Photo: Gaétan Veillette · CC BY-SA 4.0A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 95% of Canadian towns, at 7.4%
Of the immigrants living here, 50% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. Contrecoeur had about 10,708 residents in July 2025, by Statistics Canada’s estimate, and 4,115 households at the 2021 Census. Immigrants: 5.5% of the total. Half of the town’s residents are under 38.8, younger than in 71% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Contrecoeur
Growing faster than most
Contrecoeur went from 7,887 people in 2016 to 9,480 in 2021, +20%: faster growth than in 96% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Common-law couples
36% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 98% of Canadian towns; 29% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A larger share of bilingual residents than 84% of Canadian towns: 36%
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
1.3% of residents have English as their mother tongue (Canada’s towns: 66%). The usual figure: 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Contrecoeur’s population changed by +20% since 2016, more than in 96% of Canadian towns
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Quebec’s towns, +4%. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 13% higher again.
Children under 15: 20%, a higher share than 86% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
More residents are 35–39 than any other five-year age: 8.2% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 18% of residents are 65 or over. Elsewhere, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Contrecoeur, 38.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
2.3 people per household, fewer than in 64% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
By its share of one-person households (30%), Contrecoeur is above 62% of Canadian towns. One-parent families: 8.4% of the total.
Common-law partners: 36%, a higher share than 98% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
The figure for married residents 15 and over is 29% in Contrecoeur and 46% across Canada’s towns. The share of common-law partners across Canada’s towns is 11%.
A smaller share of households in single-detached houses than 68% of Canadian towns: 50%
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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
47% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 15% built before 1961. Across Canada’s towns, the share of households in single-detached houses is 64%. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Renters are 24% of households (Canada’s towns: 25%).
$82,000 a year: the median household income
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Contrecoeur’s households had a total income above $82,000 and half below, close to the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Quebec’s towns have a median of $74,000. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 28% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
Contrecoeur ranks above 62% of Canadian towns on residents who moved in within the year: 12%
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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
Most immigrants were born in Africa (44%) or in Europe (29%). Lower than in 78% of Canadian towns: 1.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens. Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%.
63% said they are Christian and 35% that they have no religion
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Here 6.8% of residents belong to a visible minority, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 15%. Across Contrecoeur, 1.2% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
In Contrecoeur, 17% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 77% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 14%, against 9.5%. By way of comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 63% of adults
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 63%.
Among 41 towns of 10,440 to 10,972 people, the 16th youngest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The span goes from 30.9 (McConachie) up to 51.6 (Alexandria). Next to Contrecoeur on this scale come Temple (37.9), Eastern Passage (38.2), Weston-Pelham Park (39.3) and Hidden Valley (40.1).
Every nearby town is older than Contrecoeur
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contrecoeur | 10,708 | — | 38.8 | 18% | 5.5% |
| Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu | 2,984 | 5.6 km | 41.6 | 17% | 2.5% |
| Lavaltrie | 15,996 | 5.8 km | 40.8 | 17% | 3.4% |
| Saint-Ours | 1,817 | 6.4 km | 54 | 28% | 2.7% |
| Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu | 1,880 | 8.7 km | 47.2 | 22% | 2.6% |
| Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu | 2,439 | 10.0 km | 46 | 22% | 3.2% |
| Lanoraie | 5,694 | 11.3 km | 44.8 | 21% | 2.7% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
Questions about Contrecoeur’s residents
Is Contrecoeur good for families?
20% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 56% of households and one-parent families 8.4%. Schools near Contrecoeur are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Contrecoeur?
Half of Contrecoeur’s households had more than $82,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Contrecoeur?
About 10,708, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 9,480 people in Contrecoeur, 20% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Contrecoeur?
The median age is 38.8, younger than 71% of Canadian towns. 20% are under 15 and 18% 65 or older.
Is Contrecoeur bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 36% are. Another 64% speak only French and 0.2% only English, and French is the first language of 94%.
How diverse is Contrecoeur?
Immigrants: 5.5% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 6.8%. Indigenous identity: 1.2%.
What religion are people in Contrecoeur?
35% said they have no religion and 63% that they are Christian; 2% named another faith.
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).