Saint-Maurice
Small town · Quebec · Population 3,432
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
- 38 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 39.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 37.2 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 (estimated) · 2011: 2.4 (estimated) · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 23.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 20.8% (estimated) · 2016: 30.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%23.9%2016: 21.5%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.3%2016: 9.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%28.9%2016: 28.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%23.5%2016: 27.7%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%16.5%2016: 13.5%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%29.8%2011: 30.9% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%32.4%2011: 31.3% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7%2011: 6.5% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%25%2016: 22.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.9%2011: 6.1% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9.7%2016: 13.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%14.1%2016: 13.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%30.2%2016: 35.2%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%26.9%2016: 25.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%18.8%2016: 12.6%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.1%2016: 0.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%75.5%2016: 79.4%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%24.2%2016: 20.5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.9%2016: 1.2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%97.2%2016: 97.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1.9%2016: 1.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 4.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.9%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%81.2%2016: 84%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%18.8%2016: 15.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%85.3%2016: 85.1%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.1%2016: 1.1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.5%2016: 1.9%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%9.6%2016: 9.2%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.6%2016: 2.7%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%21.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%24.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%18.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%29.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%94.8%2016: 97.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.8%2016: 1.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0.7%2016: 1%
Statistics Canada, 2021