Photo: Jeff dumais · CC BY 3.04.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 99% of Canadian towns
The figure for renter households is 12% in Albanel and 25% across Canada’s towns. About 2,191 people lived here in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates. Here, 9.9% of residents have an Indigenous identity. The median age locally is 44.8, higher than in 66% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Albanel
Fewer people than before
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, Albanel went from 2,262 to 2,181 residents (−4%), slower growth than in 94% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Common-law couples
30% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 94% of Canadian towns; 37% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
More bilingual residents than 66% of Canadian towns: 13%
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. 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
Residents whose mother tongue is English are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. By way of comparison, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
From 2016 to 2021, 94% of Canadian towns grew faster than Albanel: −4%
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate is close to the census count.
Only 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Albanel
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The largest age band is 60–64: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. Typically, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 20% in Albanel.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women.
Smaller households than 64% of Canadian towns: 2.3 people on average
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families: 7% here and 8.2% across Canada’s towns. The census found that just over a quarter of households are one person living alone in Albanel.
30% of residents 15 and over live common-law, a share 94% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Nearly a quarter of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). The wider picture: 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Albanel: 89% of households live in a single-detached house, above 87% 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
Older homes outnumber new: 24% predate 1961, 10% date from 2001 or later. The benchmark for households in single-detached houses across Canada’s towns: 64%. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
Households here have a median income of $77,000 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Albanel had $77,000 before tax, 10% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within Quebec’s towns, the household in the middle had $74,000. In 2020, 27% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
0.7% 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
Across Canada’s towns, the share of immigrants is 17%; Albanel has 0.7%. On top of that, residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns.
Albanel ranks below 93% of Canadian towns on residents with no religion: 16%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. To put it in context, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
Below 95% of Canadian towns: 10% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 13% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. To put it in context, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 62%
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
62% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
Albanel is younger than every town around it
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albanel | 2,191 | — | 44.8 | 20% | 0.7% |
| Normandin | 3,065 | 9.1 km | 45.2 | 25% | 0.7% |
| Dolbeau-Mistassini | 13,581 | 14.1 km | 50.8 | 28% | 0.9% |
| Girardville | 1,044 | 16.7 km | 50.4 | 25% | 1.5% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- The census’s own words. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
Questions about Albanel’s residents
What religion are people in Albanel?
16% said they have no religion and 84% that they are Christian; 0.2% named another faith.
Is Albanel good for families?
17% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 64% of households and one-parent families 7%. Schools near Albanel are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Albanel?
Half of Albanel’s households had more than $77,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Albanel?
About 2,191, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 2,181 people in Albanel, 4% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Albanel?
The median age is 44.8. 17% are under 15 and 20% 65 or older.
Is Albanel bilingual?
13% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 87% speak French only and 0% English only. French is the mother tongue of 100%.
How diverse is Albanel?
Immigrants: 0.7% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 0%. Indigenous identity: 9.9%.
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).