Photo: Judicieux · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 91% of Canadian towns: 6.8%
With a median age of 47.3, Cap-Rouge is older than 78% of Canadian towns. Census day 2021: 17,139 residents and 6,985 households locally. The share of renter households stands at 14%. 26% of residents said they have no religion (Canada’s towns: 35%).
What stands out about the people of Cap-Rouge
A bilingual neighbourhood
58% of residents can hold a conversation in both English and French, more than in 94% of Canadian towns; 42% speak French only and 0.3% English only. English & French ↓
Many graduates
A bachelor’s degree or higher is held by 65% of 25- to 64-year-olds, more than in 96% of Canadian towns, and a master’s by 18%. Qualifications ↓
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 28% of adults, more than in 92% of Canadian towns, while 40% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A larger share of bilingual residents than 94% of Canadian towns: 58%
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. 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
In Cap-Rouge, 2.1% of residents have English as their mother tongue, beside 66% across Canada’s towns. Against that, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 73% of Canadian towns: 23%
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Children under 15: 17% here and 16% across Canada’s towns. The wider picture: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Cap-Rouge, 47.3. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women.
In Cap-Rouge, 23% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 67% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
By its share of one-parent families (6.8%), Cap-Rouge is below 73% of Canadian towns. On average, 2.4 people share a household. Against that, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Common-law partners make up 28% in Cap-Rouge, more than in 92% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 23% of adults (typical: 27%). By way of comparison, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Cap-Rouge sits above 54% of Canadian towns for households in single-detached houses (66%)
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: 18% date from 2001 or later, 3.7% from before 1961. Across Canada’s towns, households in single-detached houses come to 64%. At 0.8%, households in buildings of five or more storeys sit close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
$126,000 a year: where the middle household sits
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
At $126,000, the middle household in Cap-Rouge out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 47%. Across Quebec’s towns, half of households had more than $74,000 before tax. In 2020, 19% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
5.8% of residents are immigrants
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
Most immigrants were born in Europe (38%) or in the Americas (18%). Fewer immigrants than in 79% of Canadian towns: 5.8%. Of the immigrants living here, 21% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%.
72% said they are Christian and 26% that they have no religion
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 15% belong to a visible minority and 2.8% are Indigenous; here, 4.8% and 0.6%. Indigenous residents are rarer here than in 88% of Canadian towns.
Cap-Rouge ranks above 96% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 65%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 1%, against 9.5%. Across the comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 58% of residents 15 and over had a job
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 58% is close to the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Among 41 towns of 16,618 to 17,673 people, the 5th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Median ages here range from 29.6 in Bay-Cloverhill to 57.2 in Saint-Charles-Borromée. Closest in median age to Cap-Rouge are St.Andrew-Windfields (45.3), Saint-Michel (45.6), Unionville (47.5) and Cowansville (48.8).
Of the 6 towns nearest Cap-Rouge, 2 are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cap-Rouge | 17,139 | — | 47.3 | 23% | 5.8% |
| Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy | 14,541 | 2.2 km | 57 | 40% | 16% |
| L'Aéroport | 13,630 | 2.9 km | 44.9 | 20% | 7.4% |
| Plateau | 14,176 | 3.6 km | 35.5 | 17% | 20% |
| Saint-Louis | 15,792 | 4.6 km | 41.1 | 23% | 17% |
| L'Ancienne-Lorette | 17,876 | 5.5 km | 47.6 | 26% | 5.3% |
| Cité-Universitaire | 22,546 | 6.2 km | 32.5 | 23% | 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. 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.
- 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 Cap-Rouge’s residents
What is the average age in Cap-Rouge?
A median age of 47.3, older than 78% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 17%, and people 65 and over 23%.
Is Cap-Rouge bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 58% are. Another 42% speak only French and 0.3% only English, and French is the first language of 92%.
How diverse is Cap-Rouge?
5.8% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 4.8% belong to a visible minority and 0.6% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Cap-Rouge?
72% are Christian and 26% have no religion; 1.8% follow another religion.
Is Cap-Rouge good for families?
Under 15: 17% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 68% of households. One-parent families: 6.8%. Schools near Cap-Rouge are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Cap-Rouge?
The median household in Cap-Rouge took in $126,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Cap-Rouge?
Cap-Rouge had 17,139 residents at the 2021 Census.
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).