Saint-Ours
Small town · Quebec · Population 1,723
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
- 54 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 50.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 52.2 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.1 · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 32.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 34.7% · 2016: 37.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%12.8%2016: 11.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.8%2016: 9.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.4%2016: 20.1%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%31.6%2016: 35.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%28.4%2016: 22.8%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%18.8%2011: 20.4%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%41.2%2011: 36.3%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.2%2011: 7%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%29.4%2016: 31.8%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.4%2011: 3.2%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%11.4%2016: 15.8%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%18.9%2016: 25.7%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%28.6%2016: 21.3%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%25.1%2016: 17.5%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%16.6%2016: 19.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0%2016: 0.3%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%64%2016: 62.9%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%35.5%2016: 36.8%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.9%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%1.5%2016: 1.2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%95.9%2016: 96.7%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.6%2016: 2.1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.6%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%84.3%2016: 77.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%15.7%2016: 22.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%83%2016: 82.2%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.4%2016: 4.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.9%2016: 1.9%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3.8%2016: 3.8%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%5.7%2016: 6.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.3%2016: 1.3%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%39.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%27.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%19.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%10.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%95.3%2016: 88.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 1.3%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1.6%2016: 5.8%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%2.3%2016: 3.2%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 1.3%
Statistics Canada, 2021