Photo: Anne Dieu-Le-Veut · CC BY-SA 4.0In Pointe-aux-Outardes, 5.5% of households rent their home, fewer than in 98% of Canadian towns
In Pointe-aux-Outardes, 6.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, beside 11% across Canada’s towns. By contrast, the median age here is 47.6, higher than in 79% of Canadian towns. Statistics Canada puts the town’s population at 1,447 for July 2025. Immigrants account for 1.1%.
What stands out about the people of Pointe-aux-Outardes
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 37% of adults, more than in 99% of Canadian towns, while 28% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Bilingual residents make up 19% in Pointe-aux-Outardes, more than in 73% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: French 100%, English 0.4%. Residents whose mother tongue is English are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Elsewhere, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
A +8% change since 2016: faster than 71% of Canadian towns
Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, Statistics Canada’s estimate had barely moved. Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +4% across Quebec’s towns.
Pointe-aux-Outardes sits below 84% of Canadian towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (8.7%)
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
No age band is larger than 55–59: just over one in ten residents, 1.7 times the share across Canada’s towns. Across Pointe-aux-Outardes, a fifth of residents are 65 or over. Typically, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Smaller households than 74% of Canadian towns: 2.2 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.
The figure for one-parent families is 4.7% in Pointe-aux-Outardes and 8.2% across Canada’s towns. At 31%, the share of one-person households is higher than in 64% of Canadian towns.
Pointe-aux-Outardes: 37% of residents 15 and over live common-law, above 99% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Just over a quarter of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. At 28%, the share of married residents 15 and over is lower than in 91% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, common-law partners come to 11%.
Pointe-aux-Outardes ranks above 97% of Canadian towns on households in single-detached houses: 95%
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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
Newer homes outnumber old: 11% date from 2001 or later, 11% from before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of households in single-detached houses is 64%.
The midpoint household income is $85,000 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Pointe-aux-Outardes had $85,000 before tax, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within Quebec’s towns, the household in the middle had $74,000. Pandemic benefits reached 25% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
1.1% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
0.7% of residents are not Canadian citizens; across Canada’s towns the figure is 5.8%.
Below 85% of Canadian towns: 21% of residents said they have no religion
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
3.9% of residents have an Indigenous identity; across Canada’s towns the figure is 2.8%. Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Elsewhere, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
17% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 76% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 8.8% (typical 9.5%). To put it in context, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
56% of adults were employed in May 2021
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 56%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 20% are 65 or over.
The towns around Pointe-aux-Outardes are all older
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pointe-aux-Outardes | 1,447 | — | 47.6 | 20% | 1.1% |
| Chute-aux-Outardes | 1,406 | 2.8 km | 52.8 | 25% | 0% |
| Ragueneau | 1,287 | 8.1 km | 53.6 | 28% | 1.5% |
| Pointe-Lebel | 1,800 | 8.4 km | 49.2 | 22% | 0.6% |
| Baie-Comeau | 20,660 | 17.1 km | 48.4 | 23% | 1.4% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
- 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.
Questions about Pointe-aux-Outardes’s residents
What is the average age in Pointe-aux-Outardes?
The median age is 47.6. 15% are under 15 and 20% 65 or older.
Is Pointe-aux-Outardes bilingual?
English and French: 19% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 0%. French only: 81%. French mother tongue: 99%.
How diverse is Pointe-aux-Outardes?
Immigrants: 1.1% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 0%. Indigenous identity: 3.9%.
What religion are people in Pointe-aux-Outardes?
21% said they have no religion and 79% that they are Christian; 0.3% named another faith.
Is Pointe-aux-Outardes good for families?
15% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 60% of households and one-parent families 4.7%. Schools near Pointe-aux-Outardes are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Pointe-aux-Outardes?
Half of Pointe-aux-Outardes’s households had more than $85,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Pointe-aux-Outardes?
About 1,447, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,434 people in Pointe-aux-Outardes, 8% more than 2016.
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).