Photo: Wilfredor · CC0More residents aged 65 and over than 92% of Canadian towns: 30%
Half of Charlesbourg’s residents are over 49.6, older than in 84% of Canadian towns. The neighbourhood counted 9,660 residents and 4,370 households at the 2021 Census. Locally, 38% of households rent their home. In Charlesbourg, 28% of residents said they have no religion, beside 35% across Canada’s towns.
What stands out about the people of Charlesbourg
Many older residents
30% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 92% of Canadian towns; 10% are 80 or over, and 37% of households are one person living alone. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Charlesbourg ranks above 85% of Canadian towns on bilingual residents: 39%
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. 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
1% of residents have English as their mother tongue, against 66% across Canada’s towns. On average, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 85% of Canadian towns: 8.6%
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
No age band is larger than 60–64: nearly one in ten residents. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Charlesbourg, 49.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
More one-person households than 84% of Canadian towns: 37%
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The typical household size is 2.1 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Across Charlesbourg, 7.3% of households are one-parent families. By way of comparison, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Charlesbourg sits above 88% of Canadian towns for common-law partners (25%)
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 28% of adults, beside a typical 27%. Against that, just over one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of households in buildings of five or more storeys than 72% of Canadian towns: 4.3%
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
64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns, against 53% in Charlesbourg.
Households here have a median income of $77,400 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Charlesbourg’s median household took in $77,400 before tax, 10% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $74,000 is the median household income across Quebec’s towns. COVID-19 benefits went to 23% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
Only 9.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Charlesbourg
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
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Africa (36%) and in Europe (33%). For comparison, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. 6.6% of residents are immigrants, a lower share than in 75% of Canadian towns. Residents without Canadian citizenship: 1.9%, below 77% of Canadian towns.
70% said they are Christian and 28% 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
The figure for visible minority residents is 6.1% in Charlesbourg and 15% across Canada’s towns. The census found that 1.3% of residents have an Indigenous identity here.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 33% in Charlesbourg, more than in 60% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 4.4% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. For comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 56% of residents 15 and over had a job
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.
The employment rate of 56% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 30% of residents are 65 or over.
Of 41 towns its size (9,451 to 9,886 people), the 8th oldest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Between Oromocto (31.8) and Qualicum Beach (67.5) lies the rest of the group. The closest ages to Charlesbourg’s belong to Manor Park (47.8), Guildwood (49.4), Notre-Dame-des-Prairies (50.4) and Electoral Area C (Puntledge - Black Creek), Comox Valley (50.8).
The towns around Charlesbourg are all younger
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlesbourg | 9,660 | — | 49.6 | 30% | 6.6% |
| Jésuites | 15,792 | 1.5 km | 48.4 | 28% | 8% |
| Saint-Rodrigue | 12,018 | 1.9 km | 46.1 | 29% | 14% |
| Orsainville | 14,751 | 2.6 km | 45 | 24% | 8.1% |
| Bourg-Royal | 14,430 | 3.0 km | 46 | 23% | 5.1% |
| Neufchatel Est—Lebourgneuf | 37,164 | 3.3 km | 47.1 | 25% | 6.2% |
| Lairet | 15,251 | 3.4 km | 40.8 | 22% | 11% |
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. For each measure we take the median of Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Built up from dissemination areas: Statistics Canada stops at the municipality. Rounded counts are added together and medians estimated from the published groups. The 2016 areas don’t line up with these, so the change since 2016 isn’t shown.
- 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.
Questions about Charlesbourg’s residents
What is the population of Charlesbourg?
9,660, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Charlesbourg alone.
What is the average age in Charlesbourg?
Half the residents are older than 49.6 and half younger, older than 84% of Canadian towns; 15% are children under 15 and 30% are 65 or over.
Is Charlesbourg bilingual?
39% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 60% speak French only and 0.3% English only. French is the mother tongue of 93%.
How diverse is Charlesbourg?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 6.6%. A visible minority makes up 6.1% and Indigenous residents 1.3%.
What religion are people in Charlesbourg?
Most often Christian (70%) or no religion (28%); other religions make up 2.1%.
Is Charlesbourg good for families?
Children under 15 are 15% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 50% of households and one-parent families 7.3%. Schools near Charlesbourg are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Charlesbourg?
Median total household income in Charlesbourg was $77,400 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
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).