Trois-Rivières
Small city · Quebec · Population 139,163
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: 46.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 47 years
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.1 · 2011: 2.1 · 2016: 2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 40%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 39% · 2016: 37.5%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.1%2016: 13.8%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.5%2016: 11.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23.2%2016: 22.4%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26%2016: 29.4%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%26.3%2016: 22.8%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%17%2011: 19.9%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%27.6%2011: 27%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.4%2011: 9.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%41.2%2016: 38.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.9%2011: 6.3%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%11.4%2016: 12%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%16.3%2016: 18%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%21.4%2016: 22.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%26%2016: 25.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%25%2016: 22.6%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.3%2016: 0.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%66.3%2016: 68.8%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%33.1%2016: 30.9%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.3%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%1.2%2016: 1.1%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%93.9%2016: 95.7%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%4.9%2016: 3.2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 10.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 8.5%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%54.5%2016: 55.9%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%45.5%2016: 44.1%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%41.7%2016: 42.4%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%7.1%2016: 7.1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2.7%2016: 2.7%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%7.3%2016: 7.9%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%38.8%2016: 37.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%1.7%2016: 1.7%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.7%2016: 0.8%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%22.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%31.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%25.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%16%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%90.8%2016: 91.1%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%2.4%2016: 2.6%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.9%2016: 4.6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.7%2016: 0.9%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.3%2016: 0.9%
Statistics Canada, 2021