Photo: Mario Hains · CC BY-SA 3.0A median age of 58.8: Cap-Chat is older than 99% of Canadian towns
Against a figure of 11% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Cap-Chat comes in at 6.8%. Lower than in 92% of Canadian towns: 16% of residents said they have no religion. The 2021 Census found 1,225 households locally; by July 2025 the population was about 2,519. For Cap-Chat, the census puts one-person households at 38%.
What stands out about the people of Cap-Chat
Older than most towns
Cap-Chat’s median age is 58.8; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 37% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Common-law couples
28% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 91% of Canadian towns; 28% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Bilingual residents make up 18% in Cap-Chat, more than in 73% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. 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
Residents whose mother tongue is English make up 0.4%, against 66% across Canada’s towns. For comparison, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
+2% since 2016, a pace below 67% of Canadian towns
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, Statistics Canada’s estimate had barely moved. 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 65 and over than 98% of Canadian towns: 37%
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Across Canada’s towns, 16% of residents are under 15; in Cap-Chat, 11%. Against that, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Cap-Chat, 58.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Cap-Chat 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.
Across Cap-Chat, 7.8% of households are one-parent families.
A higher share of common-law partners than 91% of Canadian towns, at 28%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Across Canada’s towns, 46% of residents 15 and over are married; in Cap-Chat, 28%. The share of common-law partners across Canada’s towns is 11%.
Cap-Chat sits above 72% of Canadian towns for households in single-detached houses (79%)
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
38% of homes were built before 1961 and 9.4% in 2001 or later. Across Canada’s towns, the share of households in single-detached houses is 64%. Households in buildings of five or more storeys make up 0.4%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
Household income at the median: $50,800 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
At $50,800, the middle household in Cap-Chat earned 41% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Quebec’s towns the median is $74,000. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 21% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
Residents who moved in within the year: 12%, a higher share than 61% 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, 31% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. Census figures put immigrants at 3.3% in Cap-Chat. Compared with other places, residents without Canadian citizenship are scarce here: 1.4%, fewer than in 83% of Canadian towns. Against that, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
More Indigenous residents than 74% of Canadian towns: 5.7%
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. For comparison, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
Below 94% of Canadian towns: 11% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 26% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
An employment rate of 36%
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%, above this 36%; 37% of residents are 65 or over.
2nd highest median age among 41 towns of 2,500 to 2,588
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
At one end is City Commercial Core (32.7), at the other North Frontenac (61.6). Closest in median age to Cap-Chat are Saint-Damien (57.2), Mandeville (57.6) and North Frontenac (61.6).
No nearby town is as old as Cap-Chat
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page. No closer places have figures: these lie 17–77 km from Cap-Chat.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cap-Chat | 2,519 | — | 58.8 | 37% | 3.3% |
| Sainte-Anne-des-Monts | 6,099 | 16.7 km | 53.6 | 29% | 1.8% |
| Sainte-Félicité | 1,053 | 52.2 km | 52.4 | 29% | 0% |
| Matane | 14,180 | 66.5 km | 52.4 | 30% | 1.2% |
| Saint-Maxime-du-Mont-Louis | 1,031 | 77.2 km | 56.8 | 34% | 0% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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.
- 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.
Questions about Cap-Chat’s residents
Is Cap-Chat good for families?
Under 15: 11% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 47% of households. One-parent families: 7.8%. Schools near Cap-Chat are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Cap-Chat?
The median household in Cap-Chat took in $50,800 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Cap-Chat?
Cap-Chat had about 2,519 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 2,516, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Cap-Chat?
A median age of 58.8, older than 99% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 11%, and people 65 and over 37%.
Is Cap-Chat bilingual?
18% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 82% speak French only and 0% English only. French is the mother tongue of 99%.
How diverse is Cap-Chat?
3.3% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 0% belong to a visible minority and 5.7% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Cap-Chat?
84% are Christian and 16% have no religion; 0% follow another religion.
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).