Wotton
Small town · Quebec · Population 1,402
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
- 48.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 46.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 47.5 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 26.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 28.4% · 2016: 25.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.1%2016: 17.5%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.8%2016: 9.8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%20.6%2016: 19.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.5%2016: 32.2%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%26.3%2016: 20.3%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%22.5%2011: 27.2%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%36.7%2011: 34.2%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.8%2011: 7.9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%30.8%2016: 26.5%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.2%2011: 6.1%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%15%2016: 18.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%24.1%2016: 12.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%36.8%2016: 40.4%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%17.3%2016: 22.5%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%6.8%2016: 6.6%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0%2016: 0.4%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%78.3%2016: 79.9%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%21.7%2016: 20.1%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.4%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%1.1%2016: 1.1%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%96.7%2016: 97.8%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.2%2016: 1.1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%84.3%2016: 78.6%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%14%2016: 21.4%
- Band or local government housing1.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%86.8%2016: 87.2%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.8%2016: 0.9%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.8%2016: 0.9%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%9.1%2016: 9.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.5%2016: 1.7%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%47.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%23.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%16.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%12.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%90.6%2016: 87.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%6.2%2016: 8.6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 1.9%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.1%2016: 1.9%
Statistics Canada, 2021