Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Below 74% of Canadian towns: 15% of residents are 65 or over
A household here has 2.6 people on average; across Canada’s towns, 2.4. Census figures put residents with no religion at 28% in Blainville. Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 69% of Canadian towns. This Quebec town is home to some 61,739 people (July 2025 estimate), in 22,425 households at the 2021 Census.
What stands out about the people of Blainville
A bilingual town
58% of residents can hold a conversation in both English and French, more than in 94% of Canadian towns; 40% speak French only and 1.5% English only. English & French ↓
Common-law couples
26% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 89% of Canadian towns; 36% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A higher share of bilingual residents than 94% of Canadian towns, at 58%
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. 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 88% of Canadian towns: 4.1%. Across Canada’s towns, bilingual residents come to 7.5%.
Blainville grew +5% from 2016 to 2021, faster than 57% of Canadian towns
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 3% higher again. Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Quebec’s towns, by more than +4%.
A larger share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 84% of Canadian towns: 13%
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
No age band is larger than 55–59: nearly one in ten residents. 18% of residents are under 15, a higher share than in 74% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Blainville, 42. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
A smaller share of one-person households than 71% of Canadian towns: 22%
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.
Nearly one in ten households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns, against 10% in Blainville. The benchmark for one-person households across Canada’s towns: 27%.
Common-law partners: 26%, a higher share than 89% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
In Blainville, 36% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 46% across Canada’s towns. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
Fewer renter households than 57% of Canadian towns: 22%
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
Newer homes outnumber old: 45% date from 2001 or later, 3.2% from before 1961. Few places have as many households in buildings of five or more storeys: 1.3% here, more than in 62% of Canadian towns. Across the comparison, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Households in single-detached houses are about as common here as across Canada’s towns: 64%.
$105,000 a year: where the middle household sits
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Blainville’s, at $105,000, is 22% higher. The middle household across Quebec’s towns has $74,000 before tax. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 31% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 57% of Canadian towns, at 10%
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
Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (29%), then in Asia (26%). Just over one in ten residents are immigrants, fewer than in 60% of Canadian towns. The usual figure: 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Most recent wave: 27% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%).
67% said they are Christian and 28% that they have no religion
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Where 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns, Blainville has 1.2%. Among other religions: Muslim (4.2%).
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 32%, a higher share than 59% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 7.8% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
In work on census day: 67% of adults
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. 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%, below this 67%.
Youngest by rank: 20th of 41 towns of 49,388 to 75,618 people
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Shawinigan is the oldest at 54.4, Grande Prairie the youngest at 34. In age, Blainville keeps company with Georgetown (42), Innisfil (42), Medicine Hat (42.4) and St. Albert (42.4).
3 of the 6 nearest towns are older than Blainville
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blainville | 61,739 | — | 42 | 15% | 12% |
| Sainte-Thérèse | 27,253 | 3.8 km | 47.6 | 27% | 7.9% |
| Mirabel | 68,471 | 5.7 km | 37.2 | 13% | 5.5% |
| Lorraine | 9,721 | 6.4 km | 42.4 | 17% | 12% |
| Rosemère | 14,198 | 6.6 km | 46.4 | 20% | 13% |
| Boisbriand | 29,830 | 6.7 km | 40 | 15% | 12% |
| Bois-des-Filion | 10,666 | 8.1 km | 41.2 | 15% | 14% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
Questions about Blainville’s residents
Is Blainville good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 18%. 62% of households are couple families and 10% one-parent families. Schools near Blainville are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Blainville?
$105,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Blainville (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Blainville?
Statistics Canada estimates 61,739 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 59,819 in Blainville, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Blainville?
42 is the median age, younger than 51% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 18%. 65 and over: 15%.
Is Blainville bilingual?
58% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 40% speak French only and 1.5% English only. French is the mother tongue of 82%.
How diverse is Blainville?
Immigrants make up 12% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 12% are members of a visible minority, and 1.2% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Blainville?
Christian: 67%. No religion: 28%. Another religion: 5.1%.
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).