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Photo: Unknown Unknown · Public domain7.2% of residents are aged 15 to 24, below 96% of Canadian towns
By its share of households in single-detached houses (86%), Cap-Santé is above just over four fifths of Canadian towns. Nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 79% of Canadian towns. The town had about 3,885 residents in July 2025, by Statistics Canada’s estimate, and 1,510 households at the 2021 Census. Immigrants: 1.8% of the total.
What stands out about the people of Cap-Santé
Common-law couples
39% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 99% of Canadian towns; 31% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
31% of residents speak English and French, more than in 82% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. 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 98%, English 1%. As a yardstick, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. Compared with other places, residents whose mother tongue is English are scarce here: 1.1%, fewer than in 95% of Canadian towns.
A growing town: +5% since 2016, faster than 58% of Canadian towns
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Quebec’s towns, +4%. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 8%.
Children under 15: 19%, a higher share than 80% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Residents aged 65 and over: 22% here and 19% across Canada’s towns. As a yardstick, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. No age band is larger than 60–64: nearly one in ten residents. With a median age of 44, Cap-Santé is older than 62% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Cap-Santé, 44. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women.
Smaller households than 64% of Canadian towns: 2.3 people on average
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Set against 8.2% across Canada’s towns, 7% of households are one-parent families in Cap-Santé. One-person households: a quarter of the total.
Cap-Santé ranks above 99% of Canadian towns on common-law partners: 39%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
In Cap-Santé, 31% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 46% across Canada’s towns. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
Renter households: 11%, a lower share than 86% 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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Set beside that, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 33% date from 2001 or later, 24% from before 1961.
A median household income of $85,000 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Cap-Santé had $85,000 before tax, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). For Quebec’s towns, the median household income is $74,000. The pandemic’s benefits: 24% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
1.8% 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
5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns, against 1.4% in Cap-Santé. Most recent wave: 39% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%).
Cap-Santé sits below 70% of Canadian towns for residents with no religion (28%)
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Here 1.3% of residents belong to a visible minority, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 15%. As a reference point, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Indigenous residents account for 2%.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 21%, a lower share than 64% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 5.7% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
In work on census day: 63% of adults
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
More people work here than in the typical town: 63%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
41 towns of 3,806 to 3,957 people: this is the 19th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Median ages here range from 30.9 in Maple to 56.8 in Electoral Area F, East Kootenay. Nearest to Cap-Santé in age: Grand River North (44), Jamieson Place (44), Trend-Arlington (44.4) and Meadows (44.8).
Older than Cap-Santé: 4 of the 6 towns nearby
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cap-Santé | 3,885 | — | 44 | 22% | 1.8% |
| Donnacona | 7,785 | 5.2 km | 44.8 | 25% | 2.2% |
| Portneuf | 3,410 | 7.5 km | 49.6 | 27% | 2.1% |
| Saint-Basile | 2,918 | 8.1 km | 45.2 | 23% | 1.3% |
| Sainte-Croix | 2,612 | 8.9 km | 50.4 | 28% | 1% |
| Pont-Rouge | 11,339 | 10.5 km | 40.4 | 18% | 1.7% |
| Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière | 1,295 | 12.2 km | 42.8 | 21% | 1.2% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
- 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.
Questions about Cap-Santé’s residents
Is Cap-Santé good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 19%. 65% of households are couple families and 7% one-parent families. Schools near Cap-Santé are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Cap-Santé?
$85,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Cap-Santé (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Cap-Santé?
Statistics Canada estimates 3,885 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 3,594 in Cap-Santé, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Cap-Santé?
44 is the median age, older than 62% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 19%. 65 and over: 22%.
Is Cap-Santé bilingual?
31% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 69% speak French only and 0% English only. French is the mother tongue of 97%.
How diverse is Cap-Santé?
Immigrants make up 1.8% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 1.3% are members of a visible minority, and 2% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Cap-Santé?
Christian: 71%. No religion: 28%. Another religion: 0.7%.
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).