Saint-Lin--Laurentides
Town · Quebec · Population 24,030
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
- 34.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 37.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 35.2 years
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 · 2011: 2.6 · 2016: 2.6
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 46.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 43.6% · 2016: 42.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%23.4%2016: 21.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.6%2016: 11.9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%31.4%2016: 29.7%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%23.8%2016: 26.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%11.9%2016: 10.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%29.4%2011: 32.3%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%24.4%2011: 25.4%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.9%2011: 9.4%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%24.2%2016: 23.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%11.1%2011: 10.8%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%21.6%2016: 26.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%21.1%2016: 20.3%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%34.4%2016: 34%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%17.3%2016: 15.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%5.6%2016: 4.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.2%2016: 0.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%69.2%2016: 71.2%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%30.4%2016: 28.5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%1.5%2016: 1.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%94.2%2016: 95.9%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%4.2%2016: 2.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 4.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.9%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%70.7%2016: 74.3%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%29.3%2016: 25.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%70.2%2016: 72.4%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5.5%2016: 5.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.4%2016: 0.4%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%7.1%2016: 6.7%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%14.6%2016: 12.7%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.2%2016: 2.4%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%7.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%19.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%21.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%38.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%13.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%95%2016: 95.1%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.8%2016: 1.2%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.3%2016: 2.6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.4%2016: 0.3%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.5%2016: 0.8%
Statistics Canada, 2021