Saint-Nazaire
Small town · Quebec · Population 2,029
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
- 40.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 38.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 39.6 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 · 2011: 2.6 · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 21.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 21.4% · 2016: 21.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%20.9%2016: 20%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.4%2016: 9.4%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%26.1%2016: 24.8%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.6%2016: 30.4%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%18.2%2016: 15.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%26.9%2011: 37.1%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%35.3%2011: 32.1%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.4%2011: 7.5%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%25.1%2016: 22.7%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.2%2011: 3.8%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%16.4%2016: 15.4%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%12.1%2016: 9.2%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%36%2016: 40.4%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%20.1%2016: 24.6%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%15.4%2016: 10.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0%2016: 0.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%85.7%2016: 87.7%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%14%2016: 12.3%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.2%2016: 0.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%99.3%2016: 99.3%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 3.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.2%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%79.6%2016: 85.2%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%20.4%2016: 15.4%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%76.6%2016: 75.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5.4%2016: 5.6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%10.8%2016: 12.3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%4.2%2016: 4.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%1.2%2016: 1.9%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.8%2006: 2.1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%22.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%37.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%19.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%16.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92.6%2016: 91.4%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 1.1%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.1%2016: 5.2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%4.2%2016: 1.7%
Statistics Canada, 2021