Sainte-Thérèse
Town · Quebec · Population 26,533
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
- 47.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 46.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 47.1 years
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.1 · 2011: 2 · 2016: 2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 48.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 44.8% · 2016: 43.6%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%12.4%2016: 12.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.7%2016: 12%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%25.1%2016: 23.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.1%2016: 28.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%26.8%2016: 24.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%15.4%2011: 17.1%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%25.4%2011: 26%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.1%2011: 11.5%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%42.3%2016: 39.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.8%2011: 7.9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%13.7%2016: 14.8%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%18.5%2016: 19.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%20.7%2016: 21.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%24.4%2016: 23.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%22.6%2016: 20.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.9%2016: 0.7%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%45.3%2016: 49.7%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%53.4%2016: 49.4%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.4%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%3.2%2016: 2.8%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%86.8%2016: 90.5%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%10%2016: 6.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 23.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 19.5%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%46.5%2016: 48.6%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%53.5%2016: 51.4%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%28.4%2016: 29.4%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.2%2016: 3.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.7%2016: 1.8%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%7.2%2016: 7.8%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%52.8%2016: 53.3%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%6.6%2016: 4.1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%15.5%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%33.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%29.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%15.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%86.2%2016: 83.9%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%5.1%2016: 8.5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%5.5%2016: 5.6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.5%2016: 1.1%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.6%2016: 0.8%
Statistics Canada, 2021