Photo: Noppen, Luc, 1949 · CC BY-SA 4.0Older than 88% of Canadian towns: half of Cap-Saint-Ignace is over 51.2
The share of residents with no religion trails 89% of Canadian towns: 18%. Locally, 8.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24. On households in single-detached houses, Cap-Saint-Ignace sits higher than 73% of Canadian towns: 80%. This Quebec town is home to some 3,074 people (July 2025 estimate), in 1,355 households at the 2021 Census.
What stands out about the people of Cap-Saint-Ignace
Older than most towns
Line Cap-Saint-Ignace’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 51.2; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 28% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Common-law couples
30% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 94% of Canadian towns; 33% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
More bilingual residents than 74% of Canadian towns: 20%
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. 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
Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents whose mother tongue is English is 66%; Cap-Saint-Ignace has 0.3%. The benchmark for bilingual residents across Canada’s towns: 7.5%.
±0% since 2016: slower than 75% of Canadian towns
The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +4% across Quebec’s towns. By July 2025, Statistics Canada’s estimate had barely moved.
Cap-Saint-Ignace ranks above 89% of Canadian towns on residents aged 65 and over: 28%
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
60–64 is the most common age band: 9% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. Elsewhere, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. Children under 15: 15% of the total.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Cap-Saint-Ignace, 51.2. The typical town is 42.
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.
Where 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns, Cap-Saint-Ignace has 33%. Few places have so few one-parent families: 5.9% here, fewer than in 84% of Canadian towns.
30% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 94% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
In Cap-Saint-Ignace, 33% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 46% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, common-law partners come to 11%.
A lower share of renter households than 57% of Canadian towns, at 22%
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Elsewhere, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Older homes outnumber new: 41% predate 1961, 13% date from 2001 or later.
Household income, middle of the range: $64,000 a year
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
Half of Cap-Saint-Ignace’s households had a total income below $64,000, 26% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within Quebec’s towns, the household in the middle had $74,000. 27% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
6.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 91% of Canadian towns
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
Where 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns, Cap-Saint-Ignace has 1%. Across the comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Census figures put immigrants at 1.7% here.
82% said they are Christian and 18% 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
Indigenous residents: 1%, below 81% of Canadian towns. Census figures put visible minority residents at 0.7% in Cap-Saint-Ignace.
A smaller share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 97% of Canadian towns: 9%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 17%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. On average, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 57%
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
57% of residents 15 and over have a job, in line with the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Among 41 towns of 3,022 to 3,124 people, the 6th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The youngest of these towns is La Loche, at 25.6; the oldest, Trois-Pistoles, is at 59.6. By median age, Cap-Saint-Ignace sits among Shippagan (51.2), Clermont (51.2), Princeton (52.8) and Grenville-sur-la-Rouge (53.2).
Every nearby town is older than Cap-Saint-Ignace
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. The middle of Quebec’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
Questions about Cap-Saint-Ignace’s residents
How diverse is Cap-Saint-Ignace?
1.7% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 0.7% belong to a visible minority and 1% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Cap-Saint-Ignace?
82% are Christian and 18% have no religion; 0.2% follow another religion.
Is Cap-Saint-Ignace good for families?
Under 15: 15% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 56% of households. One-parent families: 5.9%. Schools near Cap-Saint-Ignace are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Cap-Saint-Ignace?
The median household in Cap-Saint-Ignace took in $64,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Cap-Saint-Ignace?
Cap-Saint-Ignace had about 3,074 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 3,099, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Cap-Saint-Ignace?
A median age of 51.2, older than 88% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 15%, and people 65 and over 28%.
Is Cap-Saint-Ignace bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 20% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 0.2% speak only English and 80% only French; 99% grew up with French.
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).