Photo: Kossin · CC BY-SA 3.0Older than 83% of Canadian towns: half of Charlemagne is over 49.2
In Charlemagne the average household is 2 people, beside 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Few places have so few households in single-detached houses: 28% here, fewer than in 85% of Canadian towns. This Quebec town is home to some 6,695 people (July 2025 estimate), in 3,145 households at the 2021 Census. The share of children under 15 stands at 13%.
A larger share of bilingual residents than 85% of Canadian towns: 38%
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says 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
1.5% of residents have English as their mother tongue (Canada’s towns: 66%). By way of comparison, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. At home: French 93%, English 2.1%.
A +7% change since 2016: Charlemagne grew faster than 66% of Canadian towns
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 6%. Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Quebec’s towns, by more than +4%.
25% of residents are 65 or over, a share 81% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Across Canada’s towns, just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24; in Charlemagne, 8.3%. For comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Charlemagne, 49.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women.
Charlemagne: 39% of households are one person living alone, above 87% of Canadian towns
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.
Across Canada’s towns, nearly one in ten households are one-parent families; in Charlemagne, 10%. On average, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Above 88% of Canadian towns: 25% of residents 15 and over live common-law
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Here 29% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 46%. Common-law partners: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
Charlemagne ranks above 83% of Canadian towns on renter households: 47%
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
The share of households in buildings of five or more storeys tops 68% of Canadian towns: 2.9%. Newer homes outnumber old: 26% date from 2001 or later, 15% from before 1961. Renter households: 25% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
$66,000 a year: where the middle household sits
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Charlemagne’s median household took in $66,000 before tax, 23% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The middle household across Quebec’s towns has $74,000 before tax. 30% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
Charlemagne sits above 73% of Canadian towns for residents who moved in within the year (14%)
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
5.7% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%). Residents who moved in within the year: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. In Charlemagne, 1.1% of residents are not Canadian citizens.
A lower share of residents with no religion than 72% of Canadian towns, at 28%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Where 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns, Charlemagne has 1.3%. Few places have so few visible minority residents: 8.5% here, fewer than in just over three fifths of Canadian towns. By way of comparison, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Among other religions: Muslim (2.9%).
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 12% in Charlemagne, less than in 90% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 15% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. The wider picture: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
57% of adults were employed in May 2021
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
57% of residents 15 and over have a job, in line with the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
7th highest median age among 41 towns of 6,561 to 6,831
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
At one end is Rhineland (27.2), at the other Southern Gulf Islands (61.6). Closest in median age to Charlemagne are Plessisville (48), Elmhurst (48.7), Barrington (50) and Thunder Bay, Unorganized (51.6).
No nearby town is as old as Charlemagne
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlemagne | 6,695 | — | 49.2 | 25% | 5.7% |
| Repentigny | 91,290 | 5.2 km | 44.4 | 21% | 13% |
| Pointe-aux-Trembles | 49,869 | 7.0 km | 45.3 | 20% | 17% |
| Varennes | 21,490 | 7.4 km | 42.4 | 16% | 3.6% |
| Rivière-des-Prairies | 21,852 | 8.7 km | 40.1 | 13% | 31% |
| Saint-François | 15,338 | 9.6 km | 42.9 | 17% | 24% |
| Mascouche | 56,897 | 10.3 km | 40.4 | 16% | 7.6% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Quebec’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Charlemagne’s residents
What is the median income in Charlemagne?
The median household in Charlemagne took in $66,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Charlemagne?
Charlemagne had about 6,695 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 6,302, 7% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Charlemagne?
A median age of 49.2, older than 83% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 13%, and people 65 and over 25%.
Is Charlemagne bilingual?
38% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 61% speak French only and 0.2% English only. French is the mother tongue of 91%.
How diverse is Charlemagne?
5.7% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 8.5% belong to a visible minority and 1.3% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Charlemagne?
69% are Christian and 28% have no religion; 3.8% follow another religion.
Is Charlemagne good for families?
Under 15: 13% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 43% of households. One-parent families: 10%. Schools near Charlemagne 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).