Photo: Judicieux · CC BY-SA 4.0A median age of 35.5: Plateau is younger than 89% of Canadian towns
Across Canada’s towns, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier; in Plateau, 19%. Census figures put households in buildings of five or more storeys at 6.5% locally. Higher than in 87% of Canadian towns: 14% of residents are aged 15 to 24. The neighbourhood had 14,176 residents in 7,010 households at the 2021 Census.
What stands out about the people of Plateau
A bilingual neighbourhood
Both official languages: 51% of residents speak English and French, more than in 90% of Canadian towns. Another 48% speak only French and 0.7% only English. English & French ↓
A neighbourhood of renters
62% of households rent their home, more than in 92% of Canadian towns; 67% live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Younger than most towns
Line Plateau’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 35.5; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 16% are under 15 and 17% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
One-person households make up 43%, more than in 93% of Canadian towns, and 17% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
In Plateau, 51% of residents speak English and French, more than in 90% of Canadian towns
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
9.7% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 1.1% speak neither official language. Plateau has fewer residents whose mother tongue is English than 92% of Canadian towns, at 1.9%. As a reference point, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Below 59% of Canadian towns: 17% of residents are 65 or over
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
25–29 is the most common age band: just over one in ten residents, 1.9 times the share across Canada’s towns. Set beside that, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. Children under 15: 16% of the total.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Plateau, 35.5. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Plateau ranks above 93% of Canadian towns on one-person households: 43%
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
6.4% of households are one-parent families; across Canada’s towns the figure is 8.2%. The share of one-person households across Canada’s towns is 27%. A household here holds 2 people on average.
23% of residents 15 and over live common-law, a share 87% of Canadian towns don’t reach
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 37% of adults (typical: 27%). Across Plateau, 29% of residents 15 and over are married. For common-law partners, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%.
A higher share of renter households than 92% of Canadian towns, at 62%
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
Here 27% of households live in a single-detached house, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 64%. Across Canada’s towns, the share of renter households is 25%. Older homes outnumber new: 18% predate 1961, 12% date from 2001 or later.
Households here have a median income of $67,000 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Plateau: half had less than $67,000, 22% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Quebec’s towns: $74,000. COVID-19 benefits went to 30% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
A higher share of residents without Canadian citizenship than 82% of Canadian towns, at 15%
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 25%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Immigrants: 20% here and 17% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, residents without Canadian citizenship come to 5.8%.
In Plateau, 29% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 67% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
A quarter of residents belong to a visible minority (Canada’s towns: 15%). Indigenous residents are rarer here than in 83% of Canadian towns. Set beside that, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Other faiths: Muslim (13%).
A higher share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 85% of Canadian towns, at 51%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 3.5% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. As a yardstick, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 63% of adults
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
63% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
11th lowest median age among 41 towns of 13,913 to 14,473
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Median ages here range from 30.6 in River West to 55.2 in Tiny. Martindale (34.5), Warman (35.2), Saint-Amable (36.4) and Riverview (37.1): the towns nearest Plateau in median age.
Plateau is younger than 5 of its 6 nearest neighbours
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plateau | 14,176 | — | 35.5 | 17% | 20% |
| Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy | 14,541 | 1.6 km | 57 | 40% | 16% |
| Saint-Louis | 15,792 | 2.2 km | 41.1 | 23% | 17% |
| Cité-Universitaire | 22,546 | 2.6 km | 32.5 | 23% | 14% |
| Cap-Rouge | 17,139 | 3.6 km | 47.3 | 23% | 5.8% |
| L'Aéroport | 13,630 | 4.1 km | 44.9 | 20% | 7.4% |
| L'Ancienne-Lorette | 17,876 | 4.4 km | 47.6 | 26% | 5.3% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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. 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.
- 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.
Questions about Plateau’s residents
What is the median income in Plateau?
Half of Plateau’s households had more than $67,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Plateau?
The 2021 Census counted 14,176 people in Plateau.
What is the average age in Plateau?
The median age is 35.5, younger than 89% of Canadian towns. 16% are under 15 and 17% 65 or older.
Is Plateau bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 51% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 0.7% speak only English and 48% only French; 78% grew up with French.
How diverse is Plateau?
Immigrants: 20% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 25%. Indigenous identity: 0.9%.
What religion are people in Plateau?
29% said they have no religion and 56% that they are Christian; 15% named another faith.
Is Plateau good for families?
16% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 42% of households and one-parent families 6.4%. Schools near Plateau are on its Schools page.
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).