Photo: Bernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 98% of Canadian towns: 6.3%
35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns, against 23% in Charette. With about 1,178 residents in July 2025, Charette counted 485 households at the 2021 Census. Locally, 2.3% of residents are immigrants. The median age in the town is 46, higher than in 72% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Charette
Common-law couples
32% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 96% of Canadian towns; 28% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A larger share of bilingual residents than 75% of Canadian towns: 21%
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. 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
Where 66% of residents have English as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns, Charette has 0.5%. Set beside that, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Growth of +9% since 2016 puts Charette ahead of 75% of Canadian towns
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 14% higher again. Across Quebec’s towns the median is +4%, and across Canada’s towns +4%.
Above 77% of Canadian towns: 24% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Across Canada’s towns, the share of children under 15 is 16%; Charette has 17%. Measured more widely, 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 108 men for every 100 women.
Smaller households than 83% of Canadian towns: 2.1 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.
Where 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns, Charette has 35%. Across Charette, nearly one in ten households are one-parent families.
Common-law partners make up 32% in Charette, more than in 96% 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 25% of adults, beside a typical 27%. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%. 28% of residents 15 and over are married.
Households in single-detached houses: 85%, a higher share than 80% of Canadian towns
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
Renter households: 22% here and 25% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of households in single-detached houses is 64%. Older homes outnumber new: 44% predate 1961, 25% date from 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
$61,200 a year: where the middle household sits
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 Charette had $61,200 before tax, 29% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Quebec’s towns: $74,000. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 25% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
8.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 77% of Canadian towns
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
Across Canada’s towns, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens; in Charette, 2.3%. As a yardstick, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
77% said they are Christian and 23% that they have no religion
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The share of Indigenous residents is 0.9%, against 2.8% across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 1.4% of residents belong to a visible minority.
Charette ranks below 68% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 20%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 16%, beside a typical 9.5%. To put it in context, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 55%
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 55%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 24% of residents are 65 or over.
Nearby, 4 of 6 towns have older populations than Charette
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charette | 1,178 | — | 46 | 24% | 2.3% |
| Saint-Élie-de-Caxton | 2,062 | 4.5 km | 54.4 | 28% | 1% |
| Saint-Boniface | 5,405 | 8.0 km | 41.6 | 20% | 0.9% |
| Saint-Barnabé | 1,234 | 9.3 km | 48 | 22% | 1.3% |
| Saint-Paulin | 1,659 | 9.3 km | 50.4 | 26% | 0.7% |
| Saint-Étienne-des-Grès | 4,675 | 10.0 km | 42 | 19% | 1.1% |
| Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc | 1,598 | 17.0 km | 56.4 | 30% | 2.7% |
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. 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 Charette’s residents
Is Charette good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 17%. 51% of households are couple families and 8.2% one-parent families. Schools near Charette are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Charette?
$61,200 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Charette (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Charette?
Statistics Canada estimates 1,178 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 1,034 in Charette, 9% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Charette?
46 is the median age. Under 15: 17%. 65 and over: 24%.
Is Charette bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 21% are. Another 79% speak only French and 0% only English, and French is the first language of 98%.
How diverse is Charette?
Immigrants make up 2.3% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 1.4% are members of a visible minority, and 0.9% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Charette?
Christian: 77%. No religion: 23%. Another religion: 0%.
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).