Photo: Mario Pinard · Public domainHalf of Amqui is over 52, older than 90% of Canadian towns
Visible minority residents make up 0.4%, against 15% across Canada’s towns. Meanwhile, on one-person households, Amqui sits higher than 88% of Canadian towns: 39%. The town is home to some 6,059 people (July 2025 estimate), in 2,845 households at the 2021 Census. Locally, 0.3% of residents are immigrants.
What stands out about the people of Amqui
Older than most towns
Amqui’s median age is 52; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 29% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Fewer people than before
Amqui went from 6,178 people in 2016 to 5,999 in 2021, −3%: slower growth than in 91% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Common-law couples
27% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 90% of Canadian towns; 31% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Amqui ranks above 71% of Canadian towns on bilingual residents: 17%
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated 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 make up 0.3%, against 66% across Canada’s towns. Measured more widely, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Amqui changed by −3% from 2016 to 2021, behind 91% of Canadian towns
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 1% higher again. Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +4% across Quebec’s towns.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 29% in Amqui, more than in 89% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. On average, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. Locally, 9.1% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Amqui, 52. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women.
2 people per household, fewer than in 90% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families account for 7.6%.
Amqui sits above 90% of Canadian towns for common-law partners (27%)
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns, against 31% in Amqui. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
Amqui sits above 67% of Canadian towns for renter households (34%)
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
Nearly a quarter of homes were built before 1961 and 12% in 2001 or later. Across Canada’s towns, renter households come to 25%. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Where 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns, Amqui has 63%.
Households here have a median income of $60,000 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Amqui’s households had a total income below $60,000, 30% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Quebec’s towns have a median of $74,000. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 22% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
In Amqui, 9.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 68% of Canadian towns
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
0.3% of residents are not Canadian citizens, against 5.8% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Fewer residents with no religion than 96% of Canadian towns: 12%
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Census figures put Indigenous residents at 2.6% in Amqui. As a reference point, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 85% of Canadian towns: 14%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 15%, beside a typical 9.5%. The wider picture: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 51% of residents aged 15 and over
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 51%; 29% of residents are 65 or over.
6th highest median age among 41 towns of 5,963 to 6,153
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Median ages here range from 33.4 in Inkster Gardens to 57.6 in Creston. The towns whose median age is nearest to Amqui’s: Cumberland (46.5), Crystal Bay - Lakeview Park (48.2), Cumberland County, Subdivision C (52.8) and Crowsnest Pass (52.8).
No nearby town is as young as Amqui
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amqui | 6,059 | — | 52 | 29% | 0.3% |
| Lac-au-Saumon | 1,485 | 8.2 km | 53.2 | 33% | 0.8% |
| Causapscal | 2,151 | 18.8 km | 54.8 | 28% | 0.5% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. For each measure we take the median of Quebec’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.
Questions about Amqui’s residents
Is Amqui good for families?
Children under 15 are 14% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 50% of households and one-parent families 7.6%. Schools near Amqui are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Amqui?
Median total household income in Amqui was $60,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Amqui?
The latest figure is an estimate: 6,059 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Amqui counted 5,999, 3% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Amqui?
Half the residents are older than 52 and half younger, older than 90% of Canadian towns; 14% are children under 15 and 29% are 65 or over.
Is Amqui bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 17% are. Another 84% speak only French and 0% only English, and French is the first language of 99%.
How diverse is Amqui?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 0.3%. A visible minority makes up 0.4% and Indigenous residents 2.6%.
What religion are people in Amqui?
Most often Christian (88%) or no religion (12%); other religions make up 0.1%.
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).