Shefford
Small town · Quebec · Population 7,253
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
- 47.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 41.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 44.5 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 · 2011: 2.6 · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 32.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 40.7% · 2016: 24.6%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.5%2016: 17.9%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.5%2016: 9.9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.4%2016: 22.8%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%33.1%2016: 34.6%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%19.7%2016: 14.7%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%28.9%2011: 35.2%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%40.7%2011: 38.3%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6%2011: 4.9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%18.7%2016: 18.9%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.7%2011: 3.3%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9.5%2016: 9.7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%17.4%2016: 21.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%18.9%2016: 21%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%25.3%2016: 24.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%28.8%2016: 23.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%1.7%2016: 1.6%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%45%2016: 47.6%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%53.3%2016: 50.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%6.3%2016: 6.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%90.1%2016: 91.1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%3.7%2016: 2.5%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0.4%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%92.1%2016: 93%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%7.7%2016: 6.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%92.4%2016: 92.3%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.7%2016: 0.7%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.7%2016: 0.7%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%1%2016: 0.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%5.2%2016: 5.3%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%9.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%19.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%34.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%30.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%6.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%96.7%2016: 95.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.9%2016: 1.4%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1.6%2016: 2.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.5%2016: 0.3%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0.4%2016: 0.5%
Statistics Canada, 2021