Older than 92% of Canadian towns: half of Roberval is over 53
Here 13% of residents are under 15, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 16%. At 21%, the share of residents with no religion is lower than in 84% of Canadian towns. Roberval had 2,536 residents in 1,050 households at the 2021 Census. Across Roberval, 11% of households live in a building of five or more storeys.
What stands out about the people of Roberval
A bilingual neighbourhood
Both official languages: 53% of residents speak English and French, more than in 91% of Canadian towns. Another 45% speak only French and 2% only English. English & French ↓
Older than most towns
The middle resident of Roberval is 53; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 34% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
41% of households are one person living alone, more than in 89% of Canadian towns; 34% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Roberval sits above 91% of Canadian towns for bilingual residents (53%)
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated 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
Where 66% of residents have English as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns, Roberval has 2.5%. Across the comparison, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. At home, 9.9% mostly speak another language; 0.7% speak neither English nor French.
More residents aged 65 and over than 97% of Canadian towns: 34%
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.7%, Roberval is behind 84% of Canadian towns on that count. By way of comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Roberval, 53. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 83 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
More one-person households than 89% of Canadian towns: 41%
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Households in Roberval hold 2.1 people on average (Canada’s towns: 2.4). Census figures put one-parent families at 7.7% in the neighbourhood. Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-person households is 27%.
In Roberval, 17% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 81% 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
24% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. By way of comparison, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Households in single-detached houses: 31%, a lower share than 83% 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
43% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 0.9% built before 1961. Few places have as many renter households: 39% here, more than in 73% of Canadian towns. For comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
The middle household earns $74,100 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
At $74,100, the middle household in Roberval earned 14% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Quebec’s towns have a median of $74,000. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 23% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 69% of Canadian towns: 9.2%
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 25%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Recent arrivals are 32% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. The census found that a fifth of residents are immigrants in Roberval. At 8.4%, the share of residents without Canadian citizenship is higher than in 62% of Canadian towns.
Above 57% of Canadian towns: 21% 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
Other faiths: Muslim (8.6%). 0.9% of residents have an Indigenous identity, a lower share than in 83% of Canadian towns. Visible minority residents: 15% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
35% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 64% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
9.9% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%). The usual figure: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 57%
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.
Employment here, 57%, matches the middle of Canada’s towns (58%) within a couple of points.
Oldest by rank: 9th of 41 towns of 2,500 to 2,588 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The youngest is City Commercial Core (32.7) and the oldest North Frontenac (61.6). East Preston (50.7), Nanton (52.8), Macassa (53.2) and Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards (54): the towns nearest Roberval in median age.
Every nearby town is younger than Roberval
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roberval | 2,536 | — | 53 | 34% | 20% |
| Zone Aéroportuaire | 3,588 | 1.2 km | 37.2 | 15% | 18% |
| Saint-Robert | 9,186 | 1.5 km | 42 | 20% | 20% |
| Sacré-Coeur | 20,375 | 2.1 km | 37.1 | 14% | 25% |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Paul | 8,352 | 2.7 km | 39.5 | 18% | 22% |
| Parcours-du-Cerf - Du Tremblay | 21,776 | 2.7 km | 43.8 | 19% | 18% |
| Maricourt | 14,407 | 2.9 km | 42.8 | 18% | 20% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. For each measure we take the median of Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Roberval’s residents
Is Roberval bilingual?
English and French: 53% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 2%. French only: 45%. French mother tongue: 74%.
How diverse is Roberval?
Immigrants: 20% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 21%. Indigenous identity: 0.9%.
What religion are people in Roberval?
21% said they have no religion and 67% that they are Christian; 12% named another faith.
Is Roberval good for families?
13% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 47% of households and one-parent families 7.7%. Schools near Roberval are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Roberval?
Half of Roberval’s households had more than $74,100 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Roberval?
The 2021 Census counted 2,536 people in Roberval.
What is the average age in Roberval?
The median age is 53, older than 92% of Canadian towns. 13% are under 15 and 34% 65 or older.
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).