Photo: Baelzvuv · CC BY-SA 4.0Chomedey: 43% of residents are immigrants, above 87% of Canadian towns
Visible minority residents: 38% here and 15% across Canada’s towns. The 2021 Census put Chomedey’s population at 81,813, in 34,355 households. On the census count, 22% of households live in a building of five or more storeys. More one-person households than in 80% of Canadian towns: 36%.
What stands out about the people of Chomedey
A bilingual neighbourhood
Both official languages: 57% of residents speak English and French, more than in 94% of Canadian towns. Another 27% speak only French and 12% only English. English & French ↓
More immigrants than most towns
43% of residents are immigrants, against 4.2% across Quebec’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (45%), then in Europe (23%); 29% of them arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A neighbourhood of renters
Renters are 52% of households, more than in 87% of Canadian towns, and 70% of households live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A larger share of bilingual residents than 94% of Canadian towns: 57%
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
The share of residents whose mother tongue is English trails 84% of Canadian towns: 8.9%. The benchmark for bilingual residents across Canada’s towns: 7.5%. 29% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 4.2% speak neither official language.
In Chomedey, 26% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 84% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Half of Chomedey’s residents are over 46.2, older than in 73% of Canadian towns. On average, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 6.7% of residents. Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Chomedey has 10%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Chomedey, 46.2. 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.
Chomedey ranks above 80% of Canadian towns on one-parent families: 10%
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The average household has 2.3 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, one-parent families come to 8.2%.
Common-law partners make up 8.7% in Chomedey, less than in 67% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 30% of adults, against a typical 27%. The usual figure: 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
More renter households than 87% of Canadian towns: 52%
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 single-detached houses: 22% here and 64% across Canada’s towns. Renter households make up 25% across Canada’s towns. 17% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 16% built before 1961.
$65,700 a year: the median household income
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Chomedey: half had less than $65,700, 24% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $74,000 is the median household income across Quebec’s towns. 35% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
11% of residents are not Canadian citizens, a share 72% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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 50%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Of the immigrants living here, 29% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. Across Canada’s towns, residents without Canadian citizenship come to 5.8%. The census found that nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier in Chomedey.
A smaller share of residents with no religion than 96% of Canadian towns: 13%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 2.8% across Canada’s towns, the share of Indigenous residents in Chomedey comes in at 0.4%. Residents with no religion make up 35% across Canada’s towns. Other faiths: Muslim (18%).
Chomedey sits above 52% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (28%)
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
17% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%). Typically, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 49% of adults
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 49%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 26% of residents are 65 or over.
The 6th oldest of 41 towns of 61,739 to 108,793 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The span goes from 34 (Grande Prairie) up to 51.6 (Lindsay). Nearest to Chomedey in age: Belleville (45.2), Sarnia (46), Sault Ste. Marie (47.2) and Granby (47.6).
Every neighbour of Chomedey has a younger population
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chomedey | 81,813 | — | 46.2 | 26% | 43% |
| Le Boisé Champêtre | 37,891 | 2.5 km | 40.1 | 14% | 40% |
| Cartierville | 24,617 | 2.9 km | 39.4 | 18% | 48% |
| Laval-des-Rapides | 41,971 | 3.1 km | 40.6 | 20% | 35% |
| Nouveau-Bordeaux | 30,171 | 4.5 km | 42.5 | 21% | 55% |
| Grenet | 12,580 | 4.8 km | 34.2 | 11% | 54% |
| Bois-Francs | 35,858 | 4.9 km | 39.9 | 16% | 46% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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. Provincial and national yardsticks: Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Statistics Canada reports the census by municipality; a neighbourhood’s figures are the sum of its dissemination areas, rounded counts and all, with medians estimated from age and income groups and no 2016 count, as the 2016 areas don’t fit.
Questions about Chomedey’s residents
Is Chomedey bilingual?
English and French: 57% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 12%. French only: 27%. French mother tongue: 38%.
How diverse is Chomedey?
Immigrants make up 43% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 38% are members of a visible minority, and 0.4% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Chomedey?
Christian: 64%. No religion: 13%. Another religion: 23%.
Is Chomedey good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 15%. 46% of households are couple families and 10% one-parent families. Schools near Chomedey are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Chomedey?
$65,700 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Chomedey (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Chomedey?
The 2021 Census counted 81,813 people in Chomedey.
What is the average age in Chomedey?
46.2 is the median age, older than 73% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 15%. 65 and over: 26%.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population. 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).