Photo: Harfang · CC BY-SA 3.0Half of Baie-Saint-Paul is over 54.8, older than 95% of Canadian towns
Compared with 11% across Canada’s towns, 7.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier here. About 7,760 people lived in Baie-Saint-Paul in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates. The census found that 38% of households are one person living alone in the town. Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 96% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Baie-Saint-Paul
Older than most towns
Line Baie-Saint-Paul’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 54.8; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 33% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Common-law couples
26% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 89% of Canadian towns; 31% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Baie-Saint-Paul: 24% of residents speak English and French, above 76% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents whose mother tongue is English is 66%; Baie-Saint-Paul has 0.6%. The comparison figure for bilingual residents is 7.5% across Canada’s towns.
Baie-Saint-Paul’s population moved +3% on 2016, less than in 56% of Canadian towns
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 5%. Across Quebec’s towns the median is +4%, and across Canada’s towns +4%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 96% of Canadian towns: 33%
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: 9.6% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, 19% of residents are 65 or over. The census found that 13% of residents are under 15 in Baie-Saint-Paul.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Baie-Saint-Paul, 54.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Baie-Saint-Paul households average 2 people, smaller than in 90% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families: 6% here and 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
Common-law partners: 26%, a higher share than 89% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 25% of adults, beside a typical 27%. For comparison, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of renter households than 69% of Canadian towns: 36%
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. The comparison figure for renter households is 25% across Canada’s towns. Three in five households live in a single-detached house.
Before tax, the median household income is $64,500 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Baie-Saint-Paul: half had less than $64,500, 25% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among Quebec’s towns, the typical figure is $74,000. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 26% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
2.2% of residents are immigrants
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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
Compared with 17% across Canada’s towns, 2.2% of residents are immigrants here. 3.3% of residents are not Canadian citizens.
A smaller share of residents with no religion than 91% of Canadian towns: 17%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The figure for visible minority residents is 1.9% in Baie-Saint-Paul and 15% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 35%. Indigenous residents are rarer here than in 63% of Canadian towns.
Baie-Saint-Paul ranks below 62% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 22%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 12%, against 9.5%. For comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 52%
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 52%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 33% of residents are 65 or over.
Oldest by rank: 2nd of 41 towns of 7,606 to 7,910 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The span goes from 28.6 (La Broquerie) up to 58.8 (Minden Hills). Nearest to Baie-Saint-Paul in age: Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley (54), Kenora, Unorganized (54.8) and Minden Hills (58.8).
Baie-Saint-Paul and its 5 nearest towns: 2 of them are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baie-Saint-Paul | 7,760 | — | 54.8 | 33% | 2.2% |
| L'Isle-aux-Coudres | 1,083 | 11.3 km | 62.4 | 44% | 1.4% |
| Saint-Urbain | 1,431 | 12.7 km | 52 | 27% | 2.3% |
| Les Éboulements | 1,661 | 13.8 km | 52.8 | 30% | 0.7% |
| Petite-Rivière-Saint-François | 1,150 | 14.7 km | 56.4 | 30% | 2.6% |
| Saint-Hilarion | 1,221 | 15.0 km | 45.2 | 21% | 0.9% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Quebec’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- What these tables don’t give. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- 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.
Questions about Baie-Saint-Paul’s residents
What is the average age in Baie-Saint-Paul?
54.8 is the median age, older than 95% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 13%. 65 and over: 33%.
Is Baie-Saint-Paul bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 24% are. Another 76% speak only French and 0.1% only English, and French is the first language of 97%.
How diverse is Baie-Saint-Paul?
Immigrants make up 2.2% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 1.9% are members of a visible minority, and 1.9% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Baie-Saint-Paul?
Christian: 81%. No religion: 17%. Another religion: 1.9%.
Is Baie-Saint-Paul good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 13%. 50% of households are couple families and 6% one-parent families. Schools near Baie-Saint-Paul are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Baie-Saint-Paul?
$64,500 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Baie-Saint-Paul (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Baie-Saint-Paul?
Statistics Canada estimates 7,760 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 7,371 in Baie-Saint-Paul, 3% more than 2016.
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).