Waskaganish
Small town · Quebec · Population 2,536
Scores based on limited data
Statistics Canada does not publish some figures for First Nations reserves, such as housing costs, and figures marked Estimated come from a nearby source. Scores for Waskaganish use the figures that are available.
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
- 25 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 23.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 25.5 years
- Average household size
- 4.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 4.2 · 2011: 4.7 · 2016: 4.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 23.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 26.7% · 2016: 24.6%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%33.7%2016: 31.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%16.3%2016: 17.5%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%24%2016: 26.4%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%19.3%2016: 18.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%6.3%2016: 5.7%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%31%2011: 42.6%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%8%2011: 7.4%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%15.9%2011: 13.8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%10.6%2016: 11.9%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%34.5%2011: 30.9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%36.9%2016: 36.2%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%16.2%2016: 14.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%18.5%2016: 19.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%21.6%2016: 21.6%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%7.2%2016: 8.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%73.2%2016: 68.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.2%2016: 0.7%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%21.3%2016: 24.4%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%5.5%2016: 7.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%7.1%2016: 5.2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.6%2016: 1.8%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%91.3%2016: 92.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 5.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%4.4%2016: 3%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%8%2016: 20.8%
- Band or local government housing87.6%2016: 76.2%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%83.2%2016: 83%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%8.8%2016: 11%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%7.1%2016: 5%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0%2016: 0%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.9%2016: 1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%0%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%3.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%54.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%31.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%8.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%70.3%2016: 60.5%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%24.7%2016: 35.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.3%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%4.4%2016: 3.4%
Statistics Canada, 2021