Photo: Miguel Tremblay · CC0Half of Mont-Carmel is over 54, older than 93% of Canadian towns
Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns, against 6% in Mont-Carmel. The 2021 Census found 535 households here; by July 2025 the population was about 1,191. The share of households in single-detached houses stands at 94%. Compared with other places, residents who moved in within the year are scarce here: 6.3%, fewer than in 95% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Mont-Carmel
Older than most towns
The middle resident of Mont-Carmel is 54; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 31% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Common-law couples
31% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 95% of Canadian towns; 33% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Above 70% of Canadian towns: 16% of residents speak English and French
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Residents whose mother tongue is English: 0.4%, below 99% of Canadian towns. Typically, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Mont-Carmel changed by +3% from 2016 to 2021, behind 58% of Canadian towns
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Quebec’s towns, by more than +4%.
Mont-Carmel ranks above 93% of Canadian towns on residents aged 65 and over: 31%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The share of children under 15 is 15%, against 16% across Canada’s towns. By way of comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
2.1 people per household, fewer than in 83% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
With one-person households at 35%, Mont-Carmel is ahead of 77% of Canadian towns on that count. One-parent families: 6.5% of the total.
A larger share of common-law partners than 95% of Canadian towns: 31%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: nearly a quarter of adults, against a typical 27%. On average, just over one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
In Mont-Carmel, 16% of households rent their home, fewer than in 72% of Canadian towns
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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. The usual figure: 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. 57% of homes were built before 1961 and 13% in 2001 or later.
Half of households earn more than $58,000 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Mont-Carmel’s, at $58,000, is 33% lower. $74,000 is the median household income across Quebec’s towns. In 2020, 20% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
1.8% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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
Where 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns, Mont-Carmel has 1.8%. Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns.
Residents with no religion: 16%, a lower share than 93% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
0.9% of residents belong to a visible minority; across Canada’s towns the figure is 15%. Across Canada’s towns, just over a third of residents said they have no religion. In Mont-Carmel, 2.3% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
Mont-Carmel ranks below 89% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 13%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 19%, against 9.5%. The usual figure: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 47% of residents aged 15 and over
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
With 31% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 47% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Mont-Carmel sits below 2 of its 5 closest neighbours on median age
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mont-Carmel | 1,191 | — | 54 | 31% | 1.8% |
| Saint-Pacôme | 1,540 | 8.9 km | 60.8 | 40% | 1% |
| Saint-Pascal | 3,516 | 13.0 km | 52.8 | 32% | 1.4% |
| Rivière-Ouelle | 1,014 | 13.7 km | 54.8 | 31% | 1% |
| Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière | 1,635 | 14.1 km | 50.4 | 25% | 0% |
| La Pocatière | 4,206 | 15.7 km | 50.4 | 29% | 1.4% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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 Mont-Carmel’s residents
What religion are people in Mont-Carmel?
Christian: 84%. No religion: 16%. Another religion: 0.4%.
Is Mont-Carmel good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 15%. 54% of households are couple families and 6.5% one-parent families. Schools near Mont-Carmel are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Mont-Carmel?
$58,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Mont-Carmel (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Mont-Carmel?
Statistics Canada estimates 1,191 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 1,160 in Mont-Carmel, 3% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Mont-Carmel?
54 is the median age. Under 15: 15%. 65 and over: 31%.
Is Mont-Carmel bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 16% are. Another 84% speak only French and 0% only English, and French is the first language of 98%.
How diverse is Mont-Carmel?
Immigrants make up 1.8% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 0.9% are members of a visible minority, and 2.3% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
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).