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By its share of visible minority residents (0.7%), Crabtree is below 97% of Canadian towns. The census found that just over two in five households rent their home in the town. Compared with other places, immigrants are scarce here: 1.8%, fewer than in 94% of Canadian towns. Some 4,237 people live here, by the estimate for July 2025.
What stands out about the people of Crabtree
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 30% of adults, more than in 94% of Canadian towns, while 29% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Crabtree ranks above 80% of Canadian towns on bilingual residents: 29%
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Residents whose mother tongue is English: 1%, below 95% of Canadian towns. Set beside that, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
A +5% change since 2016: faster than 56% 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 2% higher again. Across Quebec’s towns the median is +4%, and across Canada’s towns +4%.
Crabtree is younger than 61% of Canadian towns: a median age of 40.4
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Across Canada’s towns, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24; in Crabtree, 10%. Locally, 20% of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Crabtree, 40.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women.
Crabtree sits above 68% of Canadian towns for one-person households (32%)
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.
One-parent families: 10% here and 8.2% across Canada’s towns. Against that, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. A household here holds 2.3 people on average.
30% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 94% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Compared with 46% across Canada’s towns, 29% of residents 15 and over are married here. Across Canada’s towns, common-law partners come to 11%.
In Crabtree, 59% of households live in a single-detached house, fewer than in 56% of Canadian towns
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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
Newer homes outnumber old: 27% date from 2001 or later, 22% from before 1961. Typically, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
Households here have a median income of $69,500 a year
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
Crabtree’s median household took in $69,500 before tax, 19% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Quebec’s towns: $74,000. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 28% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
1.8% of residents are immigrants
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
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
Recent arrivals are 20% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. Compared with other places, residents without Canadian citizenship are scarce here: 0.9%, fewer than in 91% of Canadian towns. Locally, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Fewer residents with no religion than 53% of Canadian towns: 34%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Locally, 2.5% of residents have an Indigenous identity. Against that, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
In Crabtree, 15% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 83% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 14% here, 9.5% in the typical town. Measured more widely, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 60% of residents 15 and over had a job
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 60%.
Among 41 towns of 4,169 to 4,305 people, the 11th youngest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Claresholm is the oldest at 56.8, Banff Trail the youngest at 31.7. The towns whose median age is nearest to Crabtree’s: Anderson Walk (39.9), Napierville (40.4), Jackson Heights (40.5) and Vermilion (40.8).
Around Crabtree, 5 of 6 towns have a higher median age
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crabtree | 4,237 | — | 40.4 | 20% | 1.8% |
| Saint-Paul | 7,208 | 4.0 km | 38 | 15% | 4.1% |
| Sainte-Marie-Salomé | 1,296 | 5.1 km | 44.4 | 20% | 0.8% |
| Joliette | 22,408 | 6.3 km | 46.8 | 26% | 6.2% |
| Saint-Liguori | 2,268 | 7.4 km | 44.8 | 20% | 2.5% |
| Saint-Jacques | 4,830 | 7.4 km | 44 | 20% | 2.5% |
| Saint-Charles-Borromée | 16,904 | 8.9 km | 57.2 | 39% | 2.6% |
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. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
Questions about Crabtree’s residents
Is Crabtree good for families?
Children under 15 are 20% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 52% of households and one-parent families 10%. Schools near Crabtree are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Crabtree?
Median total household income in Crabtree was $69,500 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Crabtree?
The latest figure is an estimate: 4,237 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Crabtree counted 4,155, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Crabtree?
Half the residents are older than 40.4 and half younger, younger than 61% of Canadian towns; 20% are children under 15 and 20% are 65 or over.
Is Crabtree bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 29% are. Another 71% speak only French and 0% only English, and French is the first language of 97%.
How diverse is Crabtree?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 1.8%. A visible minority makes up 0.7% and Indigenous residents 2.5%.
What religion are people in Crabtree?
Most often Christian (65%) or no religion (34%); other religions make up 0.6%.
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).