Photo: Benoit Rochon · CC BY-SA 3.0Napierville ranks above 74% of Canadian towns on children under 15: 19%
Households in buildings of five or more storeys: 4.6%, above 72% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census found 1,640 households in Napierville; by July 2025 the population was about 4,187. Locally, 4.4% of residents are immigrants. One in ten households are one-parent families, a higher share than in 80% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Napierville
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 31% of adults, more than in 95% of Canadian towns, while 28% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
In Napierville, 37% of residents speak English and French, more than in 84% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. 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 make up 2.6%, against 66% across Canada’s towns. Elsewhere, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Since 2016, Napierville has changed by +3%, slower than 56% 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
Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +4% across Quebec’s towns.
Napierville is younger than 61% of Canadian towns: a median age of 40.4
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The largest age band is 25–29: 7.2% of residents. Among Quebec’s towns, Centre has the highest share aged 65 or over, at 46%. Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 10%, against 11% across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Napierville, 40.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
One-person households make up 29% in Napierville, more than in 57% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The average household has 2.4 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. The benchmark for one-person households across Canada’s towns: 27%.
Napierville sits above 95% of Canadian towns for common-law partners (31%)
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
The share of married residents 15 and over trails 93% of Canadian towns: 28%. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%.
Napierville: 29% of households rent their home, above 57% 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
35% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 17% built before 1961. For renter households, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 25%. Households in single-detached houses: 62% here and 64% across Canada’s towns.
Households here have a median income of $80,000 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Napierville’s median household took in $80,000 before tax, 7% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $74,000 is the median household income across Quebec’s towns. 31% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
4.4% 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
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (47%) and in Africa (24%). At 2.1%, the share of residents without Canadian citizenship is lower than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. On residents who moved in within the year, 11% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
Napierville ranks below 67% of Canadian towns on residents with no religion: 30%
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
2.1% of residents belong to a visible minority (Canada’s towns: 15%). Indigenous residents are rarer here than in 77% of Canadian towns. Residents with no religion: 35% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
A smaller share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 91% of Canadian towns: 12%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
64% of residents 15 and over were in work
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. 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 64%.
13th lowest median age among 41 towns of 4,118 to 4,258
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
They run from Banff Trail, at 31.7, to Barry's Bay, at 58.4. In age, Napierville keeps company with Anderson Walk (39.9), Crabtree (40.4), Jackson Heights (40.5) and Vermilion (40.8).
A younger town than 5 of the 6 around it: Napierville
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Napierville | 4,187 | — | 40.4 | 20% | 4.4% |
| Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville | 1,786 | 3.6 km | 42.8 | 16% | 2.3% |
| Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu | 2,165 | 8.4 km | 44 | 18% | 2.9% |
| Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur | 1,907 | 8.4 km | 37.2 | 13% | 3.7% |
| Saint-Édouard | 1,438 | 9.8 km | 40.8 | 18% | 1.9% |
| Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington | 1,996 | 10.3 km | 43.2 | 19% | 4.4% |
| Saint-Paul-de-l'Île-aux-Noix | 2,321 | 12.5 km | 49.6 | 23% | 1.9% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- 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 Napierville’s residents
Is Napierville bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 37% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 0.4% speak only English and 63% only French; 95% grew up with French.
How diverse is Napierville?
Immigrants make up 4.4% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 2.1% are members of a visible minority, and 1.2% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Napierville?
Christian: 70%. No religion: 30%. Another religion: 0.1%.
Is Napierville good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 19%. 55% of households are couple families and 10% one-parent families. Schools near Napierville are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Napierville?
$80,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Napierville (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Napierville?
Statistics Canada estimates 4,187 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 4,020 in Napierville, 3% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Napierville?
40.4 is the median age, younger than 61% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 19%. 65 and over: 20%.
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).