Stanstead
Small town · Quebec · Population 2,824
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: 45.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 46.6 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 32.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 40.6% · 2016: 37.7%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.9%2016: 18.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.7%2016: 8.8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%20.2%2016: 20.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.9%2016: 28.7%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%26.9%2016: 23.7%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%19.6%2011: 21.2%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%27.8%2011: 31.8%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9%2011: 9.4%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%36.5%2016: 33.9%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.1%2011: 5.5%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%25.1%2016: 28.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%31.8%2016: 32.1%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%17.2%2016: 17.5%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%13.1%2016: 15.7%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%12.4%2016: 6.9%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%25.8%2016: 27.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%12.3%2016: 12.6%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%61.6%2016: 60.1%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%50.9%2016: 52%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%42.2%2016: 43.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%6.9%2016: 4.7%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 3.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.8%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%68.6%2016: 64.5%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%31.4%2016: 35.9%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%65.4%2016: 65.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%11%2016: 11.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.4%2016: 0.4%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%9.8%2016: 8.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%13%2016: 13.1%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%64.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%16.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%10.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%5.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%87.1%2016: 90.4%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%9%2016: 10.2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.5%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021