Sainte-Thècle
Small town · Quebec · Population 2,415
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
- 58.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 53.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 55.7 years
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 · 2011: 2.1 · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 26.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 17.5% · 2016: 19.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13%2016: 13.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%6.8%2016: 6.2%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%15.7%2016: 16.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.8%2016: 31.5%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%35.4%2016: 31.7%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%14.3%2011: 18.2%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%33.3%2011: 37.2%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8%2011: 9.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%39.7%2016: 36.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.6%2011: 2.2%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%14.8%2016: 17%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%18.7%2016: 20.3%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%33.5%2016: 34.9%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%19.7%2016: 17.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%14.3%2016: 10.4%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0%2016: 0%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%82.8%2016: 86.3%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%17.2%2016: 13.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.4%2016: 0%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%98.5%2016: 99.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1.1%2006: 1.2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 4.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0.9%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%73.8%2016: 74.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%25.3%2016: 25.6%
- Band or local government housing0.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%74.6%2016: 75.5%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%6.8%2016: 6.9%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%6.4%2016: 5.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%10.6%2016: 9.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.7%2016: 2.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%45.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%23.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%19%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%9.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%87.6%2016: 86.9%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%7.2%2016: 10.5%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.9%2016: 2.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021