Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
Small city · Quebec · Population 97,873
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
- 43.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 42.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 42.7 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 41.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 44.9% · 2016: 36.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17%2016: 16.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.7%2016: 11.5%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%25%2016: 24.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.8%2016: 28.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%21.5%2016: 18.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%23%2011: 25.9%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%27.2%2011: 26.3%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.3%2011: 10%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%33.7%2016: 31.9%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.8%2011: 7.1%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%13%2016: 14.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%20.6%2016: 21.7%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%22.9%2016: 23.4%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%24.3%2016: 24%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%19.3%2016: 16.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.6%2016: 0.5%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%55.5%2016: 57.6%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%43.7%2016: 41.8%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%2.5%2016: 2.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%92.5%2016: 94.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%5%2016: 3.2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 10.1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 9.1%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%60%2016: 61.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%40%2016: 38.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%50.1%2016: 50.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.3%2016: 3.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2.2%2016: 2.3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%4.6%2016: 4.8%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%36.8%2016: 35.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.4%2016: 0.4%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.7%2016: 2.9%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%18.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%27.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%28.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%19.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%6.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%91.7%2016: 88.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%2.9%2016: 5.7%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.4%2016: 4.2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.9%2016: 1%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1%2016: 0.8%
Statistics Canada, 2021