Photo: abdallahh from Montréal, Canada · CC BY 2.0Below 91% of Canadian towns: 9.4% of households rent their home
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (8.3%), Pointe-Lebel is below 88% of Canadian towns. Across Pointe-Lebel, 6.9% of residents have an Indigenous identity. The median age in the town is 49.2, higher than in 83% of Canadian towns. There are 5% fewer residents than in 2016.
What stands out about the people of Pointe-Lebel
Fewer people than before
Pointe-Lebel went from 1,918 people in 2016 to 1,817 in 2021, −5%: slower growth than in 96% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
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: 18%, a higher share than 73% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. 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
Nearly two thirds of residents have English as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns, against 0.6% in Pointe-Lebel. Elsewhere, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Pointe-Lebel changed by −5% from 2016 to 2021, slower than 96% of Canadian towns
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns, the typical town changed +4%; across Quebec’s towns, +4%. The estimate for July 2025 is much the same as the census count.
More residents aged 65 and over than 68% of Canadian towns: 22%
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
In Pointe-Lebel, 15% of residents are under 15, beside 16% across Canada’s towns. The wider picture: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women.
Pointe-Lebel households average 2.1 people, smaller than in 83% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
In Pointe-Lebel, a third of households are one person living alone, beside 27% across Canada’s towns. For Pointe-Lebel, the census puts one-parent families at 5.8%.
A larger share of common-law partners than 99% of Canadian towns: 37%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up a quarter of adults, beside a typical 27%. Measured more widely, just over one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Pointe-Lebel ranks above 57% of Canadian towns on households in single-detached houses: 69%
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 74% of Canadian towns. On average, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Just over one in ten homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 5.3% built before 1961.
Half above, half below $82,000 a year in household income
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes sit at the middle in Pointe-Lebel: half had more than $82,000, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Quebec’s towns the median is $74,000. COVID-19 benefits went to 21% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 73% of Canadian towns: 8.9%
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
By its share of immigrants (0.6%), Pointe-Lebel is below 99% of Canadian towns. The share of residents who moved in within the year across Canada’s towns is 11%.
Below 85% of Canadian towns: 21% of residents said they have no religion
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Set against 15% across Canada’s towns, 0.8% of residents belong to a visible minority in Pointe-Lebel. Elsewhere, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 91% of Canadian towns: 12%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 18%, against 9.5%. As a yardstick, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 60% of residents 15 and over had a job
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
60% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
Around Pointe-Lebel, 2 of 4 towns have a higher median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pointe-Lebel | 1,800 | — | 49.2 | 22% | 0.6% |
| Pointe-aux-Outardes | 1,447 | 8.4 km | 47.6 | 20% | 1.1% |
| Chute-aux-Outardes | 1,406 | 8.8 km | 52.8 | 25% | 0% |
| Baie-Comeau | 20,660 | 8.8 km | 48.4 | 23% | 1.4% |
| Ragueneau | 1,287 | 15.6 km | 53.6 | 28% | 1.5% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Pointe-Lebel’s residents
What is the population of Pointe-Lebel?
The latest figure is an estimate: 1,800 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Pointe-Lebel counted 1,817, 5% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Pointe-Lebel?
Half the residents are older than 49.2 and half younger; 15% are children under 15 and 22% are 65 or over.
Is Pointe-Lebel bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 18% are. Another 82% speak only French and 0% only English, and French is the first language of 99%.
How diverse is Pointe-Lebel?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 0.6%. A visible minority makes up 0.8% and Indigenous residents 6.9%.
What religion are people in Pointe-Lebel?
Most often Christian (78%) or no religion (21%); other religions make up 1.1%.
Is Pointe-Lebel good for families?
Children under 15 are 15% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 58% of households and one-parent families 5.8%. Schools near Pointe-Lebel are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Pointe-Lebel?
Median total household income in Pointe-Lebel was $82,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
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).