Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0A median age of 32.5: Cité-Universitaire is younger than 96% of Canadian towns
Households average 1.8 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Cité-Universitaire had 22,546 residents in 11,395 households at the 2021 Census. The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 26%. Residents without Canadian citizenship are more common here than in 88% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Cité-Universitaire
A bilingual neighbourhood
Both official languages: 57% of residents speak English and French, more than in 93% of Canadian towns. Another 41% speak only French and 1.4% only English. English & French ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Cité-Universitaire’s residents are under 32.5 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 8.8% are under 15 and 23% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A neighbourhood of renters
Renters are 73% of households, more than in 97% of Canadian towns, and 86% of households live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Many people living alone
One-person households make up 52%, more than in 97% of Canadian towns, and 23% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
In Cité-Universitaire, 57% of residents speak English and French, more than in 93% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: French 87%, English 2.2%. Few places have so few residents whose mother tongue is English: 2% here, fewer than in 92% of Canadian towns. For comparison, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Children under 15 make up 8.8% in Cité-Universitaire, less than in 97% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Here 25% of residents are aged 15 to 24, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 11%. What’s more, 23% of residents are 65 or over, a higher share than in 70% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Cité-Universitaire, 32.5. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Cité-Universitaire: 52% of households are one person living alone, above 97% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Shared houses stand out: 11% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 97% of Canadian towns. The comparison figure for one-person households is 27% across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 4% of households are one-parent families.
Below 98% of Canadian towns: 22% of residents 15 and over are married
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Across Canada’s towns, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law; in Cité-Universitaire, 18%. Singles who have never married make up 48% of adults, beside a typical 27%.
A larger share of renter households than 97% of Canadian towns: 73%
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. Prices, rents and shelter costs are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Owners and renters · share of households
When homes were built · share of homes
With households in buildings of five or more storeys at 26%, Cité-Universitaire is ahead of 90% of Canadian towns on that count. The wider picture: 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Here, just over one in ten households live in a single-detached house.
Median household income: $54,200 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Cité-Universitaire’s median household took in $54,200 before tax, 37% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Quebec’s towns the median is $74,000. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 32% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
14% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 20%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Most immigrants were born in Africa (40%) or in Europe (23%). 54% of immigrants arrived from 2011 to 2021 (typical: 27%), and non-permanent residents make up a further 12% of residents.
Cité-Universitaire ranks above 58% of Canadian towns on visible minority residents: 22%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
37% of residents said they have no religion, against 35% across Canada’s towns. As a reference point, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Among other religions: Muslim (10%). Indigenous residents are rarer here than in 75% of Canadian towns.
A larger share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 94% of Canadian towns: 60%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Across Canada’s towns, 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds hold a degree; in Cité-Universitaire, 60%, and 24% have a college or trades credential (typical: 29%). Those with no credential make up 3.1%, next to 9.5% in the typical town.
Employment: 57% of residents 15 and over had a job
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, much like this 57%.
In its size band (21,949 to 23,115), the 2nd youngest of 41 towns
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
At one end is Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver (31.4), at the other Cobourg (54.8). In age, Cité-Universitaire keeps company with Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver (31.4), Church-Wellesley (33.8) and South End (34.3).
Every neighbour of Cité-Universitaire has an older population
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cité-Universitaire | 22,546 | — | 32.5 | 23% | 14% |
| Sillery | 13,950 | 2.5 km | 51 | 31% | 8.9% |
| Plateau | 14,176 | 2.6 km | 35.5 | 17% | 20% |
| Saint-Louis | 15,792 | 2.7 km | 41.1 | 23% | 17% |
| Saint-Sacrement | 10,650 | 2.8 km | 47.8 | 33% | 12% |
| Duberger—Les Saules | 27,419 | 3.6 km | 42.2 | 22% | 8.6% |
| Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy | 14,541 | 4.0 km | 57 | 40% | 16% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Quebec’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Built up from dissemination areas: Statistics Canada stops at the municipality. Rounded counts are added together and medians estimated from the published groups. The 2016 areas don’t line up with these, so the change since 2016 isn’t shown.
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
Questions about Cité-Universitaire’s residents
What is the average age in Cité-Universitaire?
32.5 is the median age, younger than 96% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 8.8%. 65 and over: 23%.
Is Cité-Universitaire bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 57% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 1.4% speak only English and 41% only French; 81% grew up with French.
How diverse is Cité-Universitaire?
Immigrants make up 14% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 22% are members of a visible minority, and 1.3% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Cité-Universitaire?
Christian: 52%. No religion: 37%. Another religion: 11%.
Is Cité-Universitaire good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 8.8%. 31% of households are couple families and 4% one-parent families. Schools near Cité-Universitaire are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Cité-Universitaire?
$54,200 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Cité-Universitaire (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Cité-Universitaire?
The 2021 Census counted 22,546 people in Cité-Universitaire.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).