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Photo: Unknown Unknown · Public domainDrummondville ranks above 87% of Canadian towns on one-person households: 39%
With renter households at 46%, Drummondville is ahead of 82% of Canadian towns on that count. The town had about 85,560 residents in July 2025, by Statistics Canada’s estimate, and 36,725 households at the 2021 Census. The census found that 24% of residents are 65 or over in the town. Half of the town’s residents are over 44.8, older than in 66% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Drummondville
Common-law couples
26% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 90% of Canadian towns; 28% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Above 82% of Canadian towns: 31% of residents speak English and French
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. 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
By its share of residents whose mother tongue is English (1.1%), Drummondville is below 95% of Canadian towns. To put it in context, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. At home: French 96%, English 0.9%.
A growing town: +5% since 2016, faster than 57% of Canadian towns
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Quebec’s towns the median is +4%, and across Canada’s towns +4%. The July 2025 estimate adds another 8%.
16% of residents are under 15, fewer than in 55% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
60–64 is the most common age band: 7.6% of residents. At 11%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is in line with the figure across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Drummondville, 44.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Drummondville households average 2.1 people, smaller than in 83% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The census found that nearly one in ten households are one-parent families in Drummondville.
A larger share of common-law partners than 90% of Canadian towns: 26%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 31% of adults, against a typical 27%. 28% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 92% of Canadian towns. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
A smaller share of households in single-detached houses than 72% of Canadian towns: 46%
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
With households in buildings of five or more storeys at 1.3%, Drummondville is ahead of 62% of Canadian towns on that count. 29% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 18% built before 1961. Households in single-detached houses make up 64% across Canada’s towns.
The midpoint household income is $61,200 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
At $61,200, the middle household in Drummondville earned 29% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among Quebec’s towns, the typical figure is $74,000. The pandemic’s benefits: 29% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
More residents who moved in within the year than 70% of Canadian towns: 13%
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
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Africa (36%) and in the Americas (29%). 4.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 84% of Canadian towns. Typically, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Most recent wave: 48% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%).
Below 75% of Canadian towns: 26% of residents said they have no religion
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
In Drummondville, 1.7% of residents have an Indigenous identity, beside 2.8% across Canada’s towns. Locally, 5.6% of residents belong to a visible minority. Across Canada’s towns, residents with no religion come to 35%.
Drummondville ranks below 74% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 18%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 16%, against 9.5%. The wider picture: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 59% of adults
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 59% is close to the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
In its size band (66,480 to 113,983), the 12th oldest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
They run from Grande Prairie, at 34, to Lindsay, at 51.6. Closest in median age to Drummondville are North Vancouver (44.4), Niagara Falls (44.8), Saint-Jérôme (45.2) and Welland (45.2).
Every neighbour of Drummondville has a younger population
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drummondville | 85,560 | — | 44.8 | 24% | 4.4% |
| Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover | 5,242 | 6.0 km | 38.4 | 16% | 1.4% |
| Saint-Germain-de-Grantham | 5,054 | 7.9 km | 40.4 | 16% | 1.5% |
| Saint-Majorique-de-Grantham | 1,373 | 10.3 km | 40.8 | 16% | 0.7% |
| Saint-Lucien | 1,941 | 11.2 km | 44 | 18% | 1.7% |
| Wickham | 2,745 | 12.7 km | 39.2 | 16% | 1.5% |
| Saint-Eugène | 1,180 | 17.0 km | 44 | 19% | 3.9% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
- 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 Drummondville’s residents
Is Drummondville bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 31% are. Another 68% speak only French and 0.3% only English, and French is the first language of 94%.
How diverse is Drummondville?
4.4% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 5.6% belong to a visible minority and 1.7% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Drummondville?
72% are Christian and 26% have no religion; 2.1% follow another religion.
Is Drummondville good for families?
Under 15: 16% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 46% of households. One-parent families: 8.6%. Schools near Drummondville are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Drummondville?
The median household in Drummondville took in $61,200 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Drummondville?
Drummondville had about 85,560 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 79,258, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Drummondville?
A median age of 44.8, older than 66% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 16%, and people 65 and over 24%.
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).