Sainte-Marie
Neighbourhood in Montréal · Quebec · Population 33,699
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
- 36.1 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 36.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 37.3 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 1.7
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 1.8 (estimated) · 2011: 1.7 (estimated) · 2016: 1.7 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 57.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 54.9% (estimated) · 2016: 57.8% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%8.6%2016: 8.7% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.5%2016: 12% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%47%2016: 43.6% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%21.8%2016: 24% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%11.1%2016: 11.4% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%7.7%2011: 7.3% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%19.5%2011: 16.5% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.6%2011: 6.6% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%54%2016: 53.7% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%13.2%2011: 15.5% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%8.8%2016: 10.6% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%12.7%2016: 14.1% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%8.5%2016: 11.2% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%21.3%2016: 22.1% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%48.6%2016: 41.9% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%6.5%2016: 4.5% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%26.1%2016: 29.8% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%66.5%2016: 64.5% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.1%2016: 1.2% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%8%2016: 6.9% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%67.7%2016: 72.2% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%24.3%2016: 20.9% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 26.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 24% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%24.5%2016: 23.8% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%75.5%2016: 76.2% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%0.1%2016: 0.2% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.1%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.6%2016: 1.7% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%4%2016: 4.3% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%78%2016: 79.1% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%15.5%2016: 14.1% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.7%2016: 0.5% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%40.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%23.4%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%16.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%12.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%32.8%2016: 27.3% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%38%2016: 45.8% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%18.1%2016: 16% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%8.9%2016: 9.7% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.5%2016: 1.2% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021