Photo: Franky-Doo-Dy · CC BY-SA 3.0La Minerve is older than 99% of Canadian towns: a median age of 62
Across Canada’s towns, the share of households in single-detached houses is 64%; La Minerve has 96%. About 1,492 people lived in the town in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates. Locally, 7% of residents are under 15. At 16%, the share of residents with no religion is lower than in 93% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of La Minerve
Older than most towns
Half of La Minerve’s residents are under 62 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 39% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Growing faster than most
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, La Minerve went from 1,205 to 1,421 residents (+18%), faster growth than in 95% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Many people living alone
One-person households make up 42%, more than in 91% of Canadian towns, and 39% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
La Minerve ranks above 87% of Canadian towns on bilingual residents: 42%
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. 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
At home: French 93%, English 5.7%. 5.3% of residents have English as their mother tongue, a lower share than in 87% of Canadian towns. The share of bilingual residents across Canada’s towns is 7.5%.
La Minerve’s population changed by +18% since 2016, more than in 95% of Canadian towns
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across Quebec’s towns +4%. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 5% higher again.
39% of residents are 65 or over, a share 99% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with 17% of residents, 2.5 times the share across Canada’s towns. The census found that 3.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in La Minerve. Measured more widely, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 122 men for every 100 women.
Smaller households than 96% of Canadian towns: 1.8 people on average
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The figure for one-parent families is 3.3% in La Minerve and 8.2% across Canada’s towns. The share of one-person households stands at 42%.
La Minerve sits above 84% of Canadian towns for common-law partners (20%)
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Against a figure of 46% across Canada’s towns, the share of married residents 15 and over in La Minerve comes in at 42%. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
14% of households rent their home, below 77% of Canadian towns
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
Newer homes outnumber old: 25% date from 2001 or later, 24% from before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
Households here have a median income of $57,600 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; La Minerve’s, at $57,600, is 33% lower. Within Quebec’s towns, the household in the middle had $74,000. In 2020, 23% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 12%, a higher share than 61% of Canadian towns
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
Immigrants: 2.9% here and 17% across Canada’s towns. What’s more, residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Measured more widely, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
Indigenous residents make up 5.7% in La Minerve, more than in 74% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Indigenous residents make up 2.8% across Canada’s towns.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 82% of Canadian towns: 15%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 14%, beside a typical 9.5%. To put it in context, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 37% of residents aged 15 and over
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.
At 37%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 39% are 65 or over.
The towns around La Minerve are all younger
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Minerve | 1,492 | — | 62 | 39% | 2.9% |
| Labelle | 2,861 | 15.7 km | 52.4 | 27% | 2.8% |
| Nominingue | 2,290 | 15.7 km | 61.6 | 40% | 3% |
| Rivière-Rouge | 4,882 | 18.1 km | 58 | 34% | 1.8% |
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. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
Questions about La Minerve’s residents
Is La Minerve good for families?
Children under 15 are 7% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 50% of households and one-parent families 3.3%. Schools near La Minerve are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in La Minerve?
Median total household income in La Minerve was $57,600 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of La Minerve?
The latest figure is an estimate: 1,492 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, La Minerve counted 1,421, 18% more than 2016.
What is the average age in La Minerve?
Half the residents are older than 62 and half younger; 7% are children under 15 and 39% are 65 or over.
Is La Minerve bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 42% are. Another 56% speak only French and 1.4% only English, and French is the first language of 91%.
How diverse is La Minerve?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 2.9%. A visible minority makes up 0% and Indigenous residents 5.7%.
What religion are people in La Minerve?
Most often Christian (84%) or no religion (16%); other religions make up 0%.
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).