Photo: DomLemLali · CC BY-SA 4.0One-person households: 44%, a higher share than 93% of Canadian towns
Compared with 35% across Canada’s towns, 20% of residents said they have no religion here. Some 6,774 people live in Plessisville, by the estimate for July 2025. Across Plessisville, just over two in five households rent their home. The median age here is 48, higher than in four fifths of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Plessisville
Many older residents
29% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 90% of Canadian towns; 7.3% are 80 or over, and 44% of households are one person living alone. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
One-person households make up 44%, more than in 93% of Canadian towns, and 29% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
Fewer people than before
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, Plessisville went from 6,551 to 6,414 residents (−2%), slower growth than in 89% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
21% of residents speak English and French, a share 75% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. 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 95%, English 0.5%. Set beside that, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. Fewer residents whose mother tongue is English than in 98% of Canadian towns: 0.7%.
−2% since 2016: slower than 89% of Canadian towns
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 6%. Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Quebec’s towns, +4%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 90% of Canadian towns, at 29%
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
Here nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 11%. For comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Plessisville, 48. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Smaller households than 90% of Canadian towns: 2 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.
For Plessisville, the census puts one-parent families at 7.4%.
In Plessisville, 25% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 88% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
30% of residents 15 and over are married (Canada’s towns: 46%). The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
54% of households live in a single-detached house, below 63% 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
Nearly a third of homes were built before 1961 and 11% in 2001 or later. On average, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys: 0.2%, near enough the figure across Canada’s towns.
The median household brings in $53,200 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
At $53,200, the middle household in Plessisville earned 38% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Quebec’s towns have a median of $74,000. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 27% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
10% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 57% of Canadian towns
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
1.4% of residents are immigrants, against 17% across Canada’s towns. For residents who moved in within the year, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%. Census figures put residents without Canadian citizenship at 4.3% in Plessisville.
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
Across Canada’s towns, the share of Indigenous residents is 2.8%; Plessisville has 0.8%. On visible minority residents, Plessisville sits lower than 69% of Canadian towns: 4.6%.
Plessisville ranks below 90% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 12%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 18%, against 9.5%. Against that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 57% of residents 15 and over had a job
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment here, 57%, matches the middle of Canada’s towns (58%) within a couple of points.
Oldest by rank: 9th of 41 towns of 6,613 to 6,914 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Southern Gulf Islands is the oldest at 61.6, Rhineland the youngest at 27.2. Next to Plessisville on this scale come Willow Park (46.7), The Estates of Rainbow Creek (47.3), Charlemagne (49.2) and Barrington (50).
No nearby town is as old as Plessisville
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plessisville | 6,774 | — | 48 | 29% | 1.4% |
| Plessisville | 2,718 | 2.9 km | 43.6 | 20% | 1.7% |
| Princeville | 6,400 | 10.1 km | 41.2 | 19% | 1.2% |
| Laurierville | 1,368 | 11.5 km | 45.6 | 22% | 0.8% |
| Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska | 1,291 | 13.5 km | 40.4 | 18% | 1.2% |
| Saint-Louis-de-Blandford | 1,066 | 16.0 km | 43.2 | 18% | 0.9% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- 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. The middle of Quebec’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
Questions about Plessisville’s residents
What religion are people in Plessisville?
20% said they have no religion and 80% that they are Christian; 0.3% named another faith.
Is Plessisville good for families?
15% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 45% of households and one-parent families 7.4%. Schools near Plessisville are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Plessisville?
Half of Plessisville’s households had more than $53,200 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Plessisville?
About 6,774, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 6,414 people in Plessisville, 2% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Plessisville?
The median age is 48, older than 80% of Canadian towns. 15% are under 15 and 29% 65 or older.
Is Plessisville bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 21% are. Another 77% speak only French and 0.6% only English, and French is the first language of 94%.
How diverse is Plessisville?
Immigrants: 1.4% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 4.6%. Indigenous identity: 0.8%.
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).