Photo: William Brymner · Public domainRivière-Beaudette ranks above 93% of Canadian towns on households in single-detached houses: 93%
20% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%). The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 2,806 residents; the 2021 Census found 995 households. The census found that 27% of residents said they have no religion in Rivière-Beaudette. The median age in the town is 40.4, lower than in just over three fifths of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Rivière-Beaudette
A bilingual town
Both official languages: 51% of residents speak English and French, more than in 90% of Canadian towns. Another 47% speak only French and 2.6% only English. English & French ↓
Growing faster than most
Rivière-Beaudette went from 2,097 people in 2016 to 2,489 in 2021, +19%: faster growth than in 95% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 34% of adults, more than in 97% of Canadian towns, while 33% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Bilingual residents: 51%, a higher share than 90% 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
At home: French 89%, English 8.1%. As a reference point, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. Residents whose mother tongue is English are rarer here than in 85% of Canadian towns.
Faster growth than 95% of Canadian towns: Rivière-Beaudette changed by +19% since 2016
The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 13%. The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across Quebec’s towns +4%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.4%, a lower share than 87% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
Compared with 19% across Canada’s towns, 17% of residents are 65 or over here. On average, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Rivière-Beaudette, 40.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women.
A smaller share of one-person households than 63% of Canadian towns: 24%
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The share of one-parent families trails 77% of Canadian towns: 6.5%. As a yardstick, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. Households average 2.5 people.
A larger share of common-law partners than 97% of Canadian towns: 34%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
A quarter of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. Against that, just over one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Renter households make up 11% in Rivière-Beaudette, less than in 87% of Canadian towns
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
Newer homes outnumber old: 40% date from 2001 or later, 18% from before 1961. Renter households: 25% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
Household income at the median: $88,000 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Rivière-Beaudette had $88,000 before tax, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across Quebec’s towns is $74,000. The pandemic’s benefits: 28% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 8.3% in Rivière-Beaudette, less than in 79% 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
Recent arrivals are a fifth of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. The share of residents who moved in within the year across Canada’s towns is 11%. On the census count, 3% of residents are immigrants. Fewer residents without Canadian citizenship than in 97% of Canadian towns: 0.4%.
3.7% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 60% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns, against 2% in Rivière-Beaudette. Across Canada’s towns, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
A lower share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 94% of Canadian towns, at 11%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 16% hold 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.
64% of adults were employed in May 2021
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
More people work here than in the typical town: 64%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
11th lowest median age among 41 towns of 2,764 to 2,845
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
At one end is Kuujjuaq (28.8), at the other Saint-Michel-des-Saints (58.8). The towns whose median age is nearest to Rivière-Beaudette’s: Meyonohk (39.8), Greenview (40.2), Newton (41.3) and Mathers (42.3).
Around Rivière-Beaudette, 4 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rivière-Beaudette | 2,806 | — | 40.4 | 17% | 3% |
| Saint-Zotique | 10,445 | 6.8 km | 41.2 | 18% | 4.4% |
| Saint-Polycarpe | 2,549 | 7.7 km | 38.4 | 17% | 2.7% |
| Sainte-Barbe | 1,993 | 11.1 km | 51.2 | 24% | 1.6% |
| Les Coteaux | 6,294 | 11.1 km | 38.8 | 14% | 2.6% |
| Saint-Anicet | 2,854 | 11.8 km | 55.2 | 30% | 4.2% |
| Coteau-du-Lac | 7,839 | 15.2 km | 44 | 19% | 4.1% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Rivière-Beaudette’s residents
Is Rivière-Beaudette bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 51% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 2.6% speak only English and 47% only French; 88% grew up with French.
How diverse is Rivière-Beaudette?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 3%. A visible minority makes up 2% and Indigenous residents 3.7%.
What religion are people in Rivière-Beaudette?
Most often Christian (73%) or no religion (27%); other religions make up 0.8%.
Is Rivière-Beaudette good for families?
Children under 15 are 20% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 63% of households and one-parent families 6.5%. Schools near Rivière-Beaudette are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Rivière-Beaudette?
Median total household income in Rivière-Beaudette was $88,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Rivière-Beaudette?
The latest figure is an estimate: 2,806 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Rivière-Beaudette counted 2,489, 19% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Rivière-Beaudette?
Half the residents are older than 40.4 and half younger, younger than 61% of Canadian towns; 20% are children under 15 and 17% are 65 or over.
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).