Sainte-Martine
Small town · Quebec · Population 5,664
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
- 41.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 39.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 39.1 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 33.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 44.8% · 2016: 36%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%18.9%2016: 18.9%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.5%2016: 11.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%27.4%2016: 27.4%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.9%2016: 27.7%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%18.3%2016: 14.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%25.4%2011: 29.4%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%29.9%2011: 29.1%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.6%2011: 8.5%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%28.5%2016: 27.5%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.7%2011: 5.8%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%12.6%2016: 11.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%18.4%2016: 22.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%28.6%2016: 26.2%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%24.4%2016: 24.7%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%16.2%2016: 15.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%1%2016: 1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%52.8%2016: 54.6%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%46%2016: 44.3%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%4.1%2016: 3.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%92%2016: 93.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%3.9%2016: 2.7%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 14.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 14.1%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%67.2%2016: 70.1%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%33.1%2016: 29.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%57.3%2016: 58.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.6%2016: 4.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2.9%2016: 2.8%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%6.2%2016: 6.5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%23.2%2016: 22.7%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%1.7%2016: 0.9%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%4.1%2016: 3.9%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%22.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%22.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%16.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%35.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%95.1%2016: 91.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.6%2016: 3.6%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3%2016: 3.2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.4%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0.8%2016: 1.3%
Statistics Canada, 2021