Saint-Valère
Small town · Quebec · Population 1,188
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
- 46 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 39.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 41.8 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 · 2011: 2.6 · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 17.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 19.1% · 2016: 20.3%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.4%2016: 17.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.8%2016: 12.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23.5%2016: 24.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%32.8%2016: 31.2%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%18.5%2016: 13%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%24.8%2011: 33.3%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%35.6%2011: 30.3%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.9%2011: 7.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%24.8%2016: 23.2%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.9%2011: 8.1%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%19.5%2016: 24.8%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%21.1%2016: 16.8%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%33.6%2016: 32.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%17.2%2016: 18.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%9.4%2016: 6.6%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0%2016: 0%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%79.3%2016: 82.2%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%20.7%2016: 17.8%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.8%2016: 0.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%98.7%2016: 98.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%90.1%2016: 91%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%10.9%2016: 9%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%97%2016: 97%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1%2016: 1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1%2016: 0%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0%2016: 0%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1%2016: 2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%24.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%34.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%26.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%11.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%95.8%2016: 93.7%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1.7%2016: 3.2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 1.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021