A higher share of renter households than 98% of Canadian towns, at 79%
In Saint-Rodrigue the average household is 1.8 people, beside 2.4 across Canada’s towns. The neighbourhood counted 12,018 residents and 6,310 households at the 2021 Census. On the census count, 8% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Residents who moved in within the year are more common here than in 85% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Rodrigue
A neighbourhood of renters
79% of households rent their home, more than in 98% of Canadian towns; 88% live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Many people living alone
53% of households are one person living alone, more than in 98% of Canadian towns; 29% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
Many older residents
29% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 89% of Canadian towns; 11% are 80 or over, and 53% of households are one person living alone. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
In Saint-Rodrigue, 32% of residents speak English and French, more than in 82% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. 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
In Saint-Rodrigue, 1.1% of residents have English as their mother tongue, beside 66% across Canada’s towns. As a yardstick, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Saint-Rodrigue ranks above 89% of Canadian towns on residents aged 65 and over: 29%
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The median age in Saint-Rodrigue is 46.1, higher than in 73% of Canadian towns. Elsewhere, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. The census found that 12% of residents are under 15 in the neighbourhood.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Saint-Rodrigue, 46.1. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
One-person households make up 53% in Saint-Rodrigue, more than in 98% of Canadian towns
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
In Saint-Rodrigue, 7.1% of households are one-parent families. As a yardstick, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
A lower share of married residents 15 and over than 98% of Canadian towns, at 23%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Just over a fifth of residents 15 and over live common-law, against 11% across Canada’s towns.
10% of households live in a single-detached house, fewer than in 93% 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
Older homes outnumber new: 18% predate 1961, 12% date from 2001 or later. At 14%, the share of households in buildings of five or more storeys is higher than in 83% of Canadian towns. Across the comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Households here have a median income of $53,800 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Saint-Rodrigue’s households had a total income below $53,800, 37% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Quebec’s towns: $74,000. 30% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
Saint-Rodrigue ranks above 63% of Canadian towns on residents without Canadian citizenship: 8.7%
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
Most recent wave: just over three in five immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%). The benchmark for residents without Canadian citizenship across Canada’s towns: 5.8%. 14% of residents are immigrants.
In Saint-Rodrigue, 28% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 71% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (6.4%). As a yardstick, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Few places have so few Indigenous residents: 1.8% here, fewer than in nearly two thirds of Canadian towns. Visible minority residents: 17% here and 15% across Canada’s towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 19%, a lower share than 71% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 14% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
An employment rate of 57%
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
About as many work here as in the typical town: 57%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
20th highest median age among 41 towns of 11,740 to 12,317
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
They run from Cityscape, at 31.5, to Elliot Lake, at 60.4. Next to Saint-Rodrigue on this scale come L'Île-Perrot (44.4), Moncton (44.8), Adjala-Tosorontio (46.4) and Clearwater County (46.4).
Of the 6 towns nearest Saint-Rodrigue, 3 are older
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Rodrigue | 12,018 | — | 46.1 | 29% | 14% |
| Lairet | 15,251 | 1.5 km | 40.8 | 22% | 11% |
| Jésuites | 15,792 | 1.6 km | 48.4 | 28% | 8% |
| Charlesbourg | 9,660 | 1.9 km | 49.6 | 30% | 6.6% |
| Maizerets | 14,571 | 2.7 km | 38.9 | 18% | 16% |
| Vieux-Limoilou | 14,347 | 2.9 km | 38.7 | 18% | 7.6% |
| Vanier | 13,494 | 3.0 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. For each measure we take the median of Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Statistics Canada reports the census by municipality; a neighbourhood’s figures are the sum of its dissemination areas, rounded counts and all, with medians estimated from age and income groups and no 2016 count, as the 2016 areas don’t fit.
- 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-Rodrigue’s residents
What is the median income in Saint-Rodrigue?
Half of Saint-Rodrigue’s households had more than $53,800 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Saint-Rodrigue?
Saint-Rodrigue had 12,018 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Saint-Rodrigue?
The median age is 46.1, older than 73% of Canadian towns. 12% are under 15 and 29% 65 or older.
Is Saint-Rodrigue bilingual?
32% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 67% speak French only and 0.2% English only. French is the mother tongue of 88%.
How diverse is Saint-Rodrigue?
Immigrants: 14% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 17%. Indigenous identity: 1.8%.
What religion are people in Saint-Rodrigue?
28% said they have no religion and 65% that they are Christian; 7.3% named another faith.
Is Saint-Rodrigue good for families?
12% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 33% of households and one-parent families 7.1%. Schools near Saint-Rodrigue 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).