Saint-Placide
Small town · Quebec · Population 1,784
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
- 51.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 47.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 49.9 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 30.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 30.7% · 2016: 27.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13.5%2016: 14.5%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.4%2016: 9.2%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.9%2016: 20.2%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%35.4%2016: 35%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%23.6%2016: 21.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%21.8%2011: 25.2%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%32.7%2011: 31.5%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.8%2011: 8.4%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%33.3%2016: 30.8%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.4%2011: 4.2%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%18.2%2016: 24.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%19.8%2016: 17.2%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%24.1%2016: 25.3%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%23%2016: 23%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%16%2016: 10.3%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%1.1%2016: 0.9%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%52.1%2016: 54.2%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%46.2%2016: 45.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.6%2016: 0.3%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%2.8%2016: 3.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%94.1%2016: 94.9%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%3.1%2016: 1.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.4%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%76.3%2016: 71.9%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%23.1%2016: 28.1%
- Band or local government housing0.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%87.1%2016: 87%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.6%2016: 2.1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.3%2016: 0.7%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3.9%2016: 3.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%5.2%2016: 5.5%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%30.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%28.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%25%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%10.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93.2%2016: 89.9%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 5.8%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.5%2016: 3.6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%2.3%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 1.4%
Statistics Canada, 2021