Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Macamic sits below 91% of Canadian towns for residents with no religion (17%)
By its share of children under 15 (19%), Macamic is above four fifths of Canadian towns. Statistics Canada puts the town’s population at 2,698 for July 2025. In Macamic, 22% of residents are 65 or over. Immigrants are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Macamic
Common-law couples
30% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 94% of Canadian towns; 31% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
In Macamic, 16% of residents speak English and French, more than in 71% of Canadian towns
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
Where nearly two thirds of residents have English as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns, Macamic has 0.6%. The wider picture: 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
A change of ±0% since 2016 leaves Macamic behind 79% of Canadian towns
The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Quebec’s towns, by more than +4%. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 2% below the census count.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 84% of Canadian towns: 8.7%
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
No age band is larger than 60–64: nearly one in ten residents. Typically, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. With a median age of 43.6, Macamic is older than 59% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Macamic, 43.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Households here average 2.3 people, below 64% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns, against 30% in Macamic. Here, 8.3% of households are one-parent families.
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
46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns, against 31% in Macamic. Across Canada’s towns, common-law partners come to 11%.
Macamic ranks above 64% of Canadian towns on households in single-detached houses: 74%
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
37% of homes were built before 1961 and 7.9% in 2001 or later. Renter households make up 23%, against 25% across Canada’s towns.
Household income, middle of the range: $73,500 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
Household incomes run lower in Macamic: half had less than $73,500, 15% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Quebec’s towns have a median of $74,000. COVID-19 benefits went to 24% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
In Macamic, 8.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 78% 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 20%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. The usual figure: just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
Indigenous residents make up 4% in Macamic, 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
Visible minority residents: 0.4% here and 15% across Canada’s towns. By way of comparison, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
A smaller share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 99% of Canadian towns: 7.7%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
In work on census day: 54% of adults
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%, above this 54%; 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Of 41 towns its size (2,662 to 2,737 people), the 20th oldest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
They run from Waskaganish, at 25, to Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay, at 60. Closest in median age to Macamic are Plessisville (43.6), Souris (43.6), Highlands (44) and Central River Heights (44.1).
Macamic and its 2 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macamic | 2,698 | — | 43.6 | 22% | 0% |
| La Sarre | 7,199 | 15.8 km | 50.4 | 29% | 0.9% |
| Palmarolle | 1,425 | 17.7 km | 43.6 | 20% | 0.7% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Quebec’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- 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.
Questions about Macamic’s residents
What is the population of Macamic?
Macamic had about 2,698 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 2,744, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Macamic?
A median age of 43.6, older than 59% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 19%, and people 65 and over 22%.
Is Macamic bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 16% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 0% speak only English and 84% only French; 99% grew up with French.
How diverse is Macamic?
0% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 0.4% belong to a visible minority and 4% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Macamic?
82% are Christian and 17% have no religion; 0.5% follow another religion.
Is Macamic good for families?
Under 15: 19% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 56% of households. One-parent families: 8.3%. Schools near Macamic are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Macamic?
The median household in Macamic took in $73,500 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
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).