Saint-Joachim
Small town · Quebec · Population 1,427
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
- 50.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 45.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 49 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 25.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 22.2% · 2016: 13.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.7%2016: 15.9%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.4%2016: 9.7%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.9%2016: 19.4%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.7%2016: 31.8%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%28.3%2016: 23.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%23.8%2011: 29.8%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%36.5%2011: 32.2%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.3%2011: 7.4%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%29.4%2016: 29.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4%2011: 6.6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%14%2016: 11.6%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%18.4%2016: 19%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%33.1%2016: 28.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%25.7%2016: 32.7%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%8.8%2016: 7.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0%2016: 0%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%77.5%2016: 78.4%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%22.9%2016: 21.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.4%2016: 0.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%98.6%2016: 98.9%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1.1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3.2%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%73.8%2016: 81.6%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%26.2%2016: 18.4%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%78.6%2016: 78.4%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.8%2016: 4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%9.5%2016: 9.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%6.3%2016: 6.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.8%2016: 1.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%35.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%28.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%23.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%9.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92.9%2016: 93.4%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 1.5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.6%2016: 2.9%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.8%2016: 1.5%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.8%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021