Saint-Lazare
Town · Quebec · Population 22,354
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: 38.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 40.9 years
- Average household size
- 2.9
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 3 · 2011: 3 · 2016: 3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 35.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 44.2% · 2016: 28.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%20.2%2016: 21.8%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12.9%2016: 13.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23.1%2016: 21.8%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.6%2016: 32.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%13.2%2016: 10.8%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%42.3%2011: 48.3%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%28.9%2011: 26.2%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.9%2011: 7.3%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%13.9%2016: 12.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7%2011: 6.2%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%4.7%2016: 6%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%19%2016: 19.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%13.7%2016: 13.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%27.7%2016: 28.5%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%34.8%2016: 32.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%13.2%2016: 10.6%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%14.2%2016: 17.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%72%2016: 72.1%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.6%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%36.7%2016: 36%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%46.9%2016: 52.5%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%16.4%2016: 11.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%92.8%2016: 92.5%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%7.3%2016: 7.5%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%90.5%2016: 94.1%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.8%2016: 0.2%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2.1%2016: 0.6%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.2%2016: 0.9%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%4.7%2016: 3.6%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.1%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.6%2016: 0.7%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%3.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%12%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%38.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%33.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%12.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%94.2%2016: 93.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%2.1%2016: 3.9%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1.6%2016: 1.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.5%2016: 0.3%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.6%2016: 1.2%
Statistics Canada, 2021