Saint-Gabriel
Small town · Quebec · Population 2,803
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
- 53.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 51 years (estimated) · 2016: 54.6 years
- Average household size
- 1.9
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2 (estimated) · 2011: 2 (estimated) · 2016: 1.9
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 45.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 39.3% (estimated) · 2016: 36.3%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13.8%2016: 11.9%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.6%2016: 8.9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.6%2016: 16.7%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.7%2016: 31.8%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%30.7%2016: 30.7%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%12.5%2011: 14.6% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%22.3%2011: 23.3% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.3%2011: 11.2% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%46.5%2016: 45.7%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.4%2011: 7.1% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%30.3%2016: 31.2%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%22%2016: 24.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%23.9%2016: 22.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%13.6%2016: 14.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%10.2%2016: 6.4%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%1.6%2016: 0.4%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%72.7%2016: 77%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%25.5%2016: 22.4%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%1.5%2016: 1.6%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%94.7%2016: 96.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%3.8%2016: 2.2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 7%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 6.2%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%50.2%2016: 51.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%50.2%2016: 48.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%53.5%2016: 54.5%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.8%2016: 1.9%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.8%2016: 1.6%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%14.7%2016: 14.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%26.4%2016: 24.5%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.8%2016: 3.1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%45.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%26%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%20.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%6.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%87.6%2016: 86.5%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 1.2%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%10.6%2016: 11.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.2%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.8%2016: 1.2%
Statistics Canada, 2021