Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0Half of Pierreville is over 51.6, older than 89% of Canadian towns
Here a fifth of residents said they have no religion, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 35%. The census found that 7.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Pierreville. The town has fewer residents who moved in within the year than 86% of Canadian towns, at 7.6%. About 2,154 people lived in the town in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates.
What stands out about the people of Pierreville
Older than most towns
Half of Pierreville’s residents are under 51.6 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 28% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
One-person households make up 40%, more than in 89% of Canadian towns, and 28% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Pierreville sits above 74% of Canadian towns for bilingual residents (20%)
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: French 99%, English 0.5%. As a reference point, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. Fewer residents whose mother tongue is English than in 95% of Canadian towns: 1%.
Pierreville changed by −2% from 2016 to 2021, slower than 88% 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
For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +4% across Quebec’s towns.
28% of residents are 65 or over, a share 89% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The share of children under 15 trails two thirds of Canadian towns: 15%. 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.
In Pierreville, 40% of households are one person living alone, more than in 89% of Canadian towns
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.
Across Canada’s towns, couple families are 53% of households and one-parent families 8.2%; here, 45% and 9.5%. One-person households: 27% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. On average, 2 people share a household.
Pierreville ranks above 88% of Canadian towns on common-law partners: 25%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
31% of residents 15 and over are married; across Canada’s towns the figure is 46%. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%.
Pierreville: 77% of households live in a single-detached house, above 69% of Canadian towns
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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. Locally, 31% of households rent their home. Against that, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
The middle household earns $51,200 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Pierreville’s median household took in $51,200 before tax, 40% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Quebec’s towns: $74,000. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 27% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
0.7% of residents are immigrants
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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
Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Against a figure of 17% across Canada’s towns, the share of immigrants in Pierreville comes in at 0.7%.
80% said they are Christian and 20% that they have no religion
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Indigenous residents: 2.1% of the total.
Only 8% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher in Pierreville
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 22%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. As a yardstick, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 52% of adults
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 52%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 28% are 65 or over.
Pierreville is younger than 2 of its 6 nearest neighbours
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierreville | 2,154 | — | 51.6 | 28% | 0.7% |
| Saint-François-du-Lac | 1,927 | 1.6 km | 53.2 | 28% | 0.5% |
| Baie-du-Febvre | 1,023 | 8.4 km | 50.4 | 23% | 3.6% |
| Yamaska | 1,815 | 11.4 km | 49.2 | 27% | 1.5% |
| Saint-Robert | 1,846 | 16.0 km | 47.2 | 21% | 0.6% |
| Saint-Bonaventure | 1,086 | 16.6 km | 40.8 | 18% | 0.9% |
| Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel | 2,770 | 18.6 km | 54 | 30% | 2% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
- 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.
Questions about Pierreville’s residents
How diverse is Pierreville?
Immigrants make up 0.7% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 0% are members of a visible minority, and 2.1% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Pierreville?
Christian: 80%. No religion: 20%. Another religion: 0%.
Is Pierreville good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 15%. 45% of households are couple families and 9.5% one-parent families. Schools near Pierreville are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Pierreville?
$51,200 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Pierreville (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Pierreville?
Statistics Canada estimates 2,154 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 2,104 in Pierreville, 2% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Pierreville?
51.6 is the median age. Under 15: 15%. 65 and over: 28%.
Is Pierreville bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 20% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 0% speak only English and 80% only French; 98% grew up with French.
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).