Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0Older than 91% of Canadian towns: half of Beaupré is over 52.8
In Beaupré, 7.3% of residents are aged 15 to 24, beside 11% across Canada’s towns. One-person households are more common here than in 85% of Canadian towns. About 4,314 people lived locally in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates. On the census count, 2.6% of residents are immigrants.
What stands out about the people of Beaupré
Older than most towns
Beaupré’s median age is 52.8; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 29% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 26% of adults, more than in 90% of Canadian towns, while 31% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Bilingual residents: 36%, a higher share than 84% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. 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
At home: French 99%, English 0.9%. The benchmark for bilingual residents across Canada’s towns: 7.5%. Compared with other places, residents whose mother tongue is English are scarce here: 1.2%, fewer than in 94% of Canadian towns.
Growth of +10% since 2016 puts Beaupré ahead of 80% of Canadian towns
Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
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%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 29%, a higher share than 91% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Children under 15 make up 14%, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Across the comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Beaupré, 52.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Households here average 2.1 people, below 83% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The census found that 7.8% of households are one-parent families in Beaupré.
A higher share of common-law partners than 90% of Canadian towns, at 26%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Across Canada’s towns, 46% of residents 15 and over are married; in Beaupré, 31%. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%.
Households in single-detached houses: 50%, a lower share than 69% of Canadian towns
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
26% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 25% built before 1961. Across Canada’s towns, 64% of households live in a single-detached house. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are about as common here as across Canada’s towns, at 0.3%.
Household income at the median: $75,000 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Beaupré’s, at $75,000, is 13% lower. Quebec’s towns have a median of $74,000. Pandemic benefits reached 27% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
2.6% of residents are immigrants
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
Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents without Canadian citizenship is 5.8%; Beaupré has 1%. 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Residents with no religion make up 26% in Beaupré, less than in 76% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 15% across Canada’s towns, the share of visible minority residents in Beaupré comes in at 1.4%. On average, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. The census found that 2% of residents have an Indigenous identity locally.
24% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 57% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
11% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
56% of residents 15 and over were in work
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment here, 56%, matches the middle of Canada’s towns (58%) within a couple of points.
41 towns of 4,242 to 4,389 people: this is the 9th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Glenridding Heights is the youngest of them at 31.9; Highlands East, at 58.8, the oldest. The towns whose median age is nearest to Beaupré’s: Electoral Area E, Central Kootenay (51.2), Downtown (51.4), Richmond County, Subdivision A (54.4) and Eganville (54.4).
Older than Beaupré: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaupré | 4,314 | — | 52.8 | 29% | 2.6% |
| Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré | 3,173 | 3.4 km | 51.6 | 27% | 2.1% |
| Saint-Joachim | 1,425 | 4.5 km | 50.8 | 28% | 1.1% |
| Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges | 4,083 | 11.1 km | 50.4 | 23% | 2.5% |
| Château-Richer | 4,732 | 13.1 km | 43.6 | 21% | 2.7% |
| Saint-Tite-des-Caps | 1,611 | 14.3 km | 51.6 | 25% | 1% |
| Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans | 1,006 | 14.4 km | 55.6 | 31% | 2.4% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
Questions about Beaupré’s residents
What is the population of Beaupré?
The latest figure is an estimate: 4,314 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Beaupré counted 4,117, 10% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Beaupré?
Half the residents are older than 52.8 and half younger, older than 91% of Canadian towns; 14% are children under 15 and 29% are 65 or over.
Is Beaupré bilingual?
English and French: 36% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 0.1%. French only: 64%. French mother tongue: 98%.
How diverse is Beaupré?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 2.6%. A visible minority makes up 1.4% and Indigenous residents 2%.
What religion are people in Beaupré?
Most often Christian (74%) or no religion (26%); other religions make up 0.3%.
Is Beaupré 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 7.8%. Schools near Beaupré are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Beaupré?
Median total household income in Beaupré was $75,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
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).