Photo: Alchimist · CC BY-SA 3.0Rimouski: 39% of households are one person living alone, above 88% of Canadian towns
Residents with no religion: 25% here and 35% across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 2.4% of residents are immigrants. The median age in Rimouski is 47.2, higher than in 77% of Canadian towns. Statistics Canada puts the town’s population at 51,756 for July 2025.
What stands out about the people of Rimouski
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 30% of adults, more than in 93% of Canadian towns, while 27% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Above 79% of Canadian towns: 28% of residents speak English and French
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. 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
Residents whose mother tongue is English: 0.8%, below 97% of Canadian towns. To put it in context, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Rimouski’s population moved +1% on 2016, less than in 73% of Canadian towns
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 6%. Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Quebec’s towns, by more than +4%.
26% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 84% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
No age band is larger than 60–64: nearly one in ten residents. Compared with other places, children under 15 are scarce here: 14%, fewer than in 70% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, 19% of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Rimouski, 47.2. 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.
2 people per household, fewer than in 90% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Compared with other places, one-parent families are scarce here: 7.5%, fewer than in 62% of Canadian towns.
A larger share of common-law partners than 93% of Canadian towns: 30%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Married residents 15 and over: 27% here and 46% across Canada’s towns. For common-law partners, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%.
Rimouski sits above 73% of Canadian towns for renter households (38%)
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 single-detached houses: 49% here and 64% across Canada’s towns. The census found that 2.1% of households live in a building of five or more storeys in Rimouski. Across Canada’s towns, 25% of households rent their home.
Half above, half below $66,000 a year in household income
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Rimouski’s median household took in $66,000 before tax, 23% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $74,000 is the median household income across Quebec’s towns. COVID-19 benefits went to 24% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
Rimouski: 12% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, above 59% of Canadian towns
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
Of the immigrants living here, 45% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. Still, on residents without Canadian citizenship, Rimouski sits lower than three quarters of Canadian towns: 2%. As a reference point, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
74% said they are Christian and 25% that they have no religion
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
In Rimouski, 1.7% of residents have an Indigenous identity, beside 2.8% across Canada’s towns. Lower than in 81% of Canadian towns: 2.5% of residents belong to a visible minority.
Above 56% of Canadian towns: 30% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 8.6% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. The usual figure: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 55% of residents 15 and over had a job
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 55%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 26% of residents are 65 or over.
In its size band (43,555 to 60,874), the 4th oldest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Shawinigan is the oldest at 54.4, Whalley the youngest at 34.9. Next to Rimouski on this scale come Victoriaville (47.2), Salaberry-de-Valleyfield (47.2), Vernon (49.2) and West Vancouver (50.8).
A younger town than 1 of the 2 around it: Rimouski
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rimouski | 51,756 | — | 47.2 | 26% | 2.4% |
| Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard | 3,018 | 7.3 km | 42.4 | 19% | 0.7% |
| Sainte-Luce | 2,808 | 17.6 km | 48.8 | 24% | 1.4% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
Questions about Rimouski’s residents
Is Rimouski bilingual?
28% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 72% speak French only and 0.1% English only. French is the mother tongue of 97%.
How diverse is Rimouski?
Immigrants: 2.4% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 2.5%. Indigenous identity: 1.7%.
What religion are people in Rimouski?
25% said they have no religion and 74% that they are Christian; 1.1% named another faith.
Is Rimouski good for families?
14% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 48% of households and one-parent families 7.5%. Schools near Rimouski are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Rimouski?
Half of Rimouski’s households had more than $66,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Rimouski?
About 51,756, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 48,935 people in Rimouski, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Rimouski?
The median age is 47.2, older than 77% of Canadian towns. 14% are under 15 and 26% 65 or older.
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).