Photo: François Lambert · CC BY-SA 3.07.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 95% of Canadian towns
Across Canada’s towns, the share of households in single-detached houses is 64%; L'Avenir has 88%. Statistics Canada puts the town’s population at 1,456 for July 2025. Residents who moved in within the year account for 8.1%. The median age locally is 46.4, higher than in 74% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of L'Avenir
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 30% of adults, more than in 94% of Canadian towns, while 34% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
L'Avenir sits above 79% of Canadian towns for bilingual residents (28%)
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
Set against 66% across Canada’s towns, 1.9% of residents have English as their mother tongue in L'Avenir. The wider picture: 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
L'Avenir changed by +3% from 2016 to 2021, behind 55% of Canadian towns
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 8%. Across Canada’s towns, the typical town changed +4%; across Quebec’s towns, +4%.
Above 68% of Canadian towns: 22% of residents are 65 or over
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The largest age band is 60–64: 9.6% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. More children under 15 than in 61% of Canadian towns: 17%. The usual figure: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women.
L'Avenir households average 2.3 people, smaller than in 64% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Compared with 8.2% across Canada’s towns, 4.7% of households are one-parent families here. The share of one-person households stands at 26%.
In L'Avenir, 30% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 94% 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: 23% of adults, against a typical 27%. In L'Avenir, 34% of residents 15 and over are married. Across Canada’s towns, common-law partners come to 11%.
L'Avenir ranks below 64% of Canadian towns on renter households: 19%
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Across the comparison, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. 27% of homes were built before 1961 and 17% in 2001 or later.
A median household income of $72,000 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in L'Avenir: half had less than $72,000, 16% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Quebec’s towns the median is $74,000. 27% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
3.6% 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 20%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Across Canada’s towns, 17% of residents are immigrants; in L'Avenir, 3.6%. Most immigrants were born in Europe (67%) or in the Americas (22%). Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns.
33% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 58% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
With Indigenous residents at 1.2%, L'Avenir is behind 77% of Canadian towns on that count. Locally, 0.8% of residents belong to a visible minority. Across Canada’s towns, residents with no religion come to 35%.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 11%, a lower share than 92% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 19% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Elsewhere, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
65% of residents 15 and over were in work
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
More people work here than in the typical town: 65%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
L'Avenir and its 6 nearest towns: 2 of them are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L'Avenir | 1,456 | — | 46.4 | 22% | 3.6% |
| Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey | 1,550 | 7.5 km | 46.4 | 22% | 1.3% |
| Saint-Lucien | 1,941 | 11.8 km | 44 | 18% | 1.7% |
| Durham-Sud | 1,041 | 13.0 km | 42 | 21% | 2.9% |
| Wickham | 2,745 | 14.8 km | 39.2 | 16% | 1.5% |
| Richmond | 3,419 | 17.5 km | 48.8 | 27% | 1.9% |
| Cleveland | 1,624 | 17.5 km | 53.2 | 32% | 1.1% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- 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.
Questions about L'Avenir’s residents
What is the average age in L'Avenir?
A median age of 46.4. Children under 15 make up 17%, and people 65 and over 22%.
Is L'Avenir bilingual?
28% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 72% speak French only and 0.4% English only. French is the mother tongue of 96%.
How diverse is L'Avenir?
3.6% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 0.8% belong to a visible minority and 1.2% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in L'Avenir?
67% are Christian and 33% have no religion; 0.8% follow another religion.
Is L'Avenir good for families?
Under 15: 17% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 62% of households. One-parent families: 4.7%. Schools near L'Avenir are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in L'Avenir?
The median household in L'Avenir took in $72,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of L'Avenir?
L'Avenir had about 1,456 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 1,350, 3% more than 2016.
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).