Sainte-Catherine
Town · Quebec · Population 17,347
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
- 43.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 39.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 41.9 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 (estimated) · 2011: 2.5 (estimated) · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 37.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 37.6% (estimated) · 2016: 30.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.7%2016: 16.6%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.7%2016: 13.2%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%24.6%2016: 24.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29.3%2016: 31.2%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%18.6%2016: 14.5%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%29.3%2011: 33.3% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%25.8%2011: 24.9% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.6%2011: 11.4% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%27.7%2016: 25.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.7%2011: 7.2% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%12.2%2016: 15.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%20.1%2016: 22.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%21.1%2016: 22.3%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%25.6%2016: 24.3%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%21%2016: 15.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%1.6%2016: 1.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%47.7%2016: 51.6%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%50.3%2016: 47%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.4%2016: 0.3%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%4.4%2016: 3.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%82.6%2016: 88%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%13.1%2016: 8.2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 17.7%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 15.6%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%73.5%2016: 76.1%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%26.5%2016: 23.9%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%55.2%2016: 56.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%6.4%2016: 6.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3.1%2016: 3.1%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%4%2016: 4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%29.3%2016: 27.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%2%2016: 2.1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%4.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%23.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%52.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%15.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%89.7%2016: 88%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%4.8%2016: 8.7%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.3%2016: 2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.9%2016: 0.6%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.2%2016: 0.8%
Statistics Canada, 2021