Photo: Cephas · CC BY-SA 4.0Residents aged 65 and over make up 12% in Saint-Émile, less than in 88% of Canadian towns
Nearly two in five immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. The median age in Saint-Émile is 38.8, lower than in 71% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census counted 16,893 residents in 6,460 households. For Saint-Émile, the census puts one-person households at 22%.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Émile
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 36% of adults, more than in 99% of Canadian towns, while 28% are married. Couples ↓
A neighbourhood of families
21% of residents are under 15, more than in 89% of Canadian towns; 9.8% of households are one-parent families and households average 2.6 people. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
36% of residents speak English and French, a share 84% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. 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 97%, English 0.6%. 0.9% of residents have English as their mother tongue, a lower share than in 96% of Canadian towns. The usual figure: 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Children under 15 make up 21% in Saint-Émile, more than in 89% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The largest age band is 40–44: 8.6% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. To put it in context, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Saint-Émile, 38.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women.
Bigger households than 63% of Canadian towns: 2.6 people each on average
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Where 8.2% of households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns, Saint-Émile has 9.8%.
More common-law partners than 99% of Canadian towns: 36%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
28% of residents 15 and over are married, against 46% across Canada’s towns. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%.
A smaller share of renter households than 67% of Canadian towns: 18%
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
Across Canada’s towns, the share of households in single-detached houses is 64%; Saint-Émile has 56%. The benchmark for renter households across Canada’s towns: 25%. Newer homes outnumber old: 38% date from 2001 or later, 5% from before 1961. The neighbourhood has more households in buildings of five or more storeys than three fifths of Canadian towns, at 0.9%.
The median household brings in $104,800 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Saint-Émile’s median household took in $104,800 before tax, 22% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Quebec’s towns: $74,000. COVID-19 benefits went to 26% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 69% of Canadian towns: 9.2%
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
Immigrants: 3.5%, below 87% of Canadian towns. Census figures put residents without Canadian citizenship at 1.1% in Saint-Émile. Across Canada’s towns, residents who moved in within the year come to 11%.
29% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 68% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
3.3% of residents belong to a visible minority; across Canada’s towns the figure is 15%. Across Saint-Émile, 1.7% of residents have an Indigenous identity. By way of comparison, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 24% in Saint-Émile, less than in 57% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 5.3% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Against that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
73% of adults were employed in May 2021
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
More people work here than in the typical town: 73%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Youngest by rank: 14th of 41 towns of 16,400 to 17,391 people
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Summerside is the youngest of them at 33.6; Saint-Charles-Borromée, at 57.2, the oldest. Nearest to Saint-Émile in age: Davie Village (38.4), Côte-Saint-Paul (38.7), Surrey Centre (39) and Grandview (39.9).
Saint-Émile is younger than every town around it
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Émile | 16,893 | — | 38.8 | 12% | 3.5% |
| Wendake | 2,234 | 2.2 km | 46 | 21% | 0% |
| Loretteville | 15,653 | 3.4 km | 44 | 23% | 4.9% |
| Orsainville | 14,751 | 3.8 km | 45 | 24% | 8.1% |
| Neufchatel Est—Lebourgneuf | 37,164 | 4.0 km | 47.1 | 25% | 6.2% |
| Notre-Dame-des-Laurentides | 16,222 | 4.1 km | 40.1 | 15% | 5.4% |
| Lac-Saint-Charles | 9,985 | 4.4 km | 40.2 | 15% | 1.7% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. The figures sum the neighbourhood’s dissemination areas, since the census is published for municipalities only. Medians are estimated from the age and income groups, counts carry Statistics Canada’s rounding, and no 2016 count matches these boundaries.
- What these tables don’t give. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
Questions about Saint-Émile’s residents
How diverse is Saint-Émile?
Immigrants make up 3.5% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 3.3% are members of a visible minority, and 1.7% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Saint-Émile?
Christian: 70%. No religion: 29%. Another religion: 1.4%.
Is Saint-Émile good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 21%. 63% of households are couple families and 9.8% one-parent families. Schools near Saint-Émile are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Émile?
$104,800 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Saint-Émile (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Saint-Émile?
Saint-Émile had 16,893 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Saint-Émile?
38.8 is the median age, younger than 71% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 21%. 65 and over: 12%.
Is Saint-Émile bilingual?
36% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 64% speak French only and 0.1% English only. French is the mother tongue of 96%.
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).