Senneterre
Small town · Quebec · Population 2,782
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
- 48.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 44 years (estimated) · 2016: 47.1 years
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 35%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 37.6% · 2016: 31.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.4%2016: 15.9%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.7%2016: 9.8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.2%2016: 21.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29.8%2016: 32.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%24.2%2016: 20.6%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%15.1%2011: 20.2%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%25.9%2011: 28.1%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.4%2011: 11.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%43.5%2016: 38.7%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.1%2011: 6.7%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%31.7%2016: 27.4%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%22.6%2016: 23.1%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%20.6%2016: 25.4%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%14.6%2016: 13.7%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%10.5%2016: 9.8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.5%2016: 0.5%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%76.6%2016: 79.9%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%22.5%2016: 19.5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%2%2016: 1.8%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%95.3%2016: 96.5%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.7%2016: 1.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 5.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 6.6%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%58.6%2016: 64.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%41%2016: 35.9%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%52.2%2016: 53.3%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5.4%2016: 5.6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%5%2016: 5.2%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%12.9%2016: 13.7%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%18%2016: 15.6%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%6.5%2016: 6.7%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%45%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%37.4%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%10.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%4.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%83.7%2016: 84.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 1%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%11.8%2016: 13.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.9%2016: 1%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%4.5%2016: 1%
Statistics Canada, 2021