Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 4.0In La Présentation, 21% of residents are under 15, more than in 89% of Canadian towns
Immigrants make up 1.9%, against 17% across Canada’s towns. Fewer residents with no religion than in 88% of Canadian towns: 19%. Some 2,696 people live in La Présentation, by the estimate for July 2025. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 6.5% in the town.
What stands out about the people of La Présentation
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 37% of adults, more than in 99% of Canadian towns, while 29% are married. Couples ↓
A town of families
21% of residents are under 15, more than in 89% of Canadian towns; 7% of households are one-parent families and households average 2.5 people. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
La Présentation ranks above 80% of Canadian towns on bilingual residents: 29%
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated 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
The share of residents whose mother tongue is English trails 97% of Canadian towns: 0.8%. To put it in context, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Slower than most: +4% since 2016, behind 51% of Canadian towns
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 2% higher again.
15% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 74% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Half of La Présentation’s residents are under 39.2, younger than in 69% of Canadian towns. On average, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. In La Présentation, just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ La Présentation, 39.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women.
Larger households than 58% of Canadian towns: 2.5 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.
By its share of one-parent families (7%), La Présentation is below 70% of Canadian towns. On the census count, 27% of households are one person living alone.
37% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 99% of Canadian towns
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: 25% of adults (typical: 27%). Elsewhere, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Above 69% of Canadian towns: 78% of households live in a single-detached house
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
Newer homes outnumber old: 40% date from 2001 or later, 15% from before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of households in single-detached houses is 64%. Renters are 31% of households (Canada’s towns: 25%).
Median household income: $89,000 a year
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 median across Canada’s towns is $86,000, and La Présentation’s, at $89,000, is close to it. The figure for Quebec’s towns: $74,000. Pandemic benefits reached 28% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
1.9% of residents are immigrants
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
Against a figure of 5.8% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents without Canadian citizenship in La Présentation comes in at 0.6%.
81% said they are Christian and 19% that they have no religion
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority: 1.3% (Canada’s towns: 15%). Across La Présentation, 0.6% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
In La Présentation, 13% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 87% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 15%, beside a typical 9.5%. On average, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
72% of adults were employed in May 2021
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
72% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
41 towns of 2,657 to 2,737 people: this is the 11th youngest
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Median ages here range from 25 in Waskaganish to 60 in Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay. The closest ages to La Présentation’s belong to Westview (38.7), Gold Bar (39.2), Tumbler Ridge (39.6) and Delton (40.3).
La Présentation is younger than every town around it
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Présentation | 2,696 | — | 39.2 | 15% | 1.9% |
| Sainte-Madeleine | 2,387 | 7.2 km | 40.8 | 15% | 1.3% |
| Saint-Hyacinthe | 60,874 | 7.7 km | 46.4 | 26% | 7.7% |
| Sainte-Marie-Madeleine | 2,940 | 8.9 km | 42.4 | 17% | 1.9% |
| Saint-Barnabé-Sud | 1,053 | 11.0 km | 40.4 | 18% | 0% |
| Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu | 1,867 | 11.2 km | 50 | 23% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Jude | 1,402 | 12.9 km | 40 | 14% | 2.3% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
- 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 La Présentation’s residents
How diverse is La Présentation?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 1.9%. A visible minority makes up 1.3% and Indigenous residents 0.6%.
What religion are people in La Présentation?
Most often Christian (81%) or no religion (19%); other religions make up 0.4%.
Is La Présentation good for families?
Children under 15 are 21% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 62% of households and one-parent families 7%. Schools near La Présentation are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in La Présentation?
Median total household income in La Présentation was $89,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of La Présentation?
The latest figure is an estimate: 2,696 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, La Présentation counted 2,638, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in La Présentation?
Half the residents are older than 39.2 and half younger, younger than 69% of Canadian towns; 21% are children under 15 and 15% are 65 or over.
Is La Présentation bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 29% are. Another 71% speak only French and 0.2% only English, and French is the first language of 98%.
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).