Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Older than 99% of Canadian towns: half of Nominingue is over 61.6
The share of children under 15 trails 98% of Canadian towns: 8%. More households in single-detached houses than in 87% of Canadian towns: 89%. Nominingue is home to some 2,290 people (July 2025 estimate), in 1,180 households at the 2021 Census. Across Nominingue, nearly two in five households are one person living alone.
What stands out about the people of Nominingue
Older than most towns
Line Nominingue’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 61.6; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 40% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Nominingue sits above 84% of Canadian towns for bilingual residents (36%)
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
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 2.2% in Nominingue and 66% across Canada’s towns. The wider picture: 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
+6% since 2016, a pace 59% of Canadian towns didn’t match
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +4% across Quebec’s towns. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 2%.
In Nominingue, 40% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 99% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Here 4.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 11%. As a reference point, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women.
Smaller households than 94% of Canadian towns: 1.9 people on average
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.
4.7% of households are one-parent families; across Canada’s towns the figure is 8.2%.
In Nominingue, 24% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 87% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns, against 36% in Nominingue. The share of common-law partners across Canada’s towns is 11%.
Nominingue sits below 63% of Canadian towns for renter households (20%)
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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. For comparison, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. 26% of homes were built before 1961 and 22% in 2001 or later.
Median household income here: $56,800 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
At $56,800, the middle household in Nominingue earned 34% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The provincial yardstick is $74,000, the median across Quebec’s towns. The pandemic’s benefits: 20% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
Residents who moved in within the year: 9.8%, a lower share than 62% of Canadian towns
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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
Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (50%), then in the Americas (25%). To put it in context, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Compared with other places, residents without Canadian citizenship are scarce here: 0.5%, fewer than in 96% of Canadian towns. The share of immigrants trails 90% of Canadian towns: 3%.
Nominingue sits below 82% of Canadian towns for residents with no religion (22%)
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Where 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns, Nominingue has 1.4%. Higher than in 72% of Canadian towns: 5.3% of residents have an Indigenous identity. The share of residents with no religion across Canada’s towns is 35%.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 12%, a lower share than 92% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 23% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. By way of comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 37% of residents 15 and over had a job
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 37%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 40% of residents are 65 or over.
Nearby, 1 of 2 towns have older populations than Nominingue
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominingue | 2,290 | — | 61.6 | 40% | 3% |
| Rivière-Rouge | 4,882 | 10.5 km | 58 | 34% | 1.8% |
| La Minerve | 1,492 | 15.7 km | 62 | 39% | 2.9% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
Questions about Nominingue’s residents
Is Nominingue good for families?
8% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 49% of households and one-parent families 4.7%. Schools near Nominingue are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Nominingue?
Half of Nominingue’s households had more than $56,800 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Nominingue?
About 2,290, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 2,255 people in Nominingue, 6% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Nominingue?
The median age is 61.6. 8% are under 15 and 40% 65 or older.
Is Nominingue bilingual?
36% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 64% speak French only and 0.4% English only. French is the mother tongue of 95%.
How diverse is Nominingue?
Immigrants: 3% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 1.4%. Indigenous identity: 5.3%.
What religion are people in Nominingue?
22% said they have no religion and 76% that they are Christian; 1.3% named another faith.
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).