Photo: Ptaff · CC0Half of Brébeuf is over 52, older than 90% of Canadian towns
The share of one-person households tops just over four fifths of Canadian towns: 36%. For Brébeuf, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 6.9%. Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Statistics Canada puts the town’s population at 1,012 for July 2025.
What stands out about the people of Brébeuf
Older than most towns
Brébeuf’s median age is 52; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 22% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 31% of adults, more than in 95% of Canadian towns, while 31% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
In Brébeuf, 38% of residents speak English and French, more than in 85% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says 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
3% of residents have English as their mother tongue, against 66% across Canada’s towns. As a yardstick, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
A +3% change since 2016: slower than 54% of Canadian towns
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, Statistics Canada’s estimate had barely moved. For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +4% across Quebec’s towns.
Brébeuf ranks below 77% of Canadian towns on children under 15: 13%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 19%; Brébeuf has 22%. Elsewhere, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women.
Brébeuf households average 2 people, smaller than in 90% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Couple families are just over half of households (Canada’s towns 53%) and one-parent families 6.1% (8.2%).
31% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 95% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Against a figure of 46% across Canada’s towns, the share of married residents 15 and over in Brébeuf comes in at 31%. For common-law partners, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%.
In Brébeuf, 76% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 66% 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: 33% date from 2001 or later, 20% from before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. By way of comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns, against 30% in Brébeuf.
Median household income: $63,200 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
At $63,200, the middle household in Brébeuf earned 27% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The middle household across Quebec’s towns has $74,000 before tax. Pandemic benefits reached 32% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
Brébeuf ranks below 90% of Canadian towns on residents who moved in within the year: 7%
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
Against a figure of 17% across Canada’s towns, the share of immigrants in Brébeuf comes in at 2.3%. Residents who moved in within the year make up 11% across Canada’s towns.
Brébeuf ranks below 57% of Canadian towns on residents with no religion: 33%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. The wider picture: just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Across Brébeuf, 1.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
In Brébeuf, 9.6% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 96% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 18%, against 9.5%. By way of comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
54% of adults were employed in May 2021
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.
54% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 22% are 65 or more.
Brébeuf and its 4 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brébeuf | 1,012 | — | 52 | 22% | 2.3% |
| La Conception | 1,685 | 8.2 km | 54 | 23% | 3.9% |
| Mont-Tremblant | 11,879 | 8.7 km | 53.6 | 29% | 5.3% |
| Amherst | 1,703 | 10.5 km | 57.2 | 29% | 2.3% |
| Saint-Faustin--Lac-Carré | 4,009 | 16.8 km | 45.2 | 21% | 3.3% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- The census’s own words. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
- 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.
Questions about Brébeuf’s residents
Is Brébeuf good for families?
Children under 15 are 13% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 51% of households and one-parent families 6.1%. Schools near Brébeuf are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Brébeuf?
Median total household income in Brébeuf was $63,200 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Brébeuf?
The latest figure is an estimate: 1,012 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Brébeuf counted 1,009, 3% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Brébeuf?
Half the residents are older than 52 and half younger; 13% are children under 15 and 22% are 65 or over.
Is Brébeuf bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 38% are. Another 62% speak only French and 0.5% only English, and French is the first language of 95%.
How diverse is Brébeuf?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 2.3%. A visible minority makes up 0% and Indigenous residents 1.8%.
What religion are people in Brébeuf?
Most often Christian (66%) or no religion (33%); other religions make up 1.4%.
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).