Weedon
Small town · Quebec · Population 2,667
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
- 56.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 51.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 55.1 years
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.1 · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 33.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 36.2% · 2016: 25.3%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13.1%2016: 12.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%6.8%2016: 7.5%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%17.3%2016: 16.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%31.7%2016: 35.8%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%31.7%2016: 27.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%14.4%2011: 20.5%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%36.2%2011: 39.3%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.8%2011: 5.7%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%37.7%2016: 35.2%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.8%2011: 2.5%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%23.3%2016: 24.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%22.2%2016: 23.8%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%33%2016: 28%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%14.8%2016: 16.7%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%6.7%2016: 7.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.2%2016: 0.4%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%78.1%2016: 78.6%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%21.5%2016: 21.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%1.7%2016: 1.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%95.8%2016: 96.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.5%2016: 1.5%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.6%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%77%2016: 79.6%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%23%2016: 20.4%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%78.9%2016: 77.6%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.2%2016: 1.2%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%6.2%2016: 6.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%11.3%2016: 11.6%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0.4%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.3%2016: 2.8%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%38.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%27.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%20.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%11.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%89.9%2016: 91.8%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.1%2016: 1%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%8%2016: 6.2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.6%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021