Photo: Red Castle · CC BY-SA 4.0In Saint-Quentin, 95% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 97% of Canadian towns
Residents who moved in within the year: 5.1%, below 99% of Canadian towns. 7.6% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 81% of Canadian towns. Saint-Quentin had about 1,588 residents in July 2025, by Statistics Canada’s estimate, and 635 households at the 2021 Census. The census found that 0.9% of residents are immigrants locally.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Quentin
A French-speaking community
French is the mother tongue of 97% of residents, more than in 97% of Canadian towns. 28% can speak English and French, and 97% use French most at home. English & French ↓
Common-law couples
26% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 89% of Canadian towns; 36% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Residents whose mother tongue is French make up 97% in Saint-Quentin, more than in 97% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. 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
Bilingual residents: 28% here and 7.5% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
Saint-Quentin changed by −2% from 2016 to 2021, slower than 88% 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
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 6% higher again. Across New Brunswick’s towns the median is +3%, and across Canada’s towns +4%.
Older than 72% of Canadian towns: half of Saint-Quentin is over 46
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
No age band is larger than 60–64: one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. Across Saint-Quentin, one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. The highest share aged 65 or over among New Brunswick’s towns is Dalhousie’s: 37%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women.
Saint-Quentin sits above 67% of Canadian towns for one-parent families (9.4%)
Private households by type and size.
Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The average household has 2.4 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. The comparison figure for one-parent families is 8.2% across Canada’s towns. Census figures put one-person households at 25% in Saint-Quentin.
A larger share of common-law partners than 89% of Canadian towns: 26%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
27% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). Common-law partners: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. Married residents 15 and over account for 36%.
Saint-Quentin ranks below 91% of Canadian towns on renter households: 9.4%
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
18% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 17% built before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. As a reference point, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Half above, half below $70,000 a year in household income
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Saint-Quentin’s, at $70,000, is 19% lower. Across New Brunswick’s towns the median is $73,300. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 31% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
0.9% 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
Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns.
Residents with no religion make up 18% in Saint-Quentin, less than in 90% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents: 2.2%, below 83% of Canadian towns. For residents with no religion, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 35%.
A smaller share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 94% of Canadian towns: 11%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
In work on census day: 55% of adults
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, above this 55%; 20% of residents are 65 or over.
No nearby town is as young as Saint-Quentin
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Quentin | 1,588 | — | 46 | 20% | 0.9% |
| Saint-Quentin | 2,294 | 1.4 km | 50.4 | 27% | 0% |
| Kedgwick | 2,051 | 14.2 km | 48.4 | 23% | 0.5% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of New Brunswick’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
- The census’s own words. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
Questions about Saint-Quentin’s residents
How diverse is Saint-Quentin?
Immigrants: 0.9% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 2.2%. Indigenous identity: 7.6%.
What religion are people in Saint-Quentin?
18% said they have no religion and 82% that they are Christian; 0% named another faith.
Is Saint-Quentin good for families?
16% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 57% of households and one-parent families 9.4%. Schools near Saint-Quentin are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Quentin?
Half of Saint-Quentin’s households had more than $70,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Saint-Quentin?
About 1,588, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,504 people in Saint-Quentin, 2% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Quentin?
The median age is 46. 16% are under 15 and 20% 65 or older.
Is Saint-Quentin bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 28% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 0.7% speak only English and 71% only French; 97% grew up with French.
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).