Photo: Original uploader was Chris-13 at fr.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Clermont is older than 88% of Canadian towns: a median age of 51.2
Against a figure of 35% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents with no religion in Clermont comes in at 12%. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 8.5%. One-person households are more common here than in 77% of Canadian towns. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 3,117 residents; the 2021 Census found 1,430 households.
What stands out about the people of Clermont
Older than most towns
Clermont’s median age is 51.2; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 29% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 30% of adults, more than in 94% of Canadian towns, while 30% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Clermont ranks above 69% of Canadian towns on bilingual residents: 15%
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. 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
0.2% of residents have English as their mother tongue (Canada’s towns: 66%). As a reference point, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Slower than most: −1% since 2016, behind 82% 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
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 2%. Across Canada’s towns, the typical town changed +4%; across Quebec’s towns, +4%.
Clermont ranks above 90% of Canadian towns on residents aged 65 and over: 29%
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The share of children under 15 is 15%, against 16% across Canada’s towns. The usual figure: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Clermont, 51.2. 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.
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.
On the census count, 7.7% of households are one-parent families.
Clermont sits above 94% of Canadian towns for common-law partners (30%)
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Across Canada’s towns, 46% of residents 15 and over are married; in Clermont, 30%. Common-law partners make up 11% across Canada’s towns.
Renter households: 32%, a higher share than 63% 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. For renter households, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 25%. The share of households in single-detached houses stands at 64%.
Median household income: $65,500 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Clermont: half had less than $65,500, 24% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across Quebec’s towns is $74,000. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 27% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
8.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 74% 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
Compared with 17% across Canada’s towns, 0.3% of residents are immigrants here. Fewer residents without Canadian citizenship than in 96% of Canadian towns: 0.5%. Residents who moved in within the year make up 11% across Canada’s towns.
3% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 52% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The share of visible minority residents trails 99% of Canadian towns: 0.3%. Elsewhere, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
A smaller share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 98% of Canadian towns: 7.8%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 14%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. As a yardstick, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
53% of adults were employed in May 2021
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 53%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 29% of residents are 65 or over.
11th highest median age among 41 towns of 3,062 to 3,162
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest of these towns is La Loche, at 25.6; the oldest, Valhalla, is at 66. By median age, Clermont sits among Cap-Saint-Ignace (51.2), Shippagan (51.2), Thorhild County (52) and Saint-David-de-Falardeau (52.4).
1 in 2 nearby towns have a higher median age than Clermont
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clermont | 3,117 | — | 51.2 | 29% | 0.3% |
| Saint-Aimé-des-Lacs | 1,169 | 6.9 km | 50.4 | 25% | 0.9% |
| La Malbaie | 8,293 | 7.2 km | 54 | 30% | 1.1% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- 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.
- 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 Clermont’s residents
What is the population of Clermont?
Clermont had about 3,117 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 3,065, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Clermont?
A median age of 51.2, older than 88% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 15%, and people 65 and over 29%.
Is Clermont bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 15% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 0% speak only English and 86% only French; 99% grew up with French.
How diverse is Clermont?
0.3% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 0.3% belong to a visible minority and 3% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Clermont?
88% are Christian and 12% have no religion; 0.5% follow another religion.
Is Clermont good for families?
Under 15: 15% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 53% of households. One-parent families: 7.7%. Schools near Clermont are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Clermont?
The median household in Clermont took in $65,500 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
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).