Photo: Jeangagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0Residents who moved in within the year make up 6.4% in Sainte-Rose, less than in 94% of Canadian towns
Where 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns, Sainte-Rose has 20%. Still, residents with no religion are rarer here than in 87% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census counted 37,408 residents in 13,375 households. On the census count, 14% of residents are 65 or over.
What stands out about the people of Sainte-Rose
A bilingual neighbourhood
Both official languages: 62% of residents speak English and French, more than in 96% of Canadian towns. Another 34% speak only French and 2.6% only English. English & French ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Sainte-Rose ranks above 96% of Canadian towns on bilingual residents: 62%
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. 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
Across Canada’s towns, 66% of residents have English as their mother tongue; in Sainte-Rose, 4.6%. By way of comparison, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. 12% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 1.1% speak neither official language.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 13%, a higher share than 83% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 10–14, with 8.3% of residents, 1.5 times the share across Canada’s towns. To put it in context, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. The median age in Sainte-Rose is 41.2, lower than in 55% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Sainte-Rose, 41.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women.
Larger households than 80% of Canadian towns: 2.8 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.
One-person households make up 22%, against 27% across Canada’s towns. Across Sainte-Rose, one in ten households are one-parent families.
Sainte-Rose sits above 83% of Canadian towns for common-law partners (19%)
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Married residents 15 and over: 41%, below 66% of Canadian towns. Common-law partners make up 11% across Canada’s towns.
Above 67% of Canadian towns: 2.7% of households live in a building of five or more storeys
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
Compared with 25% across Canada’s towns, 19% of households rent their home here. On the census count, 55% of households live in a single-detached house.
Households here have a median income of $110,600 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Sainte-Rose had $110,600 before tax, 29% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The provincial yardstick is $74,000, the median across Quebec’s towns. Pandemic benefits reached 31% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
25% of residents are immigrants, more than in 64% of Canadian towns
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 30%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Immigrants here were most often born in Africa (32%), then in Asia (30%). Elsewhere, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns. Of the immigrants living here, 22% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%.
Visible minority residents: 27%, a higher share than 64% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (13%). By way of comparison, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Few places have so few Indigenous residents: 0.4% here, fewer than in 91% of Canadian towns.
A higher share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 72% of Canadian towns, at 40%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 6.7%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. Against that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
67% of residents 15 and over were in work
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, below this 67%.
20th lowest median age among 41 towns of 34,805 to 40,297
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Between Malton (34.8) and Sorel-Tracy (53.2) lies the rest of the group. The closest ages to Sainte-Rose’s belong to Central Erin Mills (41.2), Langley (41.2), Port Moody (41.6) and Moose Jaw (41.6).
Older than Sainte-Rose: 4 of the 6 towns nearby
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Rose | 37,408 | — | 41.2 | 14% | 25% |
| Auteuil | 27,843 | 4.0 km | 41.6 | 14% | 22% |
| Rosemère | 14,198 | 4.2 km | 46.4 | 20% | 13% |
| Vimont | 31,166 | 4.5 km | 46.1 | 22% | 26% |
| Fabreville | 48,457 | 4.9 km | 42.8 | 18% | 27% |
| Boisbriand | 29,830 | 5.3 km | 40 | 15% | 12% |
| Le Boisé Champêtre | 37,891 | 5.5 km | 40.1 | 14% | 40% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. Built up from dissemination areas: Statistics Canada stops at the municipality. Rounded counts are added together and medians estimated from the published groups. The 2016 areas don’t line up with these, so the change since 2016 isn’t shown.
Questions about Sainte-Rose’s residents
How diverse is Sainte-Rose?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 25%. A visible minority makes up 27% and Indigenous residents 0.4%.
What religion are people in Sainte-Rose?
Most often Christian (64%) or no religion (20%); other religions make up 16%.
Is Sainte-Rose good for families?
Children under 15 are 20% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 62% of households and one-parent families 9.9%. Schools near Sainte-Rose are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Sainte-Rose?
Median total household income in Sainte-Rose was $110,600 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Sainte-Rose?
37,408, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Sainte-Rose alone.
What is the average age in Sainte-Rose?
Half the residents are older than 41.2 and half younger, younger than 55% of Canadian towns; 20% are children under 15 and 14% are 65 or over.
Is Sainte-Rose bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 62% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 2.6% speak only English and 34% only French; 67% grew up with French.
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).