Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0A median age of 54: Chambord is older than 93% of Canadian towns
Against a figure of 35% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents with no religion in Chambord comes in at 14%. The 2021 Census found 850 households in the town; by July 2025 the population was about 1,800. For Chambord, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 7.2%. One-person households are more common here than in 85% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Chambord
Older than most towns
Half of Chambord’s residents are under 54 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 30% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 27% of adults, more than in 90% of Canadian towns, while 35% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Above 71% of Canadian towns: 16% of residents speak English and French
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Where nearly two thirds of residents have English as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns, Chambord has 0.3%. The wider picture: 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
−1% since 2016: slower than 85% of Canadian towns
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across Quebec’s towns +4%. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 3%.
30% of residents are 65 or over, a share 92% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. Few places have so few children under 15: 14% here, fewer than in 69% of Canadian towns. Typically, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women.
Smaller households than 90% of Canadian towns: 2 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.
One-parent families account for 7.1%.
A larger share of common-law partners than 90% of Canadian towns: 27%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
With married residents 15 and over at 35%, Chambord is behind 77% of Canadian towns on that count. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%.
Chambord sits above 67% of Canadian towns for households in single-detached houses (76%)
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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. The census found that nearly a quarter of households rent their home in Chambord. Across the comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Half of households earn more than $63,200 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
At $63,200, the middle household in Chambord earned 27% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within Quebec’s towns, the household in the middle had $74,000. Pandemic benefits reached 23% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 72% of Canadian towns
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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
Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. In Chambord, 0.6% of residents are immigrants. Across the comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
More Indigenous residents than 63% of Canadian towns: 4.1%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. The usual figure: 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 89% of Canadian towns: 13%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 17% here, 9.5% in the typical town. As a yardstick, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
52% of residents 15 and over were in work
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
52% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 30% are 65 or more.
Every neighbour of Chambord has a younger population
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chambord | 1,800 | — | 54 | 30% | 0.6% |
| Desbiens | 1,034 | 7.5 km | 50 | 29% | 0% |
| Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix | 4,230 | 13.7 km | 49.6 | 29% | 0.9% |
| Roberval | 9,828 | 17.2 km | 52.4 | 29% | 0.5% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
- 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. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
Questions about Chambord’s residents
What is the median income in Chambord?
$63,200 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Chambord (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Chambord?
Statistics Canada estimates 1,800 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 1,748 in Chambord, 1% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Chambord?
54 is the median age. Under 15: 14%. 65 and over: 30%.
Is Chambord bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 16% are. Another 83% speak only French and 0% only English, and French is the first language of 99%.
How diverse is Chambord?
Immigrants make up 0.6% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 0% are members of a visible minority, and 4.1% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Chambord?
Christian: 86%. No religion: 14%. Another religion: 0.6%.
Is Chambord good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 14%. 52% of households are couple families and 7.1% one-parent families. Schools near Chambord 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).