Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Amos sits above 86% of Canadian towns for one-person households (39%)
60% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. Compared with other places, residents with no religion are scarce here: 24%, fewer than in 79% of Canadian towns. Amos is home to some 12,773 people (July 2025 estimate), in 5,760 households at the 2021 Census. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 22% in the town.
What stands out about the people of Amos
Common-law couples
28% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 91% of Canadian towns; 26% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Bilingual residents make up 25% in Amos, more than in 77% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Residents whose mother tongue is English make up 0.7%, against 66% across Canada’s towns. Set beside that, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Slower growth than 86% of Canadian towns: Amos changed by −1% since 2016
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +4% across Quebec’s towns. The July 2025 estimate is close to the census count.
A median age of 44.4: Amos is older than 64% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
No age band is larger than 60–64: 8% of residents. There is little gap on residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Amos, 44.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Amos households average 2.1 people, smaller than in 83% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Nearly one in ten households are one-parent families, against 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of common-law partners than 91% of Canadian towns, at 28%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
The share of married residents 15 and over trails 95% of Canadian towns: 26%. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
41% of households rent their home, a share 76% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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
Across Canada’s towns, 64% of households live in a single-detached house; in Amos, 51%. For comparison, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. 21% of homes were built before 1961 and 13% in 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
Half of households earn more than $70,500 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Amos’s households had a total income below $70,500, 18% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Quebec’s towns the median is $74,000. 26% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
10% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 57% of Canadian towns
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
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
In Amos, 1.5% of residents are immigrants, beside 17% across Canada’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. Here, 1.6% of residents are not Canadian citizens.
3.1% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 53% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The share of visible minority residents trails 80% of Canadian towns: 2.6%. Set beside that, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 69% of Canadian towns: 19%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 15%, beside a typical 9.5%. Elsewhere, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 62% of residents aged 15 and over
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 62% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
41 towns of 12,499 to 13,051 people: this is the 17th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
They run from Thompson, at 31, to North Saanich, at 56.8. Alderwood (43), Saint-Hippolyte (44.4), Highland Creek (44.5) and Westboro (44.5): the towns nearest Amos in median age.
Older than Amos: 1 of the 2 towns nearby
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amos | 12,773 | — | 44.4 | 22% | 1.5% |
| Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier | 1,046 | 10.4 km | 36.8 | 13% | 1% |
| Trécesson | 1,240 | 11.6 km | 45.2 | 20% | 0% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. The middle of Quebec’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
- 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.
Questions about Amos’s residents
What religion are people in Amos?
24% said they have no religion and 76% that they are Christian; 0.7% named another faith.
Is Amos good for families?
16% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 47% of households and one-parent families 9.4%. Schools near Amos are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Amos?
Half of Amos’s households had more than $70,500 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Amos?
About 12,773, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 12,675 people in Amos, 1% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Amos?
The median age is 44.4, older than 64% of Canadian towns. 16% are under 15 and 22% 65 or older.
Is Amos bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 25% are. Another 75% speak only French and 0.4% only English, and French is the first language of 97%.
How diverse is Amos?
Immigrants: 1.5% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 2.6%. Indigenous identity: 3.1%.
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).