Verchères
Small town · Quebec · Population 5,759
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
- 42.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 41.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 40.8 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 29.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 37.4% · 2016: 25.3%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%18.8%2016: 20.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.1%2016: 9.4%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%25.1%2016: 25.4%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.6%2016: 28.7%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%20.4%2016: 16.4%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%29.1%2011: 30.5%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%30.1%2011: 30.7%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.7%2011: 8.8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%27.6%2016: 25.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.4%2011: 6.4%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%11%2016: 11.3%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%21.1%2016: 19.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%25.5%2016: 25.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%20.5%2016: 23.7%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%21.8%2016: 19.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.1%2016: 0.3%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%60.9%2016: 65%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%39%2016: 34.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%1%2016: 1.1%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%96.4%2016: 96.9%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.6%2016: 2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 6.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 5.2%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%76.9%2016: 75.3%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%23.1%2016: 24.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%71.2%2016: 70.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5.4%2016: 5.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.8%2016: 0.8%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%4.8%2016: 4.8%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%17.1%2016: 17.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.6%2016: 0.8%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%23.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%31.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%21.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%23.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%89.9%2016: 89.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%4.2%2016: 5.4%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.2%2016: 4.2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.6%2016: 0.7%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1%2016: 0.5%
Statistics Canada, 2021