: 0.5%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%4.5%2016: 5.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%7.8%2016: 9.3%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.4%2016: 1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%18.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%31%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%21.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%21.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%7.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%89.9%2016: 87.1%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 2.7%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%7.6%2016: 8.2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.1%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.8%2016: 1.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021