Saint-Michel-des-Saints
Small town · Quebec · Population 2,496
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
- 58.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 51 years (estimated) · 2016: 55.8 years
- Average household size
- 1.9
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 38.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 30.3% · 2016: 21.4%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%8.6%2016: 11.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.2%2016: 7%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%14.6%2016: 15.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%37.1%2016: 39.4%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%32.3%2016: 26.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%12.3%2011: 23.5%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%36.4%2011: 37.8%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.3%2011: 6.6%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%40.7%2016: 35.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.3%2011: 3.1%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%28.5%2016: 24%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%22.1%2016: 26.8%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%28.5%2016: 25.2%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%13.9%2016: 18.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%7.1%2016: 6.3%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.2%2016: 0.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%75.9%2016: 77.8%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%23.7%2016: 22.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%1.2%2016: 1.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%96.4%2016: 96.8%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.4%2016: 1.3%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.8%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%76.4%2016: 81.2%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%23.2%2016: 18.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%88.2%2016: 87.4%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.8%2016: 0.9%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.8%2016: 3.1%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%7.1%2016: 6.7%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.2%2016: 1.8%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%20.5%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%28.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%32.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%15%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%87.7%2016: 83.5%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%11%2016: 14.6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 1.8%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.2%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021