Photo: Laurent Bélanger · CC BY-SA 4.0Half of Hemmingford is over 50.4, older than 86% of Canadian towns
The share of households in single-detached houses is 91%, against 64% across Canada’s towns. About 2,206 people lived in Hemmingford in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates. Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.8% of the total. Lower than in just over four fifths of Canadian towns: 6.1% of households are one-parent families.
What stands out about the people of Hemmingford
A bilingual town
59% of residents can hold a conversation in both English and French, more than in 95% of Canadian towns; 30% speak French only and 11% English only. English & French ↓
Older than most towns
Line Hemmingford’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 50.4; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 25% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Hemmingford sits above 95% of Canadian towns for bilingual residents (59%)
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. 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
29% of residents have English as their mother tongue (Canada’s towns: 66%). Across Canada’s towns, bilingual residents come to 7.5%. At home: French 60%, English 35%.
A growing town: +5% since 2016, faster than 56% 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 11%. Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Quebec’s towns, by more than +4%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 25%, a higher share than 78% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: just over one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across Canada’s towns. The wider picture: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. Children under 15 account for 16%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women.
Households here average 2.4 people, below 53% 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 Hemmingford, 27% of households are one person living alone.
More common-law partners than 87% of Canadian towns: 24%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: nearly a quarter of adults (typical: 27%). The share of common-law partners across Canada’s towns is 11%. Married residents 15 and over: 41% of the total.
Hemmingford ranks below 83% of Canadian towns on renter households: 12%
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
9.7% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. To put it in context, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
Median household income here: $75,000 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Hemmingford: half had less than $75,000, 13% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among Quebec’s towns, the typical figure is $74,000. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 26% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 9.7%, a lower share than 63% of Canadian towns
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
Most immigrants were born in Europe (44%) or in the Americas (35%). Measured more widely, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. At 2.8%, the share of residents without Canadian citizenship is lower than in 67% of Canadian towns. 9.5% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns.
25% of residents said they have no religion, below 77% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents make up 3.1%, against 15% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, residents with no religion come to 35%. Census figures put Indigenous residents at 3.4% in Hemmingford.
Below 79% of Canadian towns: 16% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 20% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. By way of comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 55% of residents aged 15 and over
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 55% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 25% of residents are 65 or over.
Every nearby town is younger than Hemmingford
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hemmingford | 2,206 | — | 50.4 | 25% | 11% |
| Sainte-Clotilde | 3,297 | 8.3 km | 37.6 | 13% | 3.1% |
| Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle | 1,655 | 10.8 km | 44.8 | 19% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Chrysostome | 2,641 | 11.0 km | 46.8 | 22% | 3.1% |
| Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington | 1,996 | 13.1 km | 43.2 | 19% | 4.4% |
| Saint-Édouard | 1,438 | 18.2 km | 40.8 | 18% | 1.9% |
| Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville | 1,786 | 18.3 km | 42.8 | 16% | 2.3% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. The middle of Quebec’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
- What these tables don’t give. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- 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 Hemmingford’s residents
What is the population of Hemmingford?
Hemmingford had about 2,206 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 1,995, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Hemmingford?
A median age of 50.4. Children under 15 make up 16%, and people 65 and over 25%.
Is Hemmingford bilingual?
59% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 30% speak French only and 11% English only. French is the mother tongue of 61%.
How diverse is Hemmingford?
11% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 3.1% belong to a visible minority and 3.4% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Hemmingford?
75% are Christian and 25% have no religion; 0.3% follow another religion.
Is Hemmingford good for families?
Under 15: 16% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 59% of households. One-parent families: 6.1%. Schools near Hemmingford are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Hemmingford?
The median household in Hemmingford took in $75,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
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).