Wendake
Small town · Quebec · Population 2,200
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 Wendake 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
- 46 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2016: 43.2 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 (estimated) · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 30.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 27.2% (estimated) · 2016: 32.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.1%2016: 16.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12.3%2016: 13.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%22.3%2016: 23.2%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30%2016: 31.7%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%21.4%2016: 16%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%20.7%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%29.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%34.5%2016: 28.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.4%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9.1%2016: 8.4%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%17.3%2016: 17.3%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%23.4%2016: 21.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%30.3%2016: 32.5%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%19.5%2016: 20.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.5%2016: 0.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%60.9%2016: 63%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%38.4%2016: 36.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%2%2016: 1.6%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%91.4%2016: 89.9%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%6.6%2016: 8.5%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%60.8%2016: 65.6%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%30.9%2016: 30.6%
- Band or local government housing8.3%2016: 3.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%61.3%2016: 61.6%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.9%2016: 4.9%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.5%2016: 1.1%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%19.1%2016: 19.5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%13.2%2016: 13.5%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%16.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%16.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%34.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%27%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%6.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%84.8%2016: 86.1%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%2.7%2016: 3.4%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%9.8%2016: 10.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.6%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.1%2016: 1%
Statistics Canada, 2021