Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer residents with no religion than 89% of Canadian towns: 18%
With one-person households at 35%, Princeville is ahead of 77% of Canadian towns on that count. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 6,400 residents; the 2021 Census found 2,780 households. Here, 1.2% of residents are immigrants. Children under 15 are more common here than in 71% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Princeville
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 30% of adults, more than in 94% of Canadian towns, while 31% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Above 74% of Canadian towns: 20% of residents speak English and French
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
Against a figure of 66% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents whose mother tongue is English in Princeville comes in at 0.7%. By way of comparison, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
From 2016 to 2021, 53% of Canadian towns grew faster than Princeville: +4%
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 3%.
A median age of 41.2: Princeville is younger than 55% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The largest age band is 60–64: 7.2% of residents. Among Quebec’s towns, Centre has the highest share aged 65 or over, at 46%. Residents aged 15 to 24: 10% here and 11% across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Princeville, 41.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women.
2.2 people per household, fewer than in 74% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
For Princeville, the census puts one-parent families at 7.4%.
A larger share of common-law partners than 94% of Canadian towns: 30%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
The share of married residents 15 and over trails 86% of Canadian towns: 31%. Common-law partners make up 11% across Canada’s towns.
Above 65% of Canadian towns: 34% of households rent their home
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
Nearly a quarter of homes were built before 1961 and 24% in 2001 or later. To put it in context, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Compared with 64% across Canada’s towns, 60% of households live in a single-detached house here.
Household income at the median: $62,000 a year
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
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Princeville’s, at $62,000, is 28% lower. $74,000 is the median household income across Quebec’s towns. Pandemic benefits reached 32% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 58% of Canadian towns: 10%
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
Recent arrivals are 13% 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. For Princeville, the census puts residents without Canadian citizenship at 1.7%.
81% said they are Christian and 18% that they have no religion
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
1.5% of residents have an Indigenous identity; across Canada’s towns the figure is 2.8%. In Princeville, 2.6% of residents belong to a visible minority.
In Princeville, 9% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 97% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 22%, against 9.5%. The wider picture: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
68% of residents 15 and over were in work
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.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 68%.
Among 41 towns of 6,312 to 6,492 people, the 19th youngest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The youngest of these towns is City View, at 33.5; the oldest, Mont-Joli, is at 52.8. Closest in median age to Princeville are Glamorgan (40.5), Pointe-Calumet (40.8), Pontiac (41.6) and Valley Park (42.2).
Median age: 5 of the 6 towns around Princeville are older
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Princeville | 6,400 | — | 41.2 | 19% | 1.2% |
| Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska | 1,291 | 8.4 km | 40.4 | 18% | 1.2% |
| Plessisville | 6,774 | 10.1 km | 48 | 29% | 1.4% |
| Plessisville | 2,718 | 12.7 km | 43.6 | 20% | 1.7% |
| Saint-Louis-de-Blandford | 1,066 | 13.8 km | 43.2 | 18% | 0.9% |
| Victoriaville | 49,863 | 13.8 km | 47.2 | 28% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska | 3,307 | 17.0 km | 41.6 | 15% | 2.4% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. The middle of Quebec’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
Questions about Princeville’s residents
What religion are people in Princeville?
81% are Christian and 18% have no religion; 0.5% follow another religion.
Is Princeville good for families?
Under 15: 18% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 53% of households. One-parent families: 7.4%. Schools near Princeville are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Princeville?
The median household in Princeville took in $62,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Princeville?
Princeville had about 6,400 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 6,218, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Princeville?
A median age of 41.2, younger than 55% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 18%, and people 65 and over 19%.
Is Princeville bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 20% are. Another 79% speak only French and 0.2% only English, and French is the first language of 97%.
How diverse is Princeville?
1.2% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 2.6% belong to a visible minority and 1.5% have an Indigenous identity.
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).