Saint-Sauveur
Town · Quebec · Population 11,580
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
- 58.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 54.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 56.8 years
- Average household size
- 1.9
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.1 · 2011: 2 · 2016: 2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 48.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 45.4% · 2016: 37.5%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%9.9%2016: 10.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7%2016: 7.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%15.5%2016: 15.1%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%32.2%2016: 35.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%35.4%2016: 32.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%13.6%2011: 15.9%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%35.9%2011: 35.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.5%2011: 7.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%39%2016: 37%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5%2011: 5.6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%7.9%2016: 8.3%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%18.7%2016: 19%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%15.1%2016: 17.9%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%30.1%2016: 29.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%28.2%2016: 25.4%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%2.2%2016: 2.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%34.2%2016: 36.8%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%63.5%2016: 61%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%7.1%2016: 7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%86.8%2016: 88.5%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%6.1%2016: 4.5%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 12.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 10.8%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%69.9%2016: 70.6%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%30.1%2016: 29.4%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%57.2%2016: 59.5%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%7.6%2016: 7.9%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2.3%2016: 2.2%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%14%2016: 14.7%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%15.9%2016: 13%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%3%2016: 2.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%9.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%26.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%30.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%26%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%91.9%2016: 89.8%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.6%2016: 2.5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.3%2016: 5.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.4%2016: 0.6%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3%2016: 1.8%
Statistics Canada, 2021