Photo: Vintotal · CC BY-SA 3.0A larger share of children under 15 than 85% of Canadian towns: 20%
21% of residents said they have no religion (Canada’s towns: 35%). In Chapais, 16% of residents are 65 or over. Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. This Quebec town is home to some 1,392 people (July 2025 estimate), in 645 households at the 2021 Census.
What stands out about the people of Chapais
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 35% of adults, more than in 98% of Canadian towns, while 30% are married. Couples ↓
Fewer people than before
Chapais went from 1,499 people in 2016 to 1,468 in 2021, −2%: slower growth than in 89% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
In Chapais, 25% of residents speak English and French, more than in 78% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. 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
Across Canada’s towns, nearly two thirds of residents have English as their mother tongue; in Chapais, 3.7%. On average, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
A −2% change since 2016: slower than 89% of Canadian towns
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate was 5% lower. Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +4% across Quebec’s towns.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.8%, a lower share than 82% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
With a median age of 40.4, Chapais is younger than just over three fifths of Canadian towns. On average, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women.
Above 77% of Canadian towns: 35% of households are one person living alone
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.
Compared with 8.2% across Canada’s towns, 6.2% of households are one-parent families here. Set beside that, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
35% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 98% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up nearly a quarter of adults, beside a typical 27%. Across Chapais, 30% of residents 15 and over are married. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%.
69% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 57% of Canadian towns
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. The comparison figure for households in single-detached houses is 64% across Canada’s towns. 22% of homes were built before 1961 and 3% in 2001 or later. Across Canada’s towns, 25% of households rent their home; in Chapais, 24%.
Households here have a median income of $78,500 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Chapais’s households had a total income below $78,500, 9% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The provincial yardstick is $74,000, the median across Quebec’s towns. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 27% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 9.1% in Chapais, less than in 71% 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
Where 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns, Chapais has 1%. Across Canada’s towns, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Indigenous residents: 6.9%, a higher share than 79% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The figure for visible minority residents is 1% in Chapais and 15% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
In Chapais, 3.9% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 99% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 28%, beside a typical 9.5%. On average, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
61% of adults were employed in May 2021
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
61% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
A younger town than 1 of the 4 around it: Chapais
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page. Chapais has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 38–100 km out.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chapais | 1,392 | — | 40.4 | 16% | 1% |
| Chibougamau | 7,273 | 38.0 km | 40.8 | 16% | 1.5% |
| Eeyou Istchee Baie-James | 1,225 | 57.2 km | 34.4 | 12% | 0.4% |
| Waswanipi | 1,866 | 81.2 km | 26 | 6.5% | 0% |
| Mistissini | 4,067 | 99.5 km | 29 | 7.2% | 0% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Chapais’s residents
Is Chapais good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 20%. 57% of households are couple families and 6.2% one-parent families. Schools near Chapais are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Chapais?
$78,500 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Chapais (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Chapais?
Statistics Canada estimates 1,392 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 1,468 in Chapais, 2% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Chapais?
40.4 is the median age. Under 15: 20%. 65 and over: 16%.
Is Chapais bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 25% are. Another 71% speak only French and 4.1% only English, and French is the first language of 90%.
How diverse is Chapais?
Immigrants make up 1% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 1% are members of a visible minority, and 6.9% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Chapais?
Christian: 79%. No religion: 21%. Another religion: 0.3%.
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).