Photo: un bouchervillois · Public domainHalf of Boucherville is over 48, older than 80% of Canadian towns
Across Canada’s towns, 35% of residents said they have no religion; in Boucherville, 27%. This Quebec town is home to some 41,910 people (July 2025 estimate), in 17,290 households at the 2021 Census. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 7.7% in the town. At 16%, the share of renter households is lower than in 72% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Boucherville
A bilingual town
62% of residents can hold a conversation in both English and French, more than in 95% of Canadian towns; 37% speak French only and 0.8% English only. English & French ↓
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 25% of adults, more than in 89% of Canadian towns, while 38% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Boucherville ranks above 95% of Canadian towns on bilingual residents: 62%
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. 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 91%, English 3.1%. The share of bilingual residents across Canada’s towns is 7.5%. 2.4% of residents have English as their mother tongue (Canada’s towns: 66%).
Boucherville’s population moved ±0% on 2016, less than in 76% of Canadian towns
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across Quebec’s towns +4%. By July 2025, Statistics Canada’s estimate had barely moved.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 79% of Canadian towns, at 25%
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 7.9% of residents. On average, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. Little separates the share of children under 15 here, 16%, from the figure across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Boucherville, 48. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Boucherville households average 2.4 people, smaller than in 53% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
For Boucherville, the census puts one-parent families at 8.8%. Set against 27% across Canada’s towns, just over a quarter of households are one person living alone here.
Boucherville sits above 89% of Canadian towns for common-law partners (25%)
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
With married residents 15 and over at 38%, Boucherville is behind 72% of Canadian towns on that count. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
Households in buildings of five or more storeys: 1.7%, a higher share than 63% 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
22% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 9.6% built before 1961. Compared with 64% across Canada’s towns, 59% of households live in a single-detached house here.
Household income, middle of the range: $110,000 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
At $110,000, the middle household in Boucherville out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 28%. The provincial yardstick is $74,000, the median across Quebec’s towns. Pandemic benefits reached 22% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
9.4% 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
Set against 5.8% across Canada’s towns, 2.5% of residents are not Canadian citizens in Boucherville. Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (34%), then in the Americas (28%). Fewer immigrants than in 66% of Canadian towns: 9.4%.
70% said they are Christian and 27% 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
Indigenous residents: 0.8%, below 85% of Canadian towns. Fewer visible minority residents than in 60% of Canadian towns: 8.7%.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 51% in Boucherville, more than in 86% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 3.7% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. As a reference point, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
59% of adults were employed in May 2021
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.
At 59%, the share in work is about the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Among 41 towns of 37,164 to 47,002 people, the 4th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Median ages climb from 34.8 (Malton) to 52 (Penticton) across the group. In age, Boucherville keeps company with Beverley Glen (47.9), Campbell River (48), Pointe-Claire (49.2) and Fort Erie (51.6).
The towns around Boucherville are all younger
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boucherville | 41,910 | — | 48 | 25% | 9.4% |
| Fatima | 6,213 | 5.1 km | 43.8 | 21% | 15% |
| Collectivité Nouvelle | 3,587 | 5.7 km | 47.9 | 18% | 15% |
| Beaurivage | 13,574 | 5.8 km | 40.3 | 16% | 17% |
| Montréal-Est | 5,112 | 6.1 km | 40.4 | 15% | 12% |
| Parcours-du-Cerf - Du Tremblay | 21,776 | 6.3 km | 43.8 | 19% | 18% |
| Tétreaultville | 19,390 | 6.5 km | 42.2 | 18% | 21% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- 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.
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
Questions about Boucherville’s residents
What religion are people in Boucherville?
Christian: 70%. No religion: 27%. Another religion: 2.5%.
Is Boucherville good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 16%. 61% of households are couple families and 8.8% one-parent families. Schools near Boucherville are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Boucherville?
$110,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Boucherville (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Boucherville?
Statistics Canada estimates 41,910 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 41,743 in Boucherville, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Boucherville?
48 is the median age, older than 80% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 16%. 65 and over: 25%.
Is Boucherville bilingual?
62% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 37% speak French only and 0.8% English only. French is the mother tongue of 88%.
How diverse is Boucherville?
Immigrants make up 9.4% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 8.7% are members of a visible minority, and 0.8% 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).