Photo: Jeangagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0A smaller share of residents with no religion than 92% of Canadian towns: 16%
With residents who moved in within the year at 7.9%, Duvernay is behind 83% of Canadian towns on that count. The 2021 Census put the neighbourhood’s population at 37,460, in 13,450 households. Census figures put immigrants at 28% in the neighbourhood. On renter households, Duvernay sits lower than nearly three quarters of Canadian towns: 15%.
What stands out about the people of Duvernay
A bilingual neighbourhood
Both official languages: 65% of residents speak English and French, more than in 97% of Canadian towns. Another 31% speak only French and 2.9% only English. English & French ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Duvernay sits above 97% of Canadian towns for bilingual residents (65%)
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. 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
12% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 1.1% speak neither official language. Across Canada’s towns, bilingual residents come to 7.5%. At 10%, the share of residents whose mother tongue is English is lower than in 84% of Canadian towns.
Duvernay sits above 76% of Canadian towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (13%)
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
With a median age of 43, Duvernay is older than 56% of Canadian towns. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. 55–59 is the most common age band: 7.9% of residents. Residents aged 65 and over: 17% here and 19% across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Duvernay, 43. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women.
Bigger households than 79% of Canadian towns: 2.8 people each on average
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Duvernay sits close to the norm on one-parent families: 9%, about the same as across Canada’s towns. Here, 21% of households are one person living alone.
In Duvernay, 14% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 74% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 28% of adults, against a typical 27%. Measured more widely, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
4.4% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, more than in 72% of Canadian towns
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
Newer homes outnumber old: 31% date from 2001 or later, 16% from before 1961. Single-detached houses hold 64% of households, more than in 50% of Canadian towns, and buildings of five or more storeys 4.4%.
A median household income of $110,500 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Duvernay’s median household took in $110,500 before tax, 28% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Quebec’s towns, half of households had more than $74,000 before tax. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 32% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
28% of residents are immigrants
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 35%
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 Duvernay comes in at 3.4%. 16% of immigrants arrived from 2011 to 2021 (typical: 27%), and non-permanent residents make up a further 0.2% of residents.
Duvernay ranks above 66% of Canadian towns on visible minority residents: 29%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (12%). Typically, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Compared with other places, Indigenous residents are scarce here: 0.4%, fewer than in 91% of Canadian towns.
38% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, a share 69% of Canadian towns don’t reach
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 6.5% (typical 9.5%). As a yardstick, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 64%
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
64% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
Of 41 towns its size (34,805 to 40,297 people), the 16th oldest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The youngest of these towns is Malton, at 34.8; the oldest, Sorel-Tracy, is at 53.2. The closest ages to Duvernay’s belong to Pierrefonds-Est (41.7), Sainte-Dorothée (41.9), Clarkson - Lorne Park (43.9) and LaSalle (44).
Around Duvernay, 3 of 6 towns have a higher median age
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duvernay | 37,460 | — | 43 | 17% | 28% |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Paul | 15,194 | 2.2 km | 43.2 | 20% | 24% |
| Vimont | 31,166 | 3.7 km | 46.1 | 22% | 26% |
| Centre-Nord (Montréal-Nord) | 13,131 | 3.8 km | 43.4 | 20% | 36% |
| Centre (Montréal-Nord) | 20,584 | 4.5 km | 38 | 15% | 42% |
| Est (Montréal-Nord) | 31,383 | 4.6 km | 41.2 | 22% | 38% |
| Ouest (Montréal-Nord) | 23,373 | 4.6 km | 40.5 | 19% | 41% |
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. 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. 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 publishes the census for municipalities, not neighbourhoods, so these figures add up the dissemination areas inside the neighbourhood. Counts are sums of StatCan’s rounded counts; the median age and income are worked out from the published age and income groups; and 2016 areas don’t add up to these, so there is no 2016 count.
Questions about Duvernay’s residents
What is the median income in Duvernay?
Median total household income in Duvernay was $110,500 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Duvernay?
37,460, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Duvernay alone.
What is the average age in Duvernay?
Half the residents are older than 43 and half younger, older than 56% of Canadian towns; 18% are children under 15 and 17% are 65 or over.
Is Duvernay bilingual?
English and French: 65% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 2.9%. French only: 31%. French mother tongue: 51%.
How diverse is Duvernay?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 28%. A visible minority makes up 29% and Indigenous residents 0.4%.
What religion are people in Duvernay?
Most often Christian (70%) or no religion (16%); other religions make up 14%.
Is Duvernay good for families?
Children under 15 are 18% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 63% of households and one-parent families 9%. Schools near Duvernay are on its Schools page.
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).