Photo: Studio Livernois · Public domainBelow 95% of Canadian towns: 7.3% of residents are aged 15 to 24
75% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year account for 7.2%. At 22%, the share of residents with no religion is lower than in 84% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census found 855 households in Cacouna; by July 2025 the population was about 1,888.
What stands out about the people of Cacouna
Common-law couples
33% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 97% of Canadian towns; 33% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Cacouna: 28% of residents speak English and French, above 79% of Canadian towns
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
At home: French 98%, English 0.3%. Cacouna has fewer residents whose mother tongue is English than 99% of Canadian towns, at 0.5%. The benchmark for bilingual residents across Canada’s towns: 7.5%.
+3% since 2016: slower than 61% of Canadian towns
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 2%. Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Quebec’s towns, by more than +4%.
Older than 72% of Canadian towns: half of Cacouna is over 46
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
More residents are 65–69 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents, 1.6 times the share across Canada’s towns. Compared with other places, children under 15 are common here: 18%, more than in two thirds of Canadian towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Households here average 2.2 people, below 74% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The share of one-person households is 33%, against 27% across Canada’s towns. 5.3% of households are one-parent families, fewer than in 90% of Canadian towns.
Common-law partners make up 33% in Cacouna, more than in 97% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Just over a fifth of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. Married residents 15 and over: a third of the total. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
A higher share of households in single-detached houses than 69% of Canadian towns, at 77%
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
One in ten homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Across the comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Census figures put renter households at 27% in Cacouna.
$73,500 a year: the median household income
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Cacouna’s median household took in $73,500 before tax, 15% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Quebec’s towns have a median of $74,000. COVID-19 benefits went to 28% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
2.2% of residents are immigrants
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
Where 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns, Cacouna has 2.2%. Add to that, residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 73% of Canadian towns.
79% said they are Christian and 22% that they have no religion
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The figure for Indigenous residents is 0.8% in Cacouna and 2.8% across Canada’s towns. Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 23%, a lower share than 59% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 12% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. Across the comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 58%
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.
About as many work here as in the typical town: 58%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Cacouna is younger than 3 of its 6 nearest neighbours
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cacouna | 1,888 | — | 46 | 24% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Arsène | 1,269 | 6.1 km | 39.6 | 19% | 0% |
| Rivière-du-Loup | 20,650 | 8.8 km | 48.4 | 28% | 2% |
| Saint-Modeste | 1,182 | 14.0 km | 37.6 | 15% | 0.9% |
| Saint-Antonin | 4,633 | 15.1 km | 41.2 | 18% | 0.3% |
| L'Isle-Verte | 1,427 | 17.3 km | 50 | 25% | 1.1% |
| Notre-Dame-du-Portage | 1,341 | 18.3 km | 53.2 | 31% | 1.9% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- 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 Cacouna’s residents
What is the median income in Cacouna?
The median household in Cacouna took in $73,500 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Cacouna?
Cacouna had about 1,888 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 1,848, 3% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Cacouna?
A median age of 46. Children under 15 make up 18%, and people 65 and over 24%.
Is Cacouna bilingual?
28% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 72% speak French only and 0.3% English only. French is the mother tongue of 98%.
How diverse is Cacouna?
2.2% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 0% belong to a visible minority and 0.8% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Cacouna?
79% are Christian and 22% have no religion; 0% follow another religion.
Is Cacouna good for families?
Under 15: 18% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 58% of households. One-parent families: 5.3%. Schools near Cacouna are on its Schools page.
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).