Saint-Michel
Small town · Quebec · Population 3,521
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
- 39.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 38.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 38.5 years
- Average household size
- 2.7
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 · 2011: 2.8 · 2016: 2.7
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 36.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 31% · 2016: 31.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%18.9%2016: 19.8%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12.6%2016: 13.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%27.4%2016: 26.8%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.4%2016: 27.5%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%13.8%2016: 12.6%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%34.1%2011: 40.5%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%28.6%2011: 28.3%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.5%2011: 8.3%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%23%2016: 22%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.7%2011: 5.9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%18.8%2016: 21.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%17.2%2016: 22%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%28.3%2016: 24.3%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%21.3%2016: 21.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%14.7%2016: 11%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.4%2016: 0.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%64.8%2016: 66.5%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%34.5%2016: 32.8%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.4%2016: 0.6%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%1.4%2016: 1.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%92.9%2016: 95.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%5.7%2016: 2.7%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 11.1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 5.9%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%84.5%2016: 80.9%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%15.5%2016: 19.5%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%73.3%2016: 74.3%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%15.1%2016: 13.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3.6%2016: 3.8%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.2%2016: 1.3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%5.2%2016: 5.1%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.6%2016: 2.1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%19.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%19.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%27%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%24.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%8.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%94.5%2016: 90.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1%2016: 2.9%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.9%2016: 6.5%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.6%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.3%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021