Scott
Small town · Quebec · Population 2,566
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
- 36.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 37.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 37.3 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 33.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 26.7% · 2016: 25.7%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%22.6%2016: 21.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.3%2016: 9.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%29.6%2016: 30.4%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%23.2%2016: 25.7%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%14%2016: 12.7%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%33.3%2011: 37.6%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%29.5%2011: 31.5%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.2%2011: 5.5%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%26.1%2016: 25.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%2.9%2011: 2.4%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%10.5%2016: 14%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%14.7%2016: 15.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%25.2%2016: 28.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%32.7%2016: 28.7%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%16.9%2016: 13.2%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.8%2016: 0%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%71.2%2016: 74.3%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%28.1%2016: 24.8%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.4%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%1.6%2016: 0.6%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%96.9%2016: 97.5%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1.6%2016: 1.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 7.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.6%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%80.2%2016: 85.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%19.3%2016: 13.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%85%2016: 80.5%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%8.7%2016: 9.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.4%2016: 2.1%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%4.3%2016: 5.8%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%15.5%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%19.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%18.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%31.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%13.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%96.9%2016: 95.4%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0.8%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.2%2016: 2.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.9%2016: 0.8%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0.9%2016: 1.3%
Statistics Canada, 2021