Photo: Studio Livernois · Public domainA larger share of renter households than 98% of Canadian towns: 76%
Compared with 16% across Canada’s towns, 10% of residents are under 15 here. In Saint-Roch, 43% of residents said they have no religion. With a median age of 38.8, Saint-Roch is younger than 71% of Canadian towns. At the 2021 Census, 8,381 people lived here, in 5,300 households.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Roch
A bilingual neighbourhood
51% of residents can hold a conversation in both English and French, more than in 90% of Canadian towns; 47% speak French only and 1.3% English only. English & French ↓
A neighbourhood of renters
76% of households rent their home, more than in 98% of Canadian towns; 97% live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Many people living alone
One-person households make up 64%, more than in 99% of Canadian towns, and 17% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
A neighbourhood people move to
18% of residents lived at another address a year before the census, 1.7 times the typical share; 57% moved within five years. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
51% of residents speak English and French, a share 90% 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
6.4% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 1.5% speak neither official language. By way of comparison, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. Lower than in 92% of Canadian towns: 2.2% of residents have English as their mother tongue.
Below 76% of Canadian towns: 9.3% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The largest age band is 25–29: 13% of residents, 2.2 times the share across Canada’s towns. Set beside that, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. 17% of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Saint-Roch, 38.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 81 women for every 100 men.
More one-person households than 99% of Canadian towns: 64%
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The typical household size is 1.6 people. Locally, 5.3% of households are one-parent families. Across Canada’s towns, one-person households come to 27%.
In Saint-Roch, 13% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 99% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
51% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). On average, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. For Saint-Roch, the census puts common-law partners at 23%.
Households in single-detached houses: 0.5%, a lower share than 98% of Canadian towns
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys: 25%, above 89% of Canadian towns. On average, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. 35% of homes were built before 1961 and 19% in 2001 or later.
The median household brings in $47,800 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Saint-Roch’s median household took in $47,800 before tax, 44% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Quebec’s towns the median is $74,000. COVID-19 benefits went to 31% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
Above 91% of Canadian towns: 18% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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
14% of residents are immigrants, against 17% across Canada’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. On the census count, just over one in ten residents are not Canadian citizens.
Above 51% of Canadian towns: 16% of residents belong to a visible minority
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (3.8%). Set beside that, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Indigenous residents make up 2.8%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 78% of Canadian towns: 44%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 10% hold 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.
In work on census day: 60% of adults
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.
60% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
9th lowest median age among 41 towns of 8,282 to 8,492
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The group spans Rosewood, youngest at 32.4, to Electoral Area G, Nanaimo, oldest at 60.8. Closest in median age to Saint-Roch are Hillhurst (38.6), Albert Park/Radisson Heights (38.8), Valley Gardens (39) and Aylmer (39.2).
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Saint-Roch are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Roch | 8,381 | — | 38.8 | 17% | 14% |
| Saint-Jean-Baptiste | 8,882 | 1.0 km | 42.9 | 25% | 9.2% |
| Saint-Sauveur | 16,104 | 1.1 km | 37.8 | 17% | 8.4% |
| Vieux-Limoilou | 14,347 | 1.4 km | 38.7 | 18% | 7.6% |
| Montcalm | 13,572 | 1.5 km | 53.6 | 35% | 10% |
| Vieux-Québec—Cap-Blanc—Colline parlementaire | 5,764 | 1.6 km | 52.2 | 31% | 7.7% |
| Vanier | 13,494 | 2.2 km | 54.5 | 34% | 13% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- What these tables don’t give. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
Questions about Saint-Roch’s residents
What is the median income in Saint-Roch?
The median household in Saint-Roch took in $47,800 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Saint-Roch?
8,381, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Saint-Roch alone.
What is the average age in Saint-Roch?
A median age of 38.8, younger than 71% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 10%, and people 65 and over 17%.
Is Saint-Roch bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 51% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 1.3% speak only English and 47% only French; 85% grew up with French.
How diverse is Saint-Roch?
14% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 16% belong to a visible minority and 2.8% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Saint-Roch?
50% are Christian and 43% have no religion; 7.1% follow another religion.
Is Saint-Roch good for families?
Under 15: 10% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 25% of households. One-parent families: 5.3%. Schools near Saint-Roch 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).