Sainte-Claire
Small town · Quebec · Population 3,526
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
- 45.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 46.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 45.7 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
- 29.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 22.7% · 2016: 28.3%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.3%2016: 16.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.4%2016: 9.7%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%24.4%2016: 23.4%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.5%2016: 30.7%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%21.7%2016: 20.4%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%21.5%2011: 27.2%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%33.9%2011: 30.7%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.9%2011: 8.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%34.2%2016: 31.7%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%2.5%2011: 3.9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%10.6%2016: 14.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%19.6%2016: 20.3%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%37.7%2016: 36.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%19%2016: 22.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%13.1%2016: 6.8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.1%2016: 0.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%78.6%2016: 82.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%21%2016: 17.8%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.3%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.6%2016: 0.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%97.6%2016: 98.5%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1.8%2016: 1.1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 7.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3.8%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%71%2016: 75.2%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%29%2016: 25.2%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%69.7%2016: 72.2%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%7.3%2016: 5.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.3%2016: 1.4%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%6%2016: 6.2%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%14.8%2016: 12.7%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.9%2016: 2.1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%28.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%20.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%24.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%18.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%8.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%91.2%2016: 87.1%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%6%2016: 11.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.6%2016: 1.2%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.3%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021