Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0A smaller share of renter households than 92% of Canadian towns: 8.9%
The figure for children under 15 is 20% in Fossambault-sur-le-Lac and 16% across Canada’s towns. 8.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a lower share than in 79% of Canadian towns. Statistics Canada puts the town’s population at 2,505 for July 2025. Census figures put immigrants at 1.5% locally.
What stands out about the people of Fossambault-sur-le-Lac
A bilingual town
Both official languages: 46% of residents speak English and French, more than in 88% of Canadian towns. Another 54% speak only French and 0% only English. English & French ↓
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 40% of adults, more than in 99% of Canadian towns, while 32% are married. Couples ↓
Growing faster than most
Fossambault-sur-le-Lac went from 1,960 people in 2016 to 2,327 in 2021, +19%: faster growth than in 95% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
46% of residents speak English and French, more than in 88% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. 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
Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents whose mother tongue is English is 66%; Fossambault-sur-le-Lac has 2.1%. The comparison figure for bilingual residents is 7.5% across Canada’s towns.
A +19% change since 2016: faster than 95% of Canadian towns
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 8%. Across Quebec’s towns the median is +4%, and across Canada’s towns +4%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.5% in Fossambault-sur-le-Lac, less than in 94% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with 9% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. Half of Fossambault-sur-le-Lac’s residents are over 42.4, older than in 52% of Canadian towns. For comparison, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over: 18% of the total.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Fossambault-sur-le-Lac, 42.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women.
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.
7.1% of households are one-parent families. Compared with 27% across Canada’s towns, 26% of households are one person living alone here.
More common-law partners than 99% of Canadian towns: 40%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 20% of adults (typical: 27%). The share of married residents 15 and over stands at 32%. Common-law partners make up 11% across Canada’s towns.
More households in single-detached houses than 82% of Canadian towns: 86%
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Across the comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. 47% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 11% built before 1961.
The median household brings in $103,000 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Fossambault-sur-le-Lac had $103,000 before tax, 20% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Quebec’s towns have a median of $74,000. The pandemic’s benefits: 25% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
1.5% of residents are immigrants
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
29% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. The census found that 0.6% of residents are not Canadian citizens in Fossambault-sur-le-Lac.
Fossambault-sur-le-Lac sits below 67% of Canadian towns for residents with no religion (30%)
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 15% belong to a visible minority and 2.8% are Indigenous; here, 0.6% and 1.5%. To put it in context, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Indigenous residents are rarer here than in 72% of Canadian towns.
Above 56% of Canadian towns: 30% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 8.6% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
64% of residents 15 and over were in work
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, below this 64%.
Youngest by rank: 20th of 41 towns of 2,500 to 2,588 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The youngest is City Commercial Core (32.7) and the oldest North Frontenac (61.6). In age, Fossambault-sur-le-Lac keeps company with Unity (42), Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska (42.4), Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce (43.2) and Castlemore Estates (43.2).
1 of the 6 nearest towns are older than Fossambault-sur-le-Lac
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fossambault-sur-le-Lac | 2,505 | — | 42.4 | 18% | 1.5% |
| Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier | 9,830 | 4.0 km | 35.6 | 12% | 1.8% |
| Shannon | 7,088 | 7.5 km | 32.4 | 6.2% | 2.9% |
| Val-Bélair | 30,003 | 14.7 km | 37 | 12% | 3.8% |
| Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier | 3,400 | 14.7 km | 32.8 | 8.9% | 3.2% |
| Pont-Rouge | 11,339 | 15.1 km | 40.4 | 18% | 1.7% |
| Saint-Raymond | 11,951 | 15.5 km | 46.8 | 24% | 0.9% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
- 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 Fossambault-sur-le-Lac’s residents
What is the median income in Fossambault-sur-le-Lac?
$103,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Fossambault-sur-le-Lac (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Fossambault-sur-le-Lac?
Statistics Canada estimates 2,505 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 2,327 in Fossambault-sur-le-Lac, 19% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Fossambault-sur-le-Lac?
42.4 is the median age, older than 52% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 20%. 65 and over: 18%.
Is Fossambault-sur-le-Lac bilingual?
46% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 54% speak French only and 0% English only. French is the mother tongue of 96%.
How diverse is Fossambault-sur-le-Lac?
Immigrants make up 1.5% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 0.6% are members of a visible minority, and 1.5% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Fossambault-sur-le-Lac?
Christian: 71%. No religion: 30%. Another religion: 0%.
Is Fossambault-sur-le-Lac good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 20%. 65% of households are couple families and 7.1% one-parent families. Schools near Fossambault-sur-le-Lac 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).