Photo: Wilfredor · CC0Older than 92% of Canadian towns: half of Montcalm is over 53.6
The share of children under 15 trails 97% of Canadian towns: 8.5%. At the 2021 Census, 13,572 people lived in Montcalm, in 7,940 households. The census found that 1.7% of households live in a single-detached house here. On residents who moved in within the year, Montcalm sits higher than 84% of Canadian towns: 16%.
What stands out about the people of Montcalm
A bilingual neighbourhood
62% of residents can hold a conversation in both English and French, more than in 96% of Canadian towns; 37% speak French only and 0.5% English only. English & French ↓
Older than most towns
Half of Montcalm’s residents are under 53.6 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 35% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
One-person households make up 55%, more than in 98% of Canadian towns, and 35% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
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 22%. Qualifications ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
In Montcalm, 62% of residents speak English and French, more than in 96% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: French 92%, English 2.3%. Across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents is 7.5%. Fewer residents whose mother tongue is English than in 91% of Canadian towns: 2.6%.
Montcalm ranks above 98% of Canadian towns on residents aged 65 and over: 35%
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Compared with 11% across Canada’s towns, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 here. On average, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Montcalm, 53.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 83 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
One-person households: 55%, a higher share than 98% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
4.4% of households are one-parent families, against 8.2% across Canada’s towns. Measured more widely, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. Households average 1.7 people.
Below 98% of Canadian towns: 23% of residents 15 and over are married
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Just over a third of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. By way of comparison, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. The share of common-law partners stands at 25%.
A higher share of households in buildings of five or more storeys than 92% of Canadian towns, at 32%
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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
Renter households: 59% here and 25% across Canada’s towns. Older homes outnumber new: 46% predate 1961, 5.7% date from 2001 or later.
Median household income: $69,600 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Montcalm: half had less than $69,600, 19% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Quebec’s towns, half of households had more than $74,000 before tax. 21% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
10% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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 share of immigrants trails 65% of Canadian towns: 10%. Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (51%), then in Africa (15%).
Montcalm ranks above 59% of Canadian towns on residents with no religion: 38%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
7.5% of residents belong to a visible minority (Canada’s towns: 15%). As a yardstick, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 0.7% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
Montcalm 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: 2.9%, against 9.5%. Set beside that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 51%
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 51%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 35% are 65 or over.
3rd highest median age among 41 towns of 13,237 to 13,913
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest of these towns is Sandy Hill, at 29.7; the oldest, Sidney, is at 62. Closest in median age to Montcalm are Semiahmoo Town Centre (52.9), Bathurst (53.2), Vanier (54.5) and Sidney (62).
Montcalm is younger than 1 of its 6 nearest neighbours
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montcalm | 13,572 | — | 53.6 | 35% | 10% |
| Saint-Sauveur | 16,104 | 1.0 km | 37.8 | 17% | 8.4% |
| Saint-Jean-Baptiste | 8,882 | 1.1 km | 42.9 | 25% | 9.2% |
| Saint-Roch | 8,381 | 1.5 km | 38.8 | 17% | 14% |
| Saint-Sacrement | 10,650 | 1.6 km | 47.8 | 33% | 12% |
| Vieux-Québec—Cap-Blanc—Colline parlementaire | 5,764 | 2.0 km | 52.2 | 31% | 7.7% |
| Vanier | 13,494 | 2.7 km | 54.5 | 34% | 13% |
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. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Quebec’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- 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.
- 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 Montcalm’s residents
How diverse is Montcalm?
10% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 7.5% belong to a visible minority and 0.7% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Montcalm?
59% are Christian and 38% have no religion; 3.4% follow another religion.
Is Montcalm good for families?
Under 15: 8.5% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 36% of households. One-parent families: 4.4%. Schools near Montcalm are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Montcalm?
The median household in Montcalm took in $69,600 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Montcalm?
Montcalm had 13,572 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Montcalm?
A median age of 53.6, older than 92% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 8.5%, and people 65 and over 35%.
Is Montcalm bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 62% are. Another 37% speak only French and 0.5% only English, and French is the first language of 89%.
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).