Photo: Meliossa · CC BY-SA 3.0Grand-Remous is older than 91% of Canadian towns: a median age of 52.4
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 6.5%, against 11% across Canada’s towns. Grand-Remous is home to some 1,221 people (July 2025 estimate), in 565 households at the 2021 Census. For Grand-Remous, the census puts Indigenous residents at 8.1%. Few places have as many one-person households: 38% here, more than in 85% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Grand-Remous
Older than most towns
Half of Grand-Remous’s residents are under 52.4 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 27% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Grand-Remous: 28% of residents speak English and French, above 79% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
2.6% of residents have English as their mother tongue (Canada’s towns: 66%). As a yardstick, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Grand-Remous changed by ±0% from 2016 to 2021, behind 78% 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
Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Quebec’s towns, by more than +4%. The July 2025 estimate adds another 5%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 85% of Canadian towns, at 27%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
13% of residents are under 15; across Canada’s towns the figure is 16%. For comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women.
Households here average 2 people, below 90% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
In Grand-Remous, 9.7% of households are one-parent families, beside 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
Common-law partners make up 24% in Grand-Remous, more than in 87% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 27% of adults, beside a typical 27%. Compared with other places, married residents 15 and over are scarce here: 32%, fewer than in 84% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
A larger share of households in single-detached houses than 81% of Canadian towns: 86%
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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. Measured more widely, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Census figures put renter households at 21% in Grand-Remous.
$56,800 a year: the median household income
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Grand-Remous had $56,800 before tax, 34% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Quebec’s towns, half of households had more than $74,000 before tax. Pandemic benefits reached 29% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
Above 83% of Canadian towns: 16% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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
1.3% of residents are immigrants, against 17% across Canada’s towns. Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. For comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
A smaller share of residents with no religion than 58% of Canadian towns: 32%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. The usual figure: just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
Only 5.6% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher in Grand-Remous
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 27%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%.
Employment: 50% of residents 15 and over had a job
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
50% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 27% are 65 or more.
Grand-Remous sits below 2 of its 5 closest neighbours on median age
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page. The nearest places to Grand-Remous with figures are 29–35 km away.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand-Remous | 1,221 | — | 52.4 | 27% | 1.3% |
| Mont-Laurier | 14,598 | 29.4 km | 48.8 | 26% | 1.2% |
| Déléage | 2,047 | 30.8 km | 51.2 | 26% | 1.3% |
| Maniwaki | 3,803 | 31.0 km | 54.4 | 30% | 1.1% |
| Ferme-Neuve | 2,816 | 33.1 km | 53.2 | 28% | 0.4% |
| Kitigan Zibi | 1,261 | 34.6 km | 41.6 | 19% | 0% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Grand-Remous’s residents
What is the population of Grand-Remous?
About 1,221, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,159 people in Grand-Remous, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Grand-Remous?
The median age is 52.4. 13% are under 15 and 27% 65 or older.
Is Grand-Remous bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 28% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 0.9% speak only English and 72% only French; 96% grew up with French.
How diverse is Grand-Remous?
Immigrants: 1.3% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 0%. Indigenous identity: 8.1%.
What religion are people in Grand-Remous?
32% said they have no religion and 68% that they are Christian; 0% named another faith.
Is Grand-Remous good for families?
13% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 44% of households and one-parent families 9.7%. Schools near Grand-Remous are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Grand-Remous?
Half of Grand-Remous’s households had more than $56,800 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
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).