Photo: Veillg1 · CC BY-SA 4.0Half of Hudson is over 54, older than 93% of Canadian towns
Renter households: 12%, below 85% of Canadian towns. Hudson is home to some 5,533 people (July 2025 estimate), in 2,335 households at the 2021 Census. On the census count, 14% of residents are under 15. Fewer visible minority residents than in 69% of Canadian towns: 4.6%.
What stands out about the people of Hudson
A bilingual town
Both official languages: 73% of residents speak English and French, more than in 99% of Canadian towns. Another 3.1% speak only French and 24% only English. English & French ↓
Older than most towns
Hudson’s median age is 54; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 31% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Hudson ranks above 99% of Canadian towns on bilingual residents: 73%
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. 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
Residents whose mother tongue is English make up 60%, against 66% across Canada’s towns. On average, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Since 2016, Hudson has grown +5%, faster than 55% 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
Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +4% across Quebec’s towns. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 2% higher again.
More residents aged 65 and over than 94% of Canadian towns: 31%
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (9.8%), Hudson is below just over two thirds of Canadian towns. The usual figure: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Hudson, 54. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more 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.
Census figures put one-parent families at 7.1% in Hudson. Little separates the share of one-person households here, 27%, from the figure across Canada’s towns.
Hudson sits above 72% of Canadian towns for common-law partners (14%)
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
The figure for married residents 15 and over is 51% in Hudson and 46% across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
Hudson sits above 85% of Canadian towns for households in single-detached houses (88%)
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
Older homes outnumber new: 38% predate 1961, 21% date from 2001 or later. Measured more widely, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. At 0.2%, the share of households in buildings of five or more storeys is in line with the figure across Canada’s towns.
Median household income: $101,000 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Hudson’s, at $101,000, is 17% higher. The middle household across Quebec’s towns has $74,000 before tax. In 2020, 25% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
Hudson ranks above 52% of Canadian towns on immigrants: 18%
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 25%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (73%) and in the Americas (16%). Across Canada’s towns, immigrants come to 17%. A year before the census, 11% lived somewhere else: more than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns. Of the immigrants living here, 12% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%.
62% said they are Christian and 35% that they have no religion
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
1.1% of residents have an Indigenous identity, against 2.8% across Canada’s towns.
Hudson: 51% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, above 85% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 2.6% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Measured more widely, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
54% of residents 15 and over were in work
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
54% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 31% are 65 or more.
Of 41 towns its size (5,424 to 5,643 people), the 1st oldest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The span goes from 32 (Countryside) up to 54 (Hudson). Next to Hudson on this scale come Grand Falls / Grand-Sault (52.8) and Gananoque (53.2).
The towns around Hudson are all younger
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hudson | 5,533 | — | 54 | 31% | 18% |
| Kanesatake | 1,872 | 3.8 km | — | — | — |
| Saint-Lazare | 22,895 | 6.3 km | 40.8 | 13% | 12% |
| Oka | 4,312 | 6.8 km | 46.4 | 21% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Placide | 1,751 | 9.2 km | 51.6 | 24% | 5% |
| Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac | 1,340 | 9.8 km | 46.4 | 20% | 16% |
| Vaudreuil-Dorion | 46,413 | 10.7 km | 40.8 | 17% | 23% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Hudson’s residents
What is the median income in Hudson?
Half of Hudson’s households had more than $101,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Hudson?
About 5,533, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 5,411 people in Hudson, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Hudson?
The median age is 54, older than 93% of Canadian towns. 14% are under 15 and 31% 65 or older.
Is Hudson bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 73% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 24% speak only English and 3.1% only French; 25% grew up with French.
How diverse is Hudson?
Immigrants: 18% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 4.6%. Indigenous identity: 1.1%.
What religion are people in Hudson?
35% said they have no religion and 62% that they are Christian; 3.9% named another faith.
Is Hudson good for families?
14% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 61% of households and one-parent families 7.1%. Schools near Hudson 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).