Val-des-Sources
Small town · Quebec · Population 7,088
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
- 55.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 51.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 54 years
- Average household size
- 1.9
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.1 · 2011: 2 · 2016: 2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 38.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 33.2% · 2016: 34.5%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13.7%2016: 14.5%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.3%2016: 8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%18.3%2016: 17.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%24.3%2016: 28.7%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%35.6%2016: 31.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%13.6%2011: 17%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%29.3%2011: 31.7%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.7%2011: 10.4%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%43.8%2016: 39.8%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.6%2011: 2.8%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%23.2%2016: 24.2%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%23.2%2016: 18.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%29.8%2016: 34.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%16.5%2016: 14.7%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%7.2%2016: 7.6%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.6%2016: 0.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%74.9%2016: 76.9%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%24.4%2016: 22.9%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%2%2016: 1.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%96.1%2016: 97.2%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1.9%2016: 1.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 4.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3.4%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%54.9%2016: 59.2%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%45.1%2016: 41%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%52%2016: 54.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.7%2016: 0.8%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.4%2016: 0.5%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%16.5%2016: 17.5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%29.8%2016: 25.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.6%2016: 0.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%35.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%42.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%14%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%5.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%89.1%2016: 88.7%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0.5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%7.6%2016: 9.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.5%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.8%2016: 1.1%
Statistics Canada, 2021