Whapmagoostui
Small town · Quebec · Population 1,022
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 Whapmagoostui 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
- 26 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 23.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 23.5 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 4.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 4 (estimated) · 2011: 4.1 (estimated) · 2016: 4.2 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 27.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 31% (estimated) · 2016: 30.7% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%32.8%2016: 33.5% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%16.2%2016: 20.2% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%26%2016: 25% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%21.1%2016: 17% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%4.4%2016: 4.4% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%50%2011: 31.9% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%10.9%2011: 9.4% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.5%2011: 6.8% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%4.3%2016: 14.6% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%28.3%2011: 35.6% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%37.5%2016: 36.1% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%20.8%2016: 14.6% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%9.4%2016: 21.2% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%24%2016: 20.8% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%9.4%2016: 8.9% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%92.2%2016: 84.8% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%3.4%2016: 9.3% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%4.4%2016: 5.6% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%6.8%2016: 6.2% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0%2016: 2.6% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%93.2%2016: 91.2% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.9% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%8.9%2016: 1.2% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%22.2%2016: 36% (estimated)
- Band or local government housing68.9%2016: 62.8% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%64.4%2016: 59.7% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%24.4%2016: 30.3% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%13.3%2016: 3.5% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0%2016: 6.5% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%0%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%0%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%68.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%20%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%6.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%52.9%2016: 34.1% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%15.3%2016: 47.2% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%30.6%2016: 18.6% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021