Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0One-person households: 41%, a higher share than 90% of Canadian towns
Households in buildings of five or more storeys: 19%, above 86% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census counted 15,792 residents in 7,620 households. The census found that 13% of residents are not Canadian citizens in Saint-Louis. 31% of residents said they have no religion, a lower share than in 62% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Louis
A bilingual neighbourhood
Both official languages: 55% of residents speak English and French, more than in 92% of Canadian towns. Another 43% speak only French and 0.9% only English. English & French ↓
Many graduates
59% of residents aged 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 93% of Canadian towns; 17% have a master’s. Qualifications ↓
A neighbourhood of renters
54% of households rent their home, more than in 88% of Canadian towns; 63% live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Many people living alone
One-person households make up 41%, more than in 90% of Canadian towns, and 23% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
More bilingual residents than 92% of Canadian towns: 55%
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. 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
At home, 8.5% mostly speak another language; 0.9% speak neither English nor French. Measured more widely, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. Compared with other places, residents whose mother tongue is English are scarce here: 1.8%, fewer than in 92% of Canadian towns.
Residents aged 65 and over: 23%, a higher share than 72% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
15% of residents are under 15; across Canada’s towns the figure is 16%. On average, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. With a median age of 41.1, Saint-Louis is younger than 56% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Saint-Louis, 41.1. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
2 people per household, fewer than in 88% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
In Saint-Louis, 6.8% of households are one-parent families, beside 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
22% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 86% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Where 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns, Saint-Louis has 33%. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
In Saint-Louis, 54% of households rent their home, more than in 88% of Canadian towns
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
Older homes outnumber new: 22% predate 1961, 22% date from 2001 or later. The benchmark for renter households across Canada’s towns: 25%. Compared with other places, households in single-detached houses are scarce here: 33%, fewer than in just over four fifths of Canadian towns.
Households here have a median income of $78,300 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
At $78,300, the middle household in Saint-Louis earned 9% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within Quebec’s towns, the household in the middle had $74,000. In 2020, 25% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
A larger share of residents who moved in within the year than 86% of Canadian towns: 17%
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
Of the immigrants living here, 49% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. Residents who moved in within the year: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Africa (37%) and in Europe (26%).
20% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 56% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
In Saint-Louis, 0.7% of residents have an Indigenous identity, beside 2.8% across Canada’s towns. Against that, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Among other religions: Muslim (7%).
Saint-Louis ranks above 93% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 59%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 2.5% here, 9.5% in the typical town. On average, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
61% of residents 15 and over were in work
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.
At 61%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Oldest by rank: 20th of 41 towns of 15,442 to 16,176 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Vieux-Moulin is the oldest at 54.3, Ledbury-Heron Gate-Ridgemont the youngest at 32.1. By median age, Saint-Louis sits among Lavaltrie (40.8), East Willowdale (41), Sheridan (42.7) and Bathurst Manor (42.9).
A younger town than 4 of the 6 around it: Saint-Louis
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Louis | 15,792 | — | 41.1 | 23% | 17% |
| Plateau | 14,176 | 2.2 km | 35.5 | 17% | 20% |
| Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy | 14,541 | 2.5 km | 57 | 40% | 16% |
| Cité-Universitaire | 22,546 | 2.7 km | 32.5 | 23% | 14% |
| Sillery | 13,950 | 3.3 km | 51 | 31% | 8.9% |
| Cap-Rouge | 17,139 | 4.6 km | 47.3 | 23% | 5.8% |
| Saint-Sacrement | 10,650 | 4.9 km | 47.8 | 33% | 12% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
- 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.
Questions about Saint-Louis’s residents
What is the median income in Saint-Louis?
The median household in Saint-Louis took in $78,300 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Saint-Louis?
The 2021 Census counted 15,792 people in Saint-Louis.
What is the average age in Saint-Louis?
A median age of 41.1, younger than 56% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 15%, and people 65 and over 23%.
Is Saint-Louis bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 55% are. Another 43% speak only French and 0.9% only English, and French is the first language of 81%.
How diverse is Saint-Louis?
17% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 20% belong to a visible minority and 0.7% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Saint-Louis?
60% are Christian and 31% have no religion; 8.6% follow another religion.
Is Saint-Louis good for families?
Under 15: 15% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 46% of households. One-parent families: 6.8%. Schools near Saint-Louis 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).