Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer renter households than 75% of Canadian towns: 15%
With a median age of 44.8, Prévost is older than 66% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census found 5,530 households locally; by July 2025 the population was about 14,275. Immigrants account for 2.8%. Compared with 5.8% across Canada’s towns, 0.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens here.
What stands out about the people of Prévost
A bilingual town
Both official languages: 52% of residents speak English and French, more than in 91% of Canadian towns. Another 48% speak only French and 0.3% only English. English & French ↓
Common-law couples
34% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 97% of Canadian towns; 32% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Bilingual residents: 52%, a higher share than 91% 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
With residents whose mother tongue is English at 2.3%, Prévost is behind 91% of Canadian towns on that count. The wider picture: 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Faster growth than 58% of Canadian towns: Prévost changed by +5% since 2016
Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 4% higher again.
18% of residents are under 15, a share 71% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
No age band is larger than 60–64: 8.4% of residents. Lower than in 70% of Canadian towns: 9.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Prévost, 44.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Fewer one-person households than 66% of Canadian towns: 23%
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
In Prévost the average household is 2.5 people, beside 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Nearly one in ten households are one-parent families. Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-person households is 27%.
Prévost: 34% of residents 15 and over live common-law, above 97% 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
Single and never married: 25% of adults, against a typical 27%. Here, 32% of residents 15 and over are married. Common-law partners make up 11% across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of households in single-detached houses than 75% of Canadian towns: 82%
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
43% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 8.2% built before 1961. To put it in context, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Little separates the share of households in buildings of five or more storeys here, 0.1%, from the figure across Canada’s towns.
The midpoint household income is $96,000 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
At $96,000, the middle household in Prévost out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 12%. Quebec’s towns have a median of $74,000. In 2020, 30% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
10% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 58% 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
Most recent wave: 16% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%). The comparison figure for residents who moved in within the year is 11% across Canada’s towns.
Residents with no religion: 36%, a higher share than 53% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
In Prévost, 1.6% of residents have an Indigenous identity, beside 2.8% across Canada’s towns. Residents with no religion make up 35% across Canada’s towns. Visible minority residents account for 1.2%.
Prévost sits below 51% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (26%)
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 8% (typical 9.5%). Set beside that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 62% of adults
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 62%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Of 41 towns its size (13,998 to 14,576 people), the 13th oldest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
La Crète is the youngest of them at 23.4; Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy, at 57, the oldest. The closest ages to Prévost’s belong to Oakridge (43), Southcrest (44.8), Kerrisdale (45.2) and Bourg-Royal (46).
Prévost is younger than 4 of its 6 nearest neighbours
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prévost | 14,275 | — | 44.8 | 19% | 2.8% |
| Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs | 4,080 | 4.6 km | 53.2 | 25% | 8.2% |
| Saint-Hippolyte | 12,550 | 6.3 km | 44.4 | 17% | 4.2% |
| Piedmont | 3,667 | 7.6 km | 58 | 32% | 6.7% |
| Saint-Jérôme | 85,160 | 8.5 km | 45.2 | 24% | 5.8% |
| Sainte-Sophie | 19,467 | 9.8 km | 37.2 | 12% | 2.6% |
| Saint-Sauveur | 12,112 | 10.3 km | 58.4 | 35% | 7.2% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
- 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. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
Questions about Prévost’s residents
What is the median income in Prévost?
Median total household income in Prévost was $96,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Prévost?
The latest figure is an estimate: 14,275 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Prévost counted 13,692, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Prévost?
Half the residents are older than 44.8 and half younger, older than 66% of Canadian towns; 18% are children under 15 and 19% are 65 or over.
Is Prévost bilingual?
English and French: 52% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 0.3%. French only: 48%. French mother tongue: 94%.
How diverse is Prévost?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 2.8%. A visible minority makes up 1.2% and Indigenous residents 1.6%.
What religion are people in Prévost?
Most often Christian (64%) or no religion (36%); other religions make up 0.3%.
Is Prévost good for families?
Children under 15 are 18% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 62% of households and one-parent families 8.6%. Schools near Prévost are on its Schools page.
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).