Photo: Anonymous Unknown author · Public domainMont-Joli is older than 91% of Canadian towns: a median age of 52.8
Where 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns, Mont-Joli has 0.4%. Some 6,492 people live locally, by the estimate for July 2025. Across Mont-Joli, 15% of residents said they have no religion. On renter households, Mont-Joli sits higher than 78% of Canadian towns: 42%.
What stands out about the people of Mont-Joli
Older than most towns
Line Mont-Joli’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 52.8; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 30% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
44% of households are one person living alone, more than in 93% of Canadian towns; 30% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
In Mont-Joli, 17% of residents speak English and French, more than in 71% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. 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
Set against 66% across Canada’s towns, 0.7% of residents have English as their mother tongue in Mont-Joli. Across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents is 7.5%.
Slower than most: +2% since 2016, behind 67% of Canadian towns
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +4% across Quebec’s towns.
30% of residents are 65 or over, a share 92% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 (Canada’s towns: 11%). Across the comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Mont-Joli, 52.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Mont-Joli ranks above 93% of Canadian towns on one-person households: 44%
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Households in Mont-Joli hold 2 people on average (Canada’s towns: 2.4). Higher than in 64% of Canadian towns: 9.2% of households are one-parent families. Measured more widely, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Below 96% of Canadian towns: 25% of residents 15 and over are married
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns, against 25% in Mont-Joli.
Fewer households in single-detached houses than 66% of Canadian towns: 52%
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. 40% of homes were built before 1961 and 5.9% in 2001 or later. Set beside that, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Median gross household income: $51,600 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
At $51,600, the middle household in Mont-Joli earned 40% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $74,000 is the median household income across Quebec’s towns. The pandemic’s benefits: 24% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
0.4% of residents are immigrants
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
Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Locally, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
3.1% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 53% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
By its share of visible minority residents (0.9%), Mont-Joli is below 96% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of Indigenous residents is 2.8%.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 12%, a lower share than 91% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 21% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. Typically, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 45% 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. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 45%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 30% of residents are 65 or over.
41 towns of 6,400 to 6,577 people: this is the 4th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
They run from City View, at 33.5, to Pictou County, Subdivision A, at 54.4. Nearest to Mont-Joli in age: Pictou County, Subdivision B (51.6), Kings County, Subdivision D (52.8), Battlefield (53.1) and Tweed (53.6).
Mont-Joli is older than every town around it
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mont-Joli | 6,492 | — | 52.8 | 30% | 0.4% |
| Price | 1,701 | 5.6 km | 45.2 | 24% | 0% |
| Sainte-Angèle-de-Mérici | 1,005 | 11.9 km | 46.8 | 23% | 0% |
| Sainte-Luce | 2,808 | 12.4 km | 48.8 | 24% | 1.4% |
| Saint-Gabriel-de-Rimouski | 1,239 | 18.7 km | 42.8 | 22% | 1.3% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. 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-Joli’s residents
Is Mont-Joli bilingual?
17% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 83% speak French only and 0.1% English only. French is the mother tongue of 99%.
How diverse is Mont-Joli?
Immigrants make up 0.4% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 0.9% are members of a visible minority, and 3.1% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Mont-Joli?
Christian: 85%. No religion: 15%. Another religion: 0.4%.
Is Mont-Joli good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 14%. 43% of households are couple families and 9.2% one-parent families. Schools near Mont-Joli are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Mont-Joli?
$51,600 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Mont-Joli (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Mont-Joli?
Statistics Canada estimates 6,492 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 6,384 in Mont-Joli, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Mont-Joli?
52.8 is the median age, older than 91% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 14%. 65 and over: 30%.
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).