Photo: Jfecteau20 · CC BY-SA 4.0Older than 91% of Canadian towns: half of Berthierville is over 52.4
Households in single-detached houses make up 37%, against 64% across Canada’s towns. Lower than in 83% of Canadian towns: 22% of residents said they have no religion. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 4,591 residents; the 2021 Census found 2,165 households. Immigrants: 1.3% of the total.
What stands out about the people of Berthierville
Older than most towns
Berthierville’s median age is 52.4; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 31% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
46% of households are one person living alone, more than in 94% of Canadian towns; 31% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
A town of renters
Renters are 61% of households, more than in 91% of Canadian towns, and 53% of households live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A higher share of bilingual residents than 75% of Canadian towns, at 22%
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. 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
The share of residents whose mother tongue is English trails 97% of Canadian towns: 0.8%. Across Canada’s towns, 7.5% of residents speak English and French.
Faster growth than 54% of Canadian towns: Berthierville changed by +5% since 2016
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Quebec’s towns, +4%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 94% of Canadian towns: 31%
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Where 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns, Berthierville has 8.2%. The usual figure: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Berthierville, 52.4. 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.
More one-person households than 94% of Canadian towns: 46%
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Against a figure of 8.2% across Canada’s towns, the share of one-parent families in Berthierville comes in at 9.4%. Typically, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. On average, 1.9 people share a household.
Below 96% of Canadian towns: 25% of residents 15 and over are married
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Common-law partners: 23% here and 11% across Canada’s towns. Against that, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of renter households than 91% of Canadian towns, at 61%
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
Older homes outnumber new: 34% predate 1961, 18% date from 2001 or later. The share of renter households across Canada’s towns is 25%. 0.9% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, a higher share than in 60% of Canadian towns.
$50,000 a year is the median household income here
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 Berthierville’s households had a total income below $50,000, 42% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across Quebec’s towns is $74,000. COVID-19 benefits went to 27% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
12% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 55% 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
Of the immigrants living here, 46% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. Elsewhere, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Here, 3.6% of residents are not Canadian citizens.
76% said they are Christian and 22% that they have no religion
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The share of Indigenous residents trails just over two thirds of Canadian towns: 1.7%. Census figures put visible minority residents at 4.6% in Berthierville.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 8.9%, a lower share than 97% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 29% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. For comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 55% of adults
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 55%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 31% of residents are 65 or over.
In its size band (4,501 to 4,686), the 3rd oldest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
At one end is Fairfield Park (31.6), at the other Shelburne (54.4). Nearest to Berthierville in age: Electoral Area P (Rivers and the Peaks), Thompson-Nicola (50.4), Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), Strathcona (52), Caraquet (54.4) and Shelburne (54.4).
Berthierville is younger than 2 of its 6 nearest neighbours
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berthierville | 4,591 | — | 52.4 | 31% | 1.3% |
| Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier | 2,298 | 4.1 km | 48.8 | 22% | 1.8% |
| Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola | 2,170 | 4.7 km | 52.4 | 29% | 1.2% |
| Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel | 1,602 | 6.0 km | 50.8 | 25% | 2.2% |
| Sorel-Tracy | 36,537 | 7.8 km | 53.2 | 31% | 2.6% |
| Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel | 2,770 | 10.5 km | 54 | 30% | 2% |
| Saint-Cuthbert | 1,865 | 10.9 km | 50 | 25% | 1.4% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
- 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 Berthierville’s residents
What religion are people in Berthierville?
Christian: 76%. No religion: 22%. Another religion: 1.6%.
Is Berthierville good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 13%. 39% of households are couple families and 9.4% one-parent families. Schools near Berthierville are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Berthierville?
$50,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Berthierville (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Berthierville?
Statistics Canada estimates 4,591 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 4,386 in Berthierville, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Berthierville?
52.4 is the median age, older than 91% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 13%. 65 and over: 31%.
Is Berthierville bilingual?
22% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 78% speak French only and 0.2% English only. French is the mother tongue of 96%.
How diverse is Berthierville?
Immigrants make up 1.3% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 4.6% are members of a visible minority, and 1.7% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
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).