Photo: Dicklyon · CC BY-SA 4.0A higher share of children under 15 than 91% of Canadian towns, at 22%
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 12%, against 19% across Canada’s towns. 1.4% of residents have an Indigenous identity. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census found 745 households in Pointe-des-Cascades; by July 2025 the population was about 1,867.
What stands out about the people of Pointe-des-Cascades
A bilingual town
62% of residents can hold a conversation in both English and French, more than in 96% of Canadian towns; 33% speak French only and 4.8% English only. English & French ↓
Growing faster than most
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, Pointe-des-Cascades went from 1,481 to 1,775 residents (+20%), faster growth than in 96% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
A town of families
Children under 15 are 22% of residents, more than in 91% of Canadian towns. Households average 2.4 people, and 10% are one-parent families. Ages ↓
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 30% of adults, more than in 94% of Canadian towns, while 32% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
In Pointe-des-Cascades, 62% of residents speak English and French, more than in 96% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. 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
The share of residents whose mother tongue is English trails 83% of Canadian towns: 13%. At home: French 76%, English 16%. The usual figure: 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Since 2016, Pointe-des-Cascades has grown +20%, faster than 96% 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
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 5%. Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Quebec’s towns, +4%.
A median age of 37.2: Pointe-des-Cascades is younger than 81% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Across Canada’s towns, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24; in Pointe-des-Cascades, 8.2%. The largest age band is 30–34: 9.3% of residents, 1.5 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Pointe-des-Cascades ranks above 77% of Canadian towns on one-parent families: 10%
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.
Here 29% of households are one person living alone, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 27%. As a yardstick, nearly one in ten households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns. Each household has 2.4 people on average.
30% of residents 15 and over live common-law, a share 94% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 27% of adults (typical: 27%). Locally, 32% of residents 15 and over are married. For common-law partners, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%.
Pointe-des-Cascades ranks above 54% of Canadian towns on households in single-detached houses: 66%
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: 50% date from 2001 or later, 14% from before 1961. Across the comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. A quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns, against 26% in Pointe-des-Cascades.
Median household income: $88,000 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 $88,000, the middle household in Pointe-des-Cascades earned close to the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across Quebec’s towns is $74,000. COVID-19 benefits went to 29% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
12% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a share 61% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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
Most immigrants were born in Europe (36%) or in Africa (30%). 3.7% of residents are not Canadian citizens, a lower share than in 61% of Canadian towns. The share of residents who moved in within the year across Canada’s towns is 11%. Across Canada’s towns, 17% of residents are immigrants; in Pointe-des-Cascades, 12%.
Pointe-des-Cascades ranks below 60% of Canadian towns on residents with no religion: 32%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
In Pointe-des-Cascades, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority. On religion, 66% answered Christian and 32% no religion, against 54% and 35% across Canada’s towns.
A smaller share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 57% of Canadian towns: 24%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 9% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Across Canada’s towns, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.
71% of adults were employed in May 2021
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 71% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
The towns around Pointe-des-Cascades are all older
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pointe-des-Cascades | 1,867 | — | 37.2 | 12% | 12% |
| Pincourt | 15,220 | 4.9 km | 42.4 | 17% | 19% |
| Terrasse-Vaudreuil | 1,883 | 6.7 km | 45.2 | 18% | 15% |
| L'Île-Perrot | 11,921 | 6.7 km | 44.4 | 20% | 18% |
| Les Cèdres | 7,145 | 7.1 km | 41.2 | 14% | 6% |
| Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot | 11,716 | 7.4 km | 43.6 | 14% | 17% |
| Beauharnois | 15,285 | 8.1 km | 43.2 | 21% | 3.8% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
- 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 Pointe-des-Cascades’s residents
Is Pointe-des-Cascades bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 62% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 4.8% speak only English and 33% only French; 75% grew up with French.
How diverse is Pointe-des-Cascades?
Immigrants: 12% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 15%. Indigenous identity: 1.4%.
What religion are people in Pointe-des-Cascades?
32% said they have no religion and 66% that they are Christian; 2% named another faith.
Is Pointe-des-Cascades good for families?
22% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 54% of households and one-parent families 10%. Schools near Pointe-des-Cascades are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Pointe-des-Cascades?
Half of Pointe-des-Cascades’s households had more than $88,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Pointe-des-Cascades?
About 1,867, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,775 people in Pointe-des-Cascades, 20% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Pointe-des-Cascades?
The median age is 37.2. 22% are under 15 and 12% 65 or older.
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).