Photo: Harfang · CC BY-SA 3.0A median age of 53.6: Ragueneau is older than 92% of Canadian towns
Compared with 25% across Canada’s towns, 14% of households rent their home here. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 1,287 residents; the 2021 Census found 615 households. Across Ragueneau, 6.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Residents with no religion are rarer here than in 95% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Ragueneau
Older than most towns
Line Ragueneau’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 53.6; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 28% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 29% of adults, more than in 93% of Canadian towns, while 36% are married. Couples ↓
Fewer people than before
Ragueneau went from 1,343 people in 2016 to 1,314 in 2021, −2%: slower growth than in 89% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Ragueneau sits above 63% of Canadian towns for bilingual residents (11%)
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. 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
Across Canada’s towns, 66% of residents have English as their mother tongue; in Ragueneau, 0.4%. At home: French 99%, English 0.8%. To put it in context, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Since 2016, Ragueneau has changed by −2%, slower than 89% of Canadian towns
Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +4% across Quebec’s towns.
Ragueneau: 28% of residents are 65 or over, above 88% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
13% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%). As a reference point, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 111 men for every 100 women.
Ragueneau households average 2.1 people, smaller than in 83% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families make up 6.5% of households and couple families 55%, against 8.2% and 53% across Canada’s towns. Few places have as many one-person households: 31% here, more than in nearly two thirds of Canadian towns.
In Ragueneau, 29% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 93% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 25% of adults (typical: 27%). On the census count, 36% of residents 15 and over are married. Common-law partners make up 11% across Canada’s towns.
Households in single-detached houses make up 87% in Ragueneau, more than in 83% 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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. The benchmark for households in single-detached houses across Canada’s towns: 64%. 22% of homes were built before 1961 and 8.1% in 2001 or later.
A median household income of $66,000 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Ragueneau’s households had a total income below $66,000, 23% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Quebec’s towns have a median of $74,000. 25% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 87% of Canadian towns, at 7.5%
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
By its share of immigrants (1.5%), Ragueneau is below 96% of Canadian towns. Locally, 0.7% of residents are not Canadian citizens. The usual figure: just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
Ragueneau: 7% of residents have an Indigenous identity, above 79% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents make up 1.5%, against 15% across Canada’s towns. The wider picture: 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
6.6% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 99% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
27% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%).
Employment: 43% of residents 15 and over had a job
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 43% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 28% of residents are 65 or over.
Ragueneau is older than every town around it
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ragueneau | 1,287 | — | 53.6 | 28% | 1.5% |
| Chute-aux-Outardes | 1,406 | 6.8 km | 52.8 | 25% | 0% |
| Pointe-aux-Outardes | 1,447 | 8.1 km | 47.6 | 20% | 1.1% |
| Pointe-Lebel | 1,800 | 15.6 km | 49.2 | 22% | 0.6% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Ragueneau’s residents
What is the population of Ragueneau?
The latest figure is an estimate: 1,287 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Ragueneau counted 1,314, 2% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Ragueneau?
Half the residents are older than 53.6 and half younger; 13% are children under 15 and 28% are 65 or over.
Is Ragueneau bilingual?
English and French: 11% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 0%. French only: 89%. French mother tongue: 99%.
How diverse is Ragueneau?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 1.5%. A visible minority makes up 1.5% and Indigenous residents 7%.
What religion are people in Ragueneau?
Most often Christian (86%) or no religion (14%); other religions make up 0.3%.
Is Ragueneau good for families?
Children under 15 are 13% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 55% of households and one-parent families 6.5%. Schools near Ragueneau are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Ragueneau?
Median total household income in Ragueneau was $66,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population · Statistics Canada, population estimates for 1 July 2025 (table 17-10-0155). 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).