Sainte-Madeleine
Small town · Quebec · Population 2,268
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
- 40.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 37.5 years (estimated) · 2016: 39 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 29.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 34.2% · 2016: 27.4%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%19.6%2016: 18.8%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.4%2016: 11%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%28%2016: 27.8%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.3%2016: 30.5%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%15.2%2016: 11.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%27.2%2011: 31.2%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%28.3%2011: 29.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.4%2011: 9.5%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%28.8%2016: 24.9%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.3%2011: 5.3%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%16.5%2016: 17.6%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%14.9%2016: 21.3%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%28.2%2016: 26.2%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%27.8%2016: 22.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%12.5%2016: 11.6%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0%2016: 0%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%71.8%2016: 71.6%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%27.5%2016: 27.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.4%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.7%2016: 0.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%96.9%2016: 97.1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.4%2016: 2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 5.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3.8%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%68.6%2016: 73%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%31.9%2016: 27.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%62.5%2016: 63.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.1%2016: 3.2%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1%2016: 1.1%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%8.9%2016: 8.1%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%22.4%2016: 22.2%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0.5%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.1%2016: 1.1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%22.5%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%25.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%31.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%20.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93.5%2016: 90.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%2.8%2016: 4.2%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.2%2016: 4.2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 0.8%
Statistics Canada, 2021