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Photo: Unknown Unknown · Public domainHalf of Champlain is over 54, older than 93% of Canadian towns
7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier (Canada’s towns: 11%). The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 1,957 residents; the 2021 Census found 865 households. For Champlain, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 6.6%. Residents with no religion are rarer here than in 87% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Champlain
Older than most towns
Line Champlain’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 54; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 28% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 33% of adults, more than in 97% of Canadian towns, while 33% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
32% of residents speak English and French, more than in 82% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
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%; Champlain has 0.8%. Measured more widely, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Champlain’s population changed by +4% since 2016, more than in 50% 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
The July 2025 estimate adds another 8%.
Above 89% of Canadian towns: 28% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Here 15% of residents are under 15, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 16%. On average, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women.
Champlain households average 2.1 people, smaller than in 83% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Set against 27% across Canada’s towns, just over a third of households are one person living alone in Champlain. At the same time, 6.4% of households are one-parent families, a lower share than in 79% of Canadian towns.
In Champlain, 33% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 97% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up nearly a quarter of adults, beside a typical 27%. Common-law partners: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. Lower than in 82% of Canadian towns: 33% of residents 15 and over are married.
83% of households live in a single-detached house, a share 77% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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
20% of households rent their home; across Canada’s towns the figure is 25%. To put it in context, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Older homes outnumber new: 39% predate 1961, 21% date from 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
The median household brings in $72,000 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Champlain had $72,000 before tax, 16% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across Quebec’s towns is $74,000. In 2020, 21% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
1.1% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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
With residents without Canadian citizenship at 0.8%, Champlain is behind 92% of Canadian towns on that count. Fewer immigrants than in 97% of Canadian towns: 1.1%.
81% said they are Christian and 20% that they have no religion
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
0.8% of residents belong to a visible minority, against 15% across Canada’s towns. Indigenous residents are rarer here than in 85% of Canadian towns.
Only 21% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher in Champlain
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 7.7% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. The wider picture: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 53% of residents 15 and over had a job
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
53% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 28% are 65 or more.
A younger town than 3 of the 6 around it: Champlain
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champlain | 1,957 | — | 54 | 28% | 1.1% |
| Saint-Maurice | 3,804 | 11.6 km | 38 | 17% | 1.5% |
| Batiscan | 1,006 | 11.9 km | 58.4 | 31% | 1% |
| Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan | 1,137 | 12.5 km | 57.2 | 33% | 2.9% |
| Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets | 1,172 | 14.7 km | 57.6 | 35% | 3.2% |
| Bécancour | 14,943 | 15.5 km | 44 | 22% | 1.6% |
| Saint-Narcisse | 1,848 | 16.1 km | 50.8 | 28% | 2% |
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. 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.
- The census’s own words. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
Questions about Champlain’s residents
What is the average age in Champlain?
The median age is 54. 15% are under 15 and 28% 65 or older.
Is Champlain bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 32% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 0.3% speak only English and 68% only French; 97% grew up with French.
How diverse is Champlain?
Immigrants: 1.1% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 0.8%. Indigenous identity: 0.8%.
What religion are people in Champlain?
20% said they have no religion and 81% that they are Christian; 0% named another faith.
Is Champlain good for families?
15% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 55% of households and one-parent families 6.4%. Schools near Champlain are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Champlain?
Half of Champlain’s households had more than $72,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Champlain?
About 1,957, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,807 people in Champlain, 4% more than 2016.
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).