Photo: Photographe inconnu - Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, Rimouski · Public domainA lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 99% of Canadian towns, at 3.3%
Across Canada’s towns, the share of children under 15 is 16%; Price has 20%. With about 1,701 residents in July 2025, Price counted 760 households at the 2021 Census. The census found that 38% of households are one person living alone locally. Residents with no religion are rarer here than in 94% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Price
Common-law couples
30% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 94% of Canadian towns; 22% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Price ranks above 64% of Canadian towns on bilingual residents: 12%
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. 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
0.6% of residents have English as their mother tongue, against 66% across Canada’s towns. For comparison, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Slower than most: −2% since 2016, behind 88% of Canadian towns
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Quebec’s towns the median is +4%, and across Canada’s towns +4%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 87% of Canadian towns, at 8.4%
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 24%, against 19% across Canada’s towns. The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with 8.4% of residents. With a median age of 45.2, Price is older than 69% of Canadian towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
A higher share of one-parent families than 86% of Canadian towns, at 11%
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The typical household size is 2.2 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Elsewhere, 8.2% of households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns.
30% of residents 15 and over live common-law, a share 94% of Canadian towns don’t reach
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Against a figure of 46% across Canada’s towns, the share of married residents 15 and over in Price comes in at 22%. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
Price: 81% of households live in a single-detached house, above 74% of Canadian towns
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
Where 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns, Price has 20%. 66% of homes were built before 1961 and 3.3% in 2001 or later. Set beside that, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Household income, middle of the range: $58,000 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
At $58,000, the middle household in Price earned 33% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among Quebec’s towns, the typical figure is $74,000. In 2020, 25% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
0% of residents are immigrants
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
Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns.
Indigenous residents make up 3.9% in Price, more than in 62% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. To put it in context, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 5.1%, a lower share than 99% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 22% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
A job for 50% of residents aged 15 and over
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 50%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 24% of residents are 65 or over.
Every neighbour of Price has an older population
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | 1,701 | — | 45.2 | 24% | 0% |
| Mont-Joli | 6,492 | 5.6 km | 52.8 | 30% | 0.4% |
| Sainte-Angèle-de-Mérici | 1,005 | 9.8 km | 46.8 | 23% | 0% |
| Sainte-Luce | 2,808 | 18.0 km | 48.8 | 24% | 1.4% |
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. 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 Price’s residents
What is the median income in Price?
Median total household income in Price was $58,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Price?
The latest figure is an estimate: 1,701 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Price counted 1,729, 2% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Price?
Half the residents are older than 45.2 and half younger; 20% are children under 15 and 24% are 65 or over.
Is Price bilingual?
12% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 89% speak French only and 0% English only. French is the mother tongue of 99%.
How diverse is Price?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 0%. A visible minority makes up 0% and Indigenous residents 3.9%.
What religion are people in Price?
Most often Christian (85%) or no religion (15%); other religions make up 0%.
Is Price good for families?
Children under 15 are 20% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 45% of households and one-parent families 11%. Schools near Price 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).