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Photo: Unknown Unknown · Public domainA lower share of residents with no religion than 93% of Canadian towns, at 16%
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 14% in Sainte-Dorothée and 11% across Canada’s towns. Census day 2021: 38,183 residents and 13,275 households locally. The share of one-person households stands at 19%. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 79% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Sainte-Dorothée
A bilingual neighbourhood
72% of residents can hold a conversation in both English and French, more than in 99% of Canadian towns; 18% speak French only and 8.1% English only. English & French ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
In Sainte-Dorothée, 72% of residents speak English and French, more than in 99% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says 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
At home: French 48%, English 23%. To put it in context, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. Sainte-Dorothée has fewer residents whose mother tongue is English than 83% of Canadian towns, at 12%.
19% of residents are under 15, more than in 77% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The biggest five-year age group is 45–49, with 8.7% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. On average, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. The median age in Sainte-Dorothée is 41.9, lower than in just over half of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Sainte-Dorothée, 41.9. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Sainte-Dorothée households average 2.9 people, larger than in 85% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Here, nearly one in ten households are one-parent families.
13% of residents 15 and over live common-law, a share 68% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 28% of adults, against a typical 27%. To put it in context, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Sainte-Dorothée ranks below 71% of Canadian towns on renter households: 17%
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: 36% date from 2001 or later, 8.5% from before 1961. Sainte-Dorothée has more households in buildings of five or more storeys than 68% of Canadian towns, at 3.1%. The usual figure: a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Against a figure of 64% across Canada’s towns, the share of households in single-detached houses in Sainte-Dorothée comes in at 66%.
Households here have a median income of $116,200 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
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Sainte-Dorothée’s, at $116,200, is 35% higher. The middle household across Quebec’s towns has $74,000 before tax. In 2020, 35% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
Only 6.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Sainte-Dorothée
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 40%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (50%) and in Europe (25%). Set beside that, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Compared with other places, immigrants are common here: 31%, more than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Recent arrivals are a fifth of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns.
Above 67% of Canadian towns: 30% of residents belong to a visible minority
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
0.2% of residents have an Indigenous identity; across Canada’s towns the figure is 2.8%. For visible minority residents, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 15%. Among other religions: Muslim (9.6%) and Hindu (2%).
A larger share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 75% of Canadian towns: 42%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 7.8% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a 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: 65% of adults
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.
The employment rate of 65% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
In its size band (34,965 to 40,728), the 17th oldest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The span goes from 34.8 (Malton) up to 53.2 (Sorel-Tracy). Next to Sainte-Dorothée on this scale come Pierrefonds-Est (41.7), Hastings-Sunrise (41.7), Duvernay (43) and Clarkson - Lorne Park (43.9).
Nearby, 4 of 6 towns have older populations than Sainte-Dorothée
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Dorothée | 38,183 | — | 41.9 | 14% | 31% |
| Pierrefonds-Est | 38,928 | 2.2 km | 41.7 | 18% | 43% |
| Dollard-Des Ormeaux | 50,246 | 4.3 km | 43.6 | 21% | 40% |
| Le Boisé Champêtre | 37,891 | 4.7 km | 40.1 | 14% | 40% |
| Laval-Ouest | 11,034 | 4.9 km | 42.5 | 15% | 23% |
| Fabreville | 48,457 | 5.0 km | 42.8 | 18% | 27% |
| Chomedey | 81,813 | 6.1 km | 46.2 | 26% | 43% |
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. 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.
- 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 Sainte-Dorothée’s residents
What is the median income in Sainte-Dorothée?
Half of Sainte-Dorothée’s households had more than $116,200 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Sainte-Dorothée?
38,183, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Sainte-Dorothée alone.
What is the average age in Sainte-Dorothée?
The median age is 41.9, younger than 51% of Canadian towns. 19% are under 15 and 14% 65 or older.
Is Sainte-Dorothée bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 72% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 8.1% speak only English and 18% only French; 44% grew up with French.
How diverse is Sainte-Dorothée?
Immigrants: 31% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 30%. Indigenous identity: 0.2%.
What religion are people in Sainte-Dorothée?
16% said they have no religion and 67% that they are Christian; 17% named another faith.
Is Sainte-Dorothée good for families?
19% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 66% of households and one-parent families 8.5%. Schools near Sainte-Dorothée 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).