Shawinigan
Town · Quebec · Population 49,620
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
- 54.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 51 years (estimated) · 2016: 53.3 years
- Average household size
- 1.9
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.1 · 2011: 2 · 2016: 1.9
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 37%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 33.5% · 2016: 32.4%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%12.7%2016: 11.9%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.7%2016: 9.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%20%2016: 19%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.7%2016: 32.5%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%30.9%2016: 27.3%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%13.8%2011: 17.2%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%28.8%2011: 28.2%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.2%2011: 9.8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%44.1%2016: 41.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.1%2011: 5.3%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%16.1%2016: 17%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%19.9%2016: 20.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%26.7%2016: 25.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%22.5%2016: 23.3%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%14.8%2016: 13.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.2%2016: 0.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%74.8%2016: 77%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%24.9%2016: 22.8%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%1.2%2016: 1%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%96.5%2016: 97.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.4%2016: 1.5%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 4.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%56.4%2016: 56.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%43.6%2016: 43.2%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%49.9%2016: 49.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.8%2016: 2.8%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.9%2016: 0.9%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%9.6%2016: 9.9%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%35.2%2016: 35%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.6%2016: 1.7%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%41.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%30.4%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%18%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%7.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%90.6%2016: 90.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.4%2016: 1.2%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%6%2016: 6.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.4%2016: 0.6%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.6%2016: 1.2%
Statistics Canada, 2021