Saint-Gilles
Small town · Quebec · Population 2,910
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
- 40.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 39.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 38 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 34.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 24.7% · 2016: 29.4%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%20.4%2016: 20.8%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%6.9%2016: 8.5%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%28.2%2016: 28.7%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%23.2%2016: 24.8%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%21.8%2016: 17%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%29.6%2011: 31.4%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%29.6%2011: 33.1%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.7%2011: 6.4%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%30.4%2016: 27.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%3.8%2011: 3.5%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%12.7%2016: 18.6%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%18.5%2016: 16.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%33.9%2016: 27.2%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%22.9%2016: 23.7%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%11.6%2016: 13.6%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0%2016: 0%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%75.9%2016: 78.4%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%23.9%2016: 21.4%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.7%2016: 0.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%97.9%2016: 98.8%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1.4%2016: 0.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 5.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3.4%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%82.5%2016: 85.3%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%17.5%2016: 14.2%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%75.5%2016: 80.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%6.6%2016: 6.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3.3%2016: 3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%8.7%2016: 7.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%2.9%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.9%2016: 2.5%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%21.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%25.4%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%17.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%25%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%10.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%94.5%2016: 91.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0.8%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.4%2016: 7.2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.9%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.7%2016: 0.8%
Statistics Canada, 2021