Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Older than 82% of Canadian towns: half of Saint-Léonard is over 48.8
Nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier; across Canada’s towns the figure is 11%. Saint-Léonard is home to some 1,384 people (July 2025 estimate), in 570 households at the 2021 Census. Locally, 20% of residents said they have no religion. One-parent families are more common here than in 81% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Léonard
A French-speaking community
French is the mother tongue of 87% of residents, more than in 89% of Canadian towns. 70% can speak English and French, and 90% use French most at home. English & French ↓
A bilingual town
70% of residents can hold a conversation in both English and French, more than in 98% of Canadian towns; 25% speak French only and 4.8% English only. English & French ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A larger share of bilingual residents than 98% of Canadian towns: 70%
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Set against 1.5% across Canada’s towns, 87% of residents have French as their mother tongue in Saint-Léonard. As a yardstick, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Saint-Léonard’s population moved +2% on 2016, less than in 66% of Canadian towns
The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 5%. Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across New Brunswick’s towns, +3%.
Saint-Léonard sits above 80% of Canadian towns for residents aged 65 and over (25%)
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Here 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 11%. Typically, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
One-person households: 33%, a higher share than 73% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Households average 2.2 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Elsewhere, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Common-law partners: 17%, a higher share than 81% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Where 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns, Saint-Léonard has 38%. Across Canada’s towns, common-law partners come to 11%.
Saint-Léonard: 72% of households live in a single-detached house, above 61% of Canadian towns
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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
The share of renter households is 29%, against 25% across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. The wider picture: 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Before tax, the median household income is $61,200 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
At $61,200, the middle household in Saint-Léonard earned 29% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among New Brunswick’s towns, the typical figure is $73,300. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 23% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
5.2% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
Where 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns, Saint-Léonard has 1.6%. The largest groups of immigrants were born in the Americas (69%) and in Europe (15%). Fewer immigrants than in 81% of Canadian towns: 5.2%.
75% said they are Christian and 20% that they have no religion
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
In Saint-Léonard, 4.4% of residents belong to a visible minority, beside 15% across Canada’s towns. Indigenous residents account for 2.8%.
A lower share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 82% of Canadian towns, at 15%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
53% of adults were employed in May 2021
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 53%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 25% of residents are 65 or over.
Saint-Léonard sits below 1 of its 4 closest neighbours on median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page. The nearest places to Saint-Léonard with figures are 14–29 km away.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Léonard | 1,384 | — | 48.8 | 25% | 5.2% |
| Saint-André | 1,987 | 14.3 km | 45.2 | 20% | 2.2% |
| Grand Falls / Grand-Sault | 5,465 | 19.3 km | 52.8 | 29% | 3.6% |
| Drummond | 2,113 | 24.9 km | 46.4 | 18% | 1.2% |
| Grand Falls | 1,114 | 28.9 km | 48 | 19% | 3.7% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over New Brunswick’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
- What these tables don’t give. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
Questions about Saint-Léonard’s residents
What religion are people in Saint-Léonard?
20% said they have no religion and 75% that they are Christian; 4.8% named another faith.
Is Saint-Léonard good for families?
15% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 50% of households and one-parent families 11%. Schools near Saint-Léonard are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Léonard?
Half of Saint-Léonard’s households had more than $61,200 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Saint-Léonard?
About 1,384, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,322 people in Saint-Léonard, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Léonard?
The median age is 48.8. 15% are under 15 and 25% 65 or older.
Is Saint-Léonard bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 70% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 4.8% speak only English and 25% only French; 87% grew up with French.
How diverse is Saint-Léonard?
Immigrants: 5.2% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 4.4%. Indigenous identity: 2.8%.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population · Statistics Canada, population estimates for 1 July 2025 (table 17-10-0155). 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).