Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.038% of households are one person living alone, a share 84% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Renter households make up 42%, against 25% across Canada’s towns. Few places have as many children under 15: 20% here, more than in 81% of Canadian towns. Malartic had about 3,506 residents in July 2025, by Statistics Canada’s estimate, and 1,480 households at the 2021 Census. For Malartic, the census puts immigrants at 2%.
What stands out about the people of Malartic
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 30% of adults, more than in 94% of Canadian towns, while 25% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Malartic: 27% of residents speak English and French, above 79% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Residents whose mother tongue is English: 2.8%, below 90% of Canadian towns. Across the comparison, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Malartic changed by −1% from 2016 to 2021, slower than 83% 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
For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +4% across Quebec’s towns. The July 2025 estimate adds another 5%.
Younger than 61% of Canadian towns: half of Malartic is under 40.4
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents. Among Quebec’s towns, Centre has the highest share aged 65 or over, at 46%. 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Malartic, 40.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
2.2 people per household, fewer than in 74% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
9.8% of households are one-parent families, against 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
Common-law partners make up 30% in Malartic, more than in 94% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 31% of adults (typical: 27%). A quarter of residents 15 and over are married, a lower share than in 96% of Canadian towns. Common-law partners: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
Households in single-detached houses: 47%, a lower share than 72% of Canadian towns
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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 Canada’s towns, households in single-detached houses come to 64%.
$69,500 a year: where the middle household sits
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Malartic’s households had a total income below $69,500, 19% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Quebec’s towns the median is $74,000. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 31% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
9.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 62% of Canadian towns
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
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
0.5% of residents are not Canadian citizens; across Canada’s towns the figure is 5.8%. By way of comparison, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
A smaller share of residents with no religion than 77% of Canadian towns: 25%
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns, against 4.5% in Malartic. The comparison figure for residents with no religion is 35% across Canada’s towns. Visible minority residents: 3.1% of the total.
A smaller share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 99% of Canadian towns: 7.6%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 27% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%.
61% of residents 15 and over were in work
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 61%.
In its size band (3,439 to 3,574), the 15th youngest of 41 towns
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
At one end is Richfield (33.5), at the other Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap (61.2). Sakaw (39.3), Saint-Isidore (40.4), Saint-Gilles (40.8) and Thurso (41.6): the towns nearest Malartic in median age.
Malartic is younger than every town around it
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are. Malartic has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 7–49 km out.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malartic | 3,506 | — | 40.4 | 19% | 2% |
| Rivière-Héva | 1,567 | 6.9 km | 46.8 | 18% | 1.7% |
| Val-d'Or | 33,353 | 24.7 km | 43.2 | 20% | 2.3% |
| Amos | 12,773 | 48.5 km | 44.4 | 22% | 1.5% |
| Barraute | 1,939 | 49.4 km | 46.8 | 23% | 1.8% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- What these tables don’t give. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- 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.
Questions about Malartic’s residents
What is the population of Malartic?
About 3,506, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 3,355 people in Malartic, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Malartic?
The median age is 40.4, younger than 61% of Canadian towns. 20% are under 15 and 19% 65 or older.
Is Malartic bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 27% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 0.5% speak only English and 72% only French; 94% grew up with French.
How diverse is Malartic?
Immigrants: 2% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 3.1%. Indigenous identity: 4.5%.
What religion are people in Malartic?
25% said they have no religion and 74% that they are Christian; 1.1% named another faith.
Is Malartic good for families?
20% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 47% of households and one-parent families 9.8%. Schools near Malartic are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Malartic?
Half of Malartic’s households had more than $69,500 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
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).