Plateau, #1 on this list · Photo: Judicieux (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Québec · 2026

Neighbourhoods with the youngest residents in Québec

Not one of Québec’s neighbourhoods reaches the top 100 for all of Canada. Nowhere in Québec does better on this list than Plateau, at 35.5 years. Val-Bélair is second (37 years) and Saint-Sauveur third (37.8 years). The middle of the list is Orsainville, with 45 years. The list ends with Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy, at 57 years. Plateau is #273 of 2,589 on the list for all of Canada.

Median age of residents, 2021 census (for a city’s neighbourhoods, estimated from five-year age groups) How grades work

#1

Plateau

Quebec · 14,176 people

35.5 years Median age

Overall B⁺·#852 of 2,556

Strongest: health A⁺, walkability A⁺·lowest: cost of living D

#2

Val-Bélair

Quebec · 30,003 people

37 years Median age

Overall A·#97 of 2,556

Strongest: health A⁺, jobs & income A⁺·lowest: hazard risk C⁻

#3

Saint-Sauveur

Quebec · 16,104 people

37.8 years Median age

Overall B⁻·#1,487 of 2,556

Strongest: health A⁺, walkability A⁺·lowest: cost of living D

Photos: Plateau, Judicieux (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Val-Bélair, Boréal (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Saint-Sauveur, Jeangagnon (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons.

Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking Canadian towns against each other only, run #73 of 10 November 2026. 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).