Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0A larger share of one-person households than 79% of Canadian towns: 35%
Of the immigrants living here, 43% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. At the 2021 Census, 14,430 people lived in Bourg-Royal, in 6,580 households. On the census count, 39% of households live in a single-detached house. The median age here is 46, higher than in 72% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Bourg-Royal
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 29% of adults, more than in 93% of Canadian towns, while 30% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
In Bourg-Royal, 38% of residents speak English and French, more than in 85% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. 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
Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents whose mother tongue is English is 66%; Bourg-Royal has 1%. The comparison figure for bilingual residents is 7.5% across Canada’s towns.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 23% in Bourg-Royal, more than in 71% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Against a figure of 16% across Canada’s towns, the share of children under 15 in Bourg-Royal comes in at 17%. As a yardstick, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with 7.6% of residents.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Bourg-Royal, 46. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
2.2 people per household, fewer than in 78% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
9.2% of households are one-parent families, against 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
29% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 93% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
30% of residents 15 and over are married; across Canada’s towns the figure is 46%. Across Canada’s towns, common-law partners come to 11%.
In Bourg-Royal, 3.7% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, more than in 70% 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: 40% date from 2001 or later, 1.7% from before 1961. Where a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns, Bourg-Royal has 27%.
Households here have a median income of $84,200 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Bourg-Royal had $84,200 before tax, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The middle household across Quebec’s towns has $74,000 before tax. The pandemic’s benefits: 23% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 66% of Canadian towns: 9.4%
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
5.1% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%). To put it in context, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Residents without Canadian citizenship: 1.3% of the total.
Bourg-Royal ranks below 75% of Canadian towns on residents with no religion: 26%
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
5% of residents belong to a visible minority; across Canada’s towns the figure is 15%. Across the comparison, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Here, 1.3% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 33%, a higher share than 61% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 4.8% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. By way of comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 59% of residents 15 and over had a job
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 59%, the share in work is about the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Among 41 towns of 14,146 to 14,725 people, the 13th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The youngest is La Crète (23.4) and the oldest Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy (57). Closest in median age to Bourg-Royal are Southcrest (44.8), Prévost (44.8), Rosemère (46.4) and Colchester County, Subdivision C (47.2).
4 of the 6 nearest towns are older than Bourg-Royal
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourg-Royal | 14,430 | — | 46 | 23% | 5.1% |
| Jésuites | 15,792 | 2.4 km | 48.4 | 28% | 8% |
| Orsainville | 14,751 | 2.5 km | 45 | 24% | 8.1% |
| Charlesbourg | 9,660 | 3.0 km | 49.6 | 30% | 6.6% |
| Saint-Michel | 17,303 | 3.5 km | 45.6 | 19% | 3.9% |
| Vieux-Moulin | 15,935 | 3.8 km | 54.3 | 35% | 7.6% |
| Saint-Rodrigue | 12,018 | 4.0 km | 46.1 | 29% | 14% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- 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. 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.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. There is no census profile for a neighbourhood, so we add up the dissemination areas inside it. Each count is a sum of Statistics Canada’s rounded counts, the median age and income come from the published groups, and with 2016’s areas drawn differently there is no 2016 count.
Questions about Bourg-Royal’s residents
What religion are people in Bourg-Royal?
72% are Christian and 26% have no religion; 1.9% follow another religion.
Is Bourg-Royal good for families?
Under 15: 17% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 52% of households. One-parent families: 9.2%. Schools near Bourg-Royal are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Bourg-Royal?
The median household in Bourg-Royal took in $84,200 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Bourg-Royal?
Bourg-Royal had 14,430 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Bourg-Royal?
A median age of 46, older than 72% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 17%, and people 65 and over 23%.
Is Bourg-Royal bilingual?
38% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 62% speak French only and 0.1% English only. French is the mother tongue of 94%.
How diverse is Bourg-Royal?
5.1% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 5% belong to a visible minority and 1.3% have an Indigenous identity.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population. 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).