Photo: Dominic Germain · CC BY-SA 3.0Nicolet is older than 91% of Canadian towns: a median age of 52.4
Residents with no religion make up 21%, against 35% across Canada’s towns. By contrast, 38% of households are one person living alone, more than in 85% of Canadian towns. Nicolet is home to some 8,737 people (July 2025 estimate), in 3,750 households at the 2021 Census. In Nicolet, 7.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
What stands out about the people of Nicolet
Older than most towns
The middle resident of Nicolet is 52.4; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 31% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 26% of adults, more than in 89% of Canadian towns, while 27% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
In Nicolet, 27% of residents speak English and French, more than in 78% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. 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
The figure for residents whose mother tongue is English is 0.6% in Nicolet and 66% across Canada’s towns. For comparison, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
From 2016 to 2021, Nicolet outgrew 59% of Canadian towns: +6%
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 1% higher again. Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +4% across Quebec’s towns.
31% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 95% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
60–64 is the most common age band: 8.6% of residents. Children under 15 are rarer here than in 66% of Canadian towns. On average, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Nicolet, 52.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 84 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Nicolet households average 2.1 people, smaller than in 83% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
At 9.1%, the share of one-parent families is in line with the figure across Canada’s towns.
Nicolet sits above 89% of Canadian towns for common-law partners (26%)
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Compared with 46% across Canada’s towns, 27% of residents 15 and over are married here. For common-law partners, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%.
Renter households make up 37% in Nicolet, more than in 70% 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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. In Nicolet, 58% of households live in a single-detached house. Elsewhere, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Median gross household income: $66,000 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Nicolet’s median household took in $66,000 before tax, 23% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Quebec’s towns the median is $74,000. COVID-19 benefits went to 24% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
Nicolet: 12% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, above 59% 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 20%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Where 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns, Nicolet has 1.5%. On top of that, at 0.8%, the share of residents without Canadian citizenship is lower than in 92% of Canadian towns. For residents who moved in within the year, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%.
78% said they are Christian and 21% that they have no religion
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
1.3% of residents belong to a visible minority (Canada’s towns: 15%). Indigenous residents account for 1.8%.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 23%, a lower share than 58% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 13% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. Across Canada’s towns, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.
60% of adults were employed in May 2021
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
60% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
41 towns of 8,534 to 8,951 people: this is the 2nd oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Renfrew is the oldest at 54, Iqaluit the youngest at 32.8. Nearest to Nicolet in age: Drummond/North Elmsley (50.8), Pictou County, Subdivision C (52) and Renfrew (54).
No nearby town is as old as Nicolet
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolet | 8,737 | — | 52.4 | 31% | 1.5% |
| Trois-Rivières | 149,934 | 13.7 km | 47.2 | 26% | 4.5% |
| Bécancour | 14,943 | 14.4 km | 44 | 22% | 1.6% |
| Baie-du-Febvre | 1,023 | 16.0 km | 50.4 | 23% | 3.6% |
| Yamachiche | 2,801 | 19.0 km | 44.8 | 22% | 1.8% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Quebec’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
Questions about Nicolet’s residents
What is the median income in Nicolet?
$66,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Nicolet (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Nicolet?
Statistics Canada estimates 8,737 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 8,620 in Nicolet, 6% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Nicolet?
52.4 is the median age, older than 91% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 15%. 65 and over: 31%.
Is Nicolet bilingual?
27% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 73% speak French only and 0.1% English only. French is the mother tongue of 98%.
How diverse is Nicolet?
Immigrants make up 1.5% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 1.3% are members of a visible minority, and 1.8% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Nicolet?
Christian: 78%. No religion: 21%. Another religion: 0.3%.
Is Nicolet good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 15%. 48% of households are couple families and 9.1% one-parent families. Schools near Nicolet are on its Schools page.
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).