Photo: Harfang · CC BY-SA 3.0Pont-Rouge sits above 85% of Canadian towns for children under 15 (20%)
Immigrants: 1.7% here and 17% across Canada’s towns. In Pont-Rouge, 1.5% of residents belong to a visible minority. Few places have so few residents without Canadian citizenship: 1.1% here, fewer than in 88% of Canadian towns. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 11,339 residents; the 2021 Census found 4,180 households.
What stands out about the people of Pont-Rouge
Common-law couples
38% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 99% of Canadian towns; 29% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
More bilingual residents than 81% of Canadian towns: 31%
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Here 1% of residents have English as their mother tongue, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 66%. Typically, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Faster growth than 79% of Canadian towns: Pont-Rouge changed by +10% since 2016
The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +4% across Quebec’s towns. The July 2025 estimate adds another 12%.
Pont-Rouge sits below 85% of Canadian towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (8.6%)
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The largest age band is 40–44: 7.6% of residents. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. The median age in Pont-Rouge is 40.4, lower than in 61% of Canadian towns. Where 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns, Pont-Rouge has 18%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Pont-Rouge, 40.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Households here average 2.4 people, below 53% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Census figures put one-person households at 27% in Pont-Rouge. At 8.1%, the share of one-parent families is in line with the figure across Canada’s towns.
Pont-Rouge sits above 99% of Canadian towns for common-law partners (38%)
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
A quarter of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. Across Canada’s towns, common-law partners come to 11%. On the census count, 29% of residents 15 and over are married.
Pont-Rouge: 74% of households live in a single-detached house, above 64% of Canadian towns
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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: 39% date from 2001 or later, 16% from before 1961. A quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns, against 22% in Pont-Rouge.
Median gross household income: $87,000 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000, and Pont-Rouge’s, at $87,000, is close to it. Across Quebec’s towns, half of households had more than $74,000 before tax. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 26% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
Pont-Rouge sits below 58% of Canadian towns for residents who moved in within the year (10%)
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
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
Recent arrivals are 27% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. To put it in context, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
In Pont-Rouge, 25% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 76% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
1.3% of residents have an Indigenous identity, against 2.8% across Canada’s towns. On average, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
Only 18% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher in Pont-Rouge
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 8%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. Against that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 65% of residents aged 15 and over
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, below this 65%.
In its size band (11,133 to 11,551), the 19th youngest of 41 towns
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Bridgwater Trails is the youngest of them at 30.4; Thornbury, at 58.8, the oldest. Next to Pont-Rouge on this scale come Farnham (40.4), Bowness (40.4), Pelmo Park-Humberlea (40.8) and Williams Lake (40.8).
Pont-Rouge sits below 5 of its 6 closest neighbours on median age
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pont-Rouge | 11,339 | — | 40.4 | 18% | 1.7% |
| Donnacona | 7,785 | 8.9 km | 44.8 | 25% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Basile | 2,918 | 9.8 km | 45.2 | 23% | 1.3% |
| Neuville | 4,579 | 10.4 km | 46 | 20% | 2.2% |
| Cap-Santé | 3,885 | 10.5 km | 44 | 22% | 1.8% |
| Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier | 9,830 | 12.3 km | 35.6 | 12% | 1.8% |
| Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly | 1,747 | 14.6 km | 49.6 | 28% | 3.9% |
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. 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. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
Questions about Pont-Rouge’s residents
Is Pont-Rouge good for families?
20% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 61% of households and one-parent families 8.1%. Schools near Pont-Rouge are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Pont-Rouge?
Half of Pont-Rouge’s households had more than $87,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Pont-Rouge?
About 11,339, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 10,121 people in Pont-Rouge, 10% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Pont-Rouge?
The median age is 40.4, younger than 61% of Canadian towns. 20% are under 15 and 18% 65 or older.
Is Pont-Rouge bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 31% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 0.2% speak only English and 69% only French; 98% grew up with French.
How diverse is Pont-Rouge?
Immigrants: 1.7% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 1.5%. Indigenous identity: 1.3%.
What religion are people in Pont-Rouge?
25% said they have no religion and 74% that they are Christian; 0.3% named another faith.
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).