Sainte-Sophie
Town · Quebec · Population 18,080
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
- 37.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 38 years (estimated) · 2016: 37 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 · 2011: 2.6 · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 42.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 41.7% · 2016: 39.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%21.6%2016: 20.3%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9%2016: 10.7%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%31%2016: 30.2%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27%2016: 28.6%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%11.5%2016: 10.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%30.2%2011: 32.3%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%28.1%2011: 29.9%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.3%2011: 7.9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%25.1%2016: 23.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.3%2011: 8.7%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%18.4%2016: 20.3%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%20.3%2016: 20.7%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%31.8%2016: 31.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%19.8%2016: 19.3%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%9.7%2016: 8.6%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.3%2016: 0.3%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%62.9%2016: 66.5%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%36.7%2016: 33%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%1.9%2016: 1.6%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%94.7%2016: 95.7%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%3.4%2016: 2.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 3.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.2%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%78.6%2016: 81%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%21.4%2016: 19%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%75.9%2016: 78.1%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.6%2016: 3.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.1%2016: 0.1%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%16.9%2016: 15.5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%3.2%2016: 2.7%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%8.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%19.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%17.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%42.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%12.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%96.6%2016: 96.8%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.7%2016: 1.2%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1.3%2016: 1.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.1%2016: 0.2%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.3%2016: 0.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021