Westmount
Town · Quebec · Population 19,658
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
- 48.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 47.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 46.7 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 39.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 35.1% · 2016: 42.3%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.4%2016: 14.9%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12.5%2016: 13.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%18.4%2016: 19.4%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.2%2016: 26.2%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%28.4%2016: 25.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%25.9%2011: 25.7%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%25.1%2011: 23.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.6%2011: 7.6%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%35.3%2016: 35.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.1%2011: 6.7%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%1.4%2016: 1.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%7.5%2016: 7.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%2.5%2016: 2.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%13%2016: 14.5%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%75.5%2016: 74.2%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%20.9%2016: 20.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%2.3%2016: 2.6%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%75.6%2016: 76.4%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.1%2016: 0.9%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%48.7%2016: 51.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%20%2016: 21.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%31.3%2016: 27.5%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 15%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 13.9%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%53.9%2016: 52.6%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%46.2%2016: 47.4%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%12.5%2016: 12.4%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%15.6%2016: 15.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%13.8%2016: 13.5%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3%2016: 3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%17.9%2016: 18.8%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%36.8%2016: 36.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%65.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%22.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%9.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%2.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%61.4%2016: 54.8%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%14%2016: 21.7%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%16.7%2016: 18.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%3.8%2016: 3.9%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%4%2016: 1.4%
Statistics Canada, 2021