Photo: Veillg1 · CC0A larger share of renter households than 88% of Canadian towns: 54%
One-parent families: 12% here and 8.2% across Canada’s towns. Saint-Robert counted 9,186 residents and 3,905 households at the 2021 Census. For Saint-Robert, the census puts children under 15 at 18%. Residents with no religion are rarer here than in 63% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Robert
A neighbourhood of renters
54% of households rent their home, more than in 88% of Canadian towns; 56% live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
45% of residents speak English and French, a share 88% of Canadian towns don’t reach
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. 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
Compared with 66% across Canada’s towns, 2.5% of residents have English as their mother tongue here. 9.1% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 0.7% speak neither official language. Elsewhere, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 10% in Saint-Robert, less than in 63% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Where 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns, Saint-Robert has 20%. By contrast, with a median age of 42, Saint-Robert is younger than 51% of Canadian towns. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. The biggest five-year age group is 35–39, with 6.9% of residents.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Saint-Robert, 42. 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.
Above 65% of Canadian towns: 31% of households are one person living alone
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Households average 2.3 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-person households is 27%.
In Saint-Robert, 21% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 85% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Where 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns, Saint-Robert has 33%. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%.
Below 89% of Canadian towns: 21% of households live in a single-detached house
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
The share of households in buildings of five or more storeys tops two thirds of Canadian towns: 2.8%. Typically, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. 11% of homes were built before 1961 and 7.2% in 2001 or later.
A median household income of $70,700 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
At $70,700, the middle household in Saint-Robert earned 18% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Quebec’s towns have a median of $74,000. The pandemic’s benefits: 30% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
Above 56% of Canadian towns: 20% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
Of the immigrants living here, 39% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Africa (40%) and in the Americas (28%). At 9.9%, the share of residents who moved in within the year is lower than in just over three fifths of Canadian towns. For comparison, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns.
Visible minority residents make up 25% in Saint-Robert, more than in 62% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (7.3%). For comparison, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Saint-Robert has fewer Indigenous residents than just over four fifths of Canadian towns, at 1%.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 24% in Saint-Robert, less than in 57% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 15% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
A job for 57% of residents aged 15 and over
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 57%, the share in work is about the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
18th highest median age among 41 towns of 9,016 to 9,364
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest of these towns is Hampton Village, at 32.3; the oldest, Vankleek Hill, is at 52.4. Closest in median age to Saint-Robert are Danforth (41.6), Beaver Bank (42), Booth (42.7) and Fall River (42.9).
Nearby, 2 of 6 towns have older populations than Saint-Robert
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Robert | 9,186 | — | 42 | 20% | 20% |
| Roberval | 2,536 | 1.5 km | 53 | 34% | 20% |
| Laflèche | 19,706 | 1.5 km | 38.7 | 16% | 23% |
| Saint-Jean-Vianney | 13,181 | 1.7 km | 38 | 15% | 24% |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Paul | 8,352 | 2.0 km | 39.5 | 18% | 22% |
| Sacré-Coeur | 20,375 | 2.0 km | 37.1 | 14% | 25% |
| Nouveau Greenfield Park | 6,199 | 2.4 km | 43.9 | 21% | 29% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 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.
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
- The census’s own words. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
Questions about Saint-Robert’s residents
Is Saint-Robert bilingual?
45% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 52% speak French only and 1.8% English only. French is the mother tongue of 77%.
How diverse is Saint-Robert?
20% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 25% belong to a visible minority and 1% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Saint-Robert?
60% are Christian and 31% have no religion; 9.1% follow another religion.
Is Saint-Robert good for families?
Under 15: 18% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 49% of households. One-parent families: 12%. Schools near Saint-Robert are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Robert?
The median household in Saint-Robert took in $70,700 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Saint-Robert?
Saint-Robert had 9,186 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Saint-Robert?
A median age of 42, younger than 51% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 18%, and people 65 and over 20%.
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).