Photo: Félix Mathieu-Bégin · CC BY-SA 4.0Above 91% of Canadian towns: 61% of households rent their home
Half of Guybourg’s residents are under 38.5, younger than in 73% of Canadian towns. Residents who moved in within the year account for 17%. The neighbourhood had 3,554 residents in 1,705 households at the 2021 Census. A household here has 2.1 people on average; across Canada’s towns, 2.4.
What stands out about the people of Guybourg
A bilingual neighbourhood
48% of residents can hold a conversation in both English and French, more than in 89% of Canadian towns; 48% speak French only and 2.5% English only. English & French ↓
A neighbourhood of renters
61% of households rent their home, more than in 91% of Canadian towns; 85% live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Many people living alone
40% of households are one person living alone, more than in 88% of Canadian towns; 13% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
48% of residents speak English and French, a share 89% of Canadian towns don’t reach
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
3.5% of residents have English as their mother tongue, against 66% across Canada’s towns. Bilingual residents make up 7.5% across Canada’s towns. At home: French 79%, English 4.9%.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 82% of Canadian towns: 13%
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The biggest five-year age group is 25–29, with one in ten residents, 1.8 times the share across Canada’s towns. By way of comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 9.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Guybourg, 38.5. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women.
Guybourg sits above 88% of Canadian towns for one-person households (40%)
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Set against 8.2% across Canada’s towns, one in ten households are one-parent families in Guybourg. One-person households make up 27% across Canada’s towns.
Married residents 15 and over make up 24% in Guybourg, less than in 97% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over live common-law (Canada’s towns: 11%). Single and never married: two in five adults, against a typical 27%.
12% of households live in a single-detached house, below 93% of Canadian towns
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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
10% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. As a reference point, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. The census found that 0.3% of households live in a building of five or more storeys in Guybourg.
The median household brings in $64,000 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
The middle household in Guybourg had $64,000 before tax, 26% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The provincial yardstick is $74,000, the median across Quebec’s towns. Pandemic benefits reached 34% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
In Guybourg, 13% of residents are not Canadian citizens, more than in 76% of Canadian towns
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 25%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Here nearly a fifth of residents are immigrants, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 17%. Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents without Canadian citizenship is 5.8%. Immigrants here were most often born in the Americas (34%), then in Africa (34%).
31% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 69% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Set against 2.8% across Canada’s towns, 1% of residents have an Indigenous identity in Guybourg. For comparison, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Other faiths: Muslim (5.8%).
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 26% in Guybourg, less than in 52% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 12% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. On average, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 63% of adults
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 63%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Youngest by rank: 11th of 41 towns of 3,497 to 3,611 people
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
They run from Opportunity No. 17, at 31.2, to Electoral Area D (Rural Grand Forks), Kootenay Boundary, at 57.6. Closest in median age to Guybourg are Bifrost-Riverton (38), Mactaggart (38.4), Downtown East Village (38.7) and Bridgeview (38.8).
4 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Guybourg
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guybourg | 3,554 | — | 38.5 | 13% | 19% |
| Longue-Pointe | 20,337 | 1.4 km | 42.8 | 23% | 26% |
| Maisonneuve | 20,651 | 2.0 km | 36.9 | 12% | 17% |
| Louis-Riel | 19,647 | 2.9 km | 43.1 | 22% | 34% |
| Beaurivage | 13,574 | 2.9 km | 40.3 | 16% | 17% |
| Fatima | 6,213 | 3.0 km | 43.8 | 21% | 15% |
| Hochelaga | 11,355 | 3.2 km | 34.5 | 9.5% | 16% |
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. For each measure we take the median of Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Built up from dissemination areas: Statistics Canada stops at the municipality. Rounded counts are added together and medians estimated from the published groups. The 2016 areas don’t line up with these, so the change since 2016 isn’t shown.
Questions about Guybourg’s residents
What is the median income in Guybourg?
The median household in Guybourg took in $64,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Guybourg?
3,554, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Guybourg alone.
What is the average age in Guybourg?
A median age of 38.5, younger than 73% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 15%, and people 65 and over 13%.
Is Guybourg bilingual?
48% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 48% speak French only and 2.5% English only. French is the mother tongue of 74%.
How diverse is Guybourg?
19% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 31% belong to a visible minority and 1% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Guybourg?
56% are Christian and 34% have no religion; 10% follow another religion.
Is Guybourg good for families?
Under 15: 15% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 39% of households. One-parent families: 9.9%. Schools near Guybourg are on its Schools page.
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).