Photo: Boréal · CC BY-SA 3.0Above 92% of Canadian towns: 22% of residents are under 15
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 12%, against 19% across Canada’s towns. The 2021 Census counted 30,003 residents in 11,980 households. In Val-Bélair, 3.8% of residents are immigrants. Residents with no religion are rarer here than in 60% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Val-Bélair
A neighbourhood of families
Children under 15 are 22% of residents, more than in 92% of Canadian towns. Households average 2.5 people, and 9.8% are one-parent families. Ages ↓
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 37% of adults, more than in 99% of Canadian towns, while 27% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
39% of residents speak English and French, more than in 85% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
With residents whose mother tongue is English at 1.3%, Val-Bélair is behind 94% of Canadian towns on that count. Across Canada’s towns, bilingual residents come to 7.5%.
Younger than 82% of Canadian towns: half of Val-Bélair is under 37
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
More residents are 40–44 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 10% in Val-Bélair.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Val-Bélair, 37. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
9.8% of households are one-parent families, a share 73% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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.
At 2.5 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-parent families is 8.2%. One-person households: 25% of the total.
Val-Bélair ranks above 99% of Canadian towns on common-law partners: 37%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Married residents 15 and over make up 27%, against 46% across Canada’s towns. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%.
55% of households live in a single-detached house, fewer than in 62% of Canadian towns
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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
On households in buildings of five or more storeys, 0.9% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns. Households in single-detached houses: 64% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. 36% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 5.2% built before 1961.
The median household brings in $96,300 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Val-Bélair had $96,300 before tax, 12% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Quebec’s towns have a median of $74,000. The pandemic’s benefits: 27% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
A larger share of residents who moved in within the year than 59% of Canadian towns: 12%
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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 immigrants were born in Europe (26%) or in Africa (24%). 1% of residents are not Canadian citizens, fewer than in 89% of Canadian towns. The usual figure: 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Recent arrivals, from 2011 to 2021, are 36% of immigrants (typical: 27%); non-permanent residents add 0.2% of residents.
67% said they are Christian and 32% that they have no religion
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The figure for visible minority residents is 4.2% in Val-Bélair and 15% across Canada’s towns. 1.9% of residents have an Indigenous identity, a lower share than in 63% of Canadian towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 23%, a lower share than 58% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 7.1% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. To put it in context, 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
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
73% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
Of 41 towns its size (28,557 to 31,627 people), the 12th youngest
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Median ages here range from 31.3 in Alloa to 56.4 in Wasaga Beach. Verdun-Centre (36.4), Parc-Extension (36.9), Squamish (37.6) and Meadowvale Village (37.9): the towns nearest Val-Bélair in median age.
Every nearby town is older than Val-Bélair
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Val-Bélair | 30,003 | — | 37 | 12% | 3.8% |
| Loretteville | 15,653 | 4.4 km | 44 | 23% | 4.9% |
| Des Châtels | 14,836 | 4.6 km | 42.8 | 20% | 5% |
| Wendake | 2,234 | 5.1 km | 46 | 21% | 0% |
| Lac-Saint-Charles | 9,985 | 6.6 km | 40.2 | 15% | 1.7% |
| Saint-Émile | 16,893 | 7.4 km | 38.8 | 12% | 3.5% |
| L'Ancienne-Lorette | 17,876 | 7.6 km | 47.6 | 26% | 5.3% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
- 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. The middle of Quebec’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
Questions about Val-Bélair’s residents
What is the population of Val-Bélair?
The 2021 Census counted 30,003 people in Val-Bélair.
What is the average age in Val-Bélair?
The median age is 37, younger than 82% of Canadian towns. 22% are under 15 and 12% 65 or older.
Is Val-Bélair bilingual?
39% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 61% speak French only and 0.3% English only. French is the mother tongue of 95%.
How diverse is Val-Bélair?
Immigrants: 3.8% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 4.2%. Indigenous identity: 1.9%.
What religion are people in Val-Bélair?
32% said they have no religion and 67% that they are Christian; 1.7% named another faith.
Is Val-Bélair good for families?
22% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 59% of households and one-parent families 9.8%. Schools near Val-Bélair are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Val-Bélair?
Half of Val-Bélair’s households had more than $96,300 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
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).