Photo: Calvin411 · CC BY-SA 4.0A median age of 34.2: Grenet is younger than 93% of Canadian towns
Residents without Canadian citizenship: 31%, above 99% of Canadian towns. Renter households: 68% of the total. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are common here: 14%, more than in 88% of Canadian towns. There were 4,490 households in Grenet at the 2021 Census, home to 12,580 people.
What stands out about the people of Grenet
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 54% of residents; the medians are 4.2% across Quebec’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (48%), then in Africa (32%), and 41% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A mix of backgrounds
81% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 97% of Canadian towns; 54% are immigrants. Identity & religion ↓
A bilingual neighbourhood
47% of residents can hold a conversation in both English and French, more than in 89% of Canadian towns; 26% speak French only and 22% English only. English & French ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Grenet’s residents are under 34.2 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 22% are under 15 and 11% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
47% of residents speak English and French, more than in 89% 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
At home, 35% mostly speak another language; 5.8% speak neither English nor French. 13% of residents have English as their mother tongue, a lower share than in 83% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, 7.5% of residents speak English and French.
11% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 90% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Children under 15: 22%, above 91% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, 19% of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Grenet, 34.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
In Grenet, 13% of households are one-parent families, more than in 94% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Shared houses stand out: one in ten households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 96% of Canadian towns. The comparison figure for one-parent families is 8.2% across Canada’s towns. On average, 2.8 people share a household. Set against 27% across Canada’s towns, 25% of households are one person living alone in Grenet.
Grenet ranks below 85% of Canadian towns on common-law partners: 6.2%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
In Grenet, 44% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 46% across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners make up 11% across Canada’s towns.
Grenet ranks below 93% of Canadian towns on households in single-detached houses: 10%
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
13% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. Here, 16% of households live in a building of five or more storeys. Typically, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Median household income here: $66,600 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Grenet’s median household took in $66,600 before tax, 23% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Quebec’s towns, half of households had more than $74,000 before tax. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 40% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
54% of residents are immigrants, more than in 95% 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 65%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Recent arrivals are 41% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (48%), then in Africa (32%). At 12%, the share of residents who moved in within the year is higher than in just over three fifths of Canadian towns. On average, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns.
More visible minority residents than 97% of Canadian towns: 81%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (26%), Buddhist (6.4%), Hindu (5.4%) and Sikh (2%). 18% of residents said they have no religion, a lower share than in 90% of Canadian towns. To put it in context, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns.
Grenet sits above 65% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (36%)
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
16% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 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. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
57% of residents 15 and over have a job, in line with the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
The 2nd youngest of 41 towns of 12,291 to 12,808 people
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Median ages here range from 32.9 in Spring Valley to 60.4 in Elliot Lake. Nearest to Grenet in age: Spring Valley (32.9), New Springbrook (34.7) and Regent Park (35.1).
Grenet is younger than every town around it
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grenet | 12,580 | — | 34.2 | 11% | 54% |
| Dutrisac | 10,643 | 0.9 km | 42.8 | 22% | 47% |
| Du College/Hodge | 22,329 | 1.8 km | 39.8 | 17% | 50% |
| Chameran/Montpellier | 21,170 | 1.8 km | 38.2 | 18% | 64% |
| Nouveau-Bordeaux | 30,171 | 1.8 km | 42.5 | 21% | 55% |
| Bois-Francs | 35,858 | 1.8 km | 39.9 | 16% | 46% |
| Cartierville | 24,617 | 2.0 km | 39.4 | 18% | 48% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
- 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. 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. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
Questions about Grenet’s residents
Is Grenet good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 22%. 45% of households are couple families and 13% one-parent families. Schools near Grenet are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Grenet?
$66,600 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Grenet (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Grenet?
The 2021 Census counted 12,580 people in Grenet.
What is the average age in Grenet?
34.2 is the median age, younger than 93% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 22%. 65 and over: 11%.
Is Grenet bilingual?
English and French: 47% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 22%. French only: 26%. French mother tongue: 25%.
How diverse is Grenet?
Immigrants make up 54% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 81% are members of a visible minority, and 0% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Grenet?
Christian: 40%. No religion: 18%. Another religion: 42%.
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).