Photo: François Fournier · CC BY-SA 3.0Beloeil ranks above 78% of Canadian towns on children under 15: 19%
With residents without Canadian citizenship at 1.7%, Beloeil is behind four fifths of Canadian towns on that count. About 25,240 people lived in the town in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates. In Beloeil, 5.6% of residents are immigrants. This Quebec town has more residents aged 65 and over than 63% of Canadian towns, at 21%.
What stands out about the people of Beloeil
A bilingual town
Both official languages: 49% of residents speak English and French, more than in 89% of Canadian towns. Another 51% speak only French and 0.3% only English. English & French ↓
Common-law couples
30% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 94% of Canadian towns; 32% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
49% of residents speak English and French, more than in 89% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Where nearly two thirds of residents have English as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns, Beloeil has 2.1%. Typically, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. At home: French 95%, English 2.2%.
Beloeil grew +7% from 2016 to 2021, faster than 69% of Canadian towns
The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +4% across Quebec’s towns. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 5% higher again.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 79% of Canadian towns: 9.1%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
More residents are 40–44 than any other five-year age: 7.6% of residents. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. With a median age of 42, Beloeil is younger than 51% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Beloeil, 42. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
Across Canada’s towns, 27% of households are one person living alone; in Beloeil, 29%. One-parent families: nearly a tenth of the total.
In Beloeil, 30% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 94% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Nearly a third of residents 15 and over are married; across Canada’s towns the figure is 46%. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
Beloeil: 28% of households rent their home, above 55% of Canadian towns
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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
Newer homes outnumber old: 30% date from 2001 or later, 13% from before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Measured more widely, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Here nearly three in five households live in a single-detached house, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 64%.
Median household income here: $90,000 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Beloeil had $90,000 before tax, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The middle household across Quebec’s towns has $74,000 before tax. Pandemic benefits reached 26% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
In Beloeil, 10% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 60% of Canadian towns
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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
A third of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. By way of comparison, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (34%), then in Africa (30%).
Beloeil sits below 61% of Canadian towns for residents with no religion (32%)
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
4.5% of residents belong to a visible minority (Canada’s towns: 15%). As a reference point, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. The share of Indigenous residents stands at 0.9%.
A higher share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 52% of Canadian towns, at 28%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 7.8% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. The usual figure: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 64%
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 64%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
The 20th oldest of 41 towns of 23,928 to 26,607 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Wellington Place is the youngest of them at 31.1; White Rock, at 58, the oldest. Closest in median age to Beloeil are Dorset Park (41.2), Candiac (42), Sault-au-Récollet (42.2) and Newtonbrook West (42.5).
Nearby, 3 of 6 towns have older populations than Beloeil
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beloeil | 25,240 | — | 42 | 21% | 5.6% |
| Mont-Saint-Hilaire | 19,447 | 2.2 km | 47.2 | 23% | 5.5% |
| McMasterville | 6,114 | 3.2 km | 41.6 | 20% | 3.8% |
| Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil | 2,999 | 3.7 km | 45.2 | 21% | 3.1% |
| Otterburn Park | 9,460 | 4.3 km | 41.6 | 16% | 5.3% |
| Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu | 1,867 | 7.6 km | 50 | 23% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Basile-le-Grand | 17,146 | 8.3 km | 41.6 | 15% | 7.3% |
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. 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 Beloeil’s residents
How diverse is Beloeil?
5.6% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 4.5% belong to a visible minority and 0.9% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Beloeil?
67% are Christian and 32% have no religion; 1.4% follow another religion.
Is Beloeil good for families?
Under 15: 19% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 57% of households. One-parent families: 9.4%. Schools near Beloeil are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Beloeil?
The median household in Beloeil took in $90,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Beloeil?
Beloeil had about 25,240 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 24,104, 7% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Beloeil?
A median age of 42, younger than 51% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 19%, and people 65 and over 21%.
Is Beloeil bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 49% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 0.3% speak only English and 51% only French; 93% grew up with French.
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).