Photo: Nicolas Raymond from Bethesda, Maryland, USA · CC BY 2.0Older than 86% of Canadian towns: half of Rawdon is over 50.4
13% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 13,099 residents; the 2021 Census found 5,450 households. In Rawdon, 7.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Higher than in 79% of Canadian towns: 36% of households are one person living alone.
What stands out about the people of Rawdon
Older than most towns
Line Rawdon’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 50.4; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 24% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 27% of adults, more than in 91% of Canadian towns, while 28% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Rawdon: 43% of residents speak English and French, above 87% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. 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
By its share of residents whose mother tongue is English (8.8%), Rawdon is below 84% of Canadian towns. On average, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Since 2016, Rawdon has grown +6%, faster than 62% of Canadian towns
The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 12% higher again. Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +4% across Quebec’s towns.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 24% in Rawdon, more than in 77% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The largest age band is 55–59: 9.7% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. Across the comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. The census found that 15% of residents are under 15 in Rawdon.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Rawdon, 50.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Households here average 2.1 people, below 83% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Against a figure of 8.2% across Canada’s towns, the share of one-parent families in Rawdon comes in at 9.5%.
Above 91% of Canadian towns: 27% of residents 15 and over live common-law
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns, against 28% in Rawdon. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%.
Rawdon ranks above 71% of Canadian towns on households in single-detached houses: 79%
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
31% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 20% built before 1961. Households in single-detached houses: 64% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. Here 29% of households rent their home, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 25%.
$62,000 a year: where the middle household sits
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
The middle household in Rawdon had $62,000 before tax, 28% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Quebec’s towns have a median of $74,000. Pandemic benefits reached 30% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
Rawdon: 12% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, above 62% of Canadian towns
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
Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents without Canadian citizenship is 5.8%; Rawdon has 1.3%. Against that, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Immigrants account for 4.2%.
Only 32% of residents said they have no religion in Rawdon
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The figure for visible minority residents is 1.7% in Rawdon and 15% across Canada’s towns. Residents with no religion make up 35% across Canada’s towns. In Rawdon, 2.3% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
A lower share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 83% of Canadian towns, at 15%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Across Canada’s towns, 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds hold a degree; in Rawdon, 15%, and 41% have a college or trades credential (typical: 29%). Those with no credential make up 19%, next to 9.5% in the typical town.
Employment: 51% of residents 15 and over had a job
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.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, above this 51%; 24% of residents are 65 or over.
Oldest by rank: 5th of 41 towns of 12,880 to 13,333 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
At one end is Thompson (31), at the other Forest (56.8). By median age, Rawdon sits among Signal Hill (49.4), Pine Grove (49.8), Bathurst (53.2) and Brighton (56).
Rawdon and its 6 nearest towns: 2 of them are older
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rawdon | 13,099 | — | 50.4 | 24% | 4.2% |
| Sainte-Julienne | 12,990 | 9.7 km | 42 | 17% | 2.6% |
| Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare | 1,941 | 12.3 km | 46.8 | 21% | 2.2% |
| Chertsey | 5,678 | 12.7 km | 56 | 28% | 4.6% |
| Saint-Alexis | 1,462 | 12.9 km | 40.4 | 15% | 0% |
| Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez | 3,639 | 13.3 km | 57.6 | 29% | 1.5% |
| Saint-Liguori | 2,268 | 14.1 km | 44.8 | 20% | 2.5% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Quebec’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- 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 Rawdon’s residents
What religion are people in Rawdon?
68% are Christian and 32% have no religion; 0.6% follow another religion.
Is Rawdon good for families?
Under 15: 15% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 46% of households. One-parent families: 9.5%. Schools near Rawdon are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Rawdon?
The median household in Rawdon took in $62,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Rawdon?
Rawdon had about 13,099 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 11,719, 6% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Rawdon?
A median age of 50.4, older than 86% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 15%, and people 65 and over 24%.
Is Rawdon bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 43% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 2.7% speak only English and 54% only French; 86% grew up with French.
How diverse is Rawdon?
4.2% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 1.7% belong to a visible minority and 2.3% have an Indigenous identity.
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).