Sainte-Croix
Small town · Quebec · Population 2,529
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
- 50.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 49.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 50.8 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 34%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 29.3% · 2016: 24.6%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16%2016: 13.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.5%2016: 9.5%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.1%2016: 19.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.3%2016: 31%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%28.1%2016: 25.6%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%19.1%2011: 23.9%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%33.8%2011: 35.3%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.1%2011: 6%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%35.1%2016: 34.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.9%2011: 3%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%18.2%2016: 16.9%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%21.7%2016: 20.7%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%30%2016: 28.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%19%2016: 20.3%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%11.5%2016: 13.4%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.2%2016: 0%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%76.9%2016: 78%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%21.6%2016: 21.4%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.8%2016: 0.8%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.6%2016: 0.6%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%96%2016: 97.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%3.3%2016: 2.1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 9.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 6.2%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%70.7%2016: 69.1%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%29.8%2016: 30.9%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%70.2%2016: 69.6%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%6.2%2016: 6.7%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.4%2016: 0.9%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3.1%2016: 2.7%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%19.6%2016: 19.6%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%28.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%31.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%20%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%16.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%84.2%2016: 74.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 1.7%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%12.2%2016: 20.9%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.5%2016: 2.2%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.5%2016: 1.7%
Statistics Canada, 2021