Photo: Nicolas Gagnon · Public domainRivière-Bleue is older than 97% of Canadian towns: a median age of 57.6
Across Canada’s towns, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24; in Rivière-Bleue, 6.7%. Locally, 6.2% of residents have an Indigenous identity. Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. About 1,310 people lived locally in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates.
What stands out about the people of Rivière-Bleue
Older than most towns
Rivière-Bleue’s median age is 57.6; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 35% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
42% of households are one person living alone, more than in 91% of Canadian towns; 35% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A higher share of bilingual residents than 68% of Canadian towns, at 14%
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. 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
Residents whose mother tongue is English: 0.4% here and 66% across Canada’s towns. Bilingual residents make up 7.5% across Canada’s towns.
Slower than most: +3% since 2016, behind 61% 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
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 4%.
Rivière-Bleue ranks above 98% of Canadian towns on residents aged 65 and over: 35%
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns, against 12% in Rivière-Bleue. The wider picture: 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 107 men for every 100 women.
One-person households make up 42% in Rivière-Bleue, more than in 91% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The typical household size is 2 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. By way of comparison, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. For Rivière-Bleue, the census puts one-parent families at 6.5%.
Common-law partners: 23%, a higher share than 86% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Where 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns, Rivière-Bleue has 34%. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
Households in single-detached houses make up 76% in Rivière-Bleue, more than in 67% 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
Older homes outnumber new: 43% predate 1961, 4.9% date from 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. To put it in context, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Here 30% of households rent their home, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 25%.
$47,600 a year: the median household income
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Rivière-Bleue: half had less than $47,600, 45% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The middle household across Quebec’s towns has $74,000 before tax. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 24% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
0% of residents are immigrants
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
Immigrants are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 11% in Rivière-Bleue.
A lower share of residents with no religion than 94% of Canadian towns, at 15%
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. The wider picture: 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
4.2% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 99% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
31% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
35% of adults were employed in May 2021
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 35%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 35% of residents are 65 or over.
No nearby town is as old as Rivière-Bleue
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are. Rivière-Bleue has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 18–29 km out.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rivière-Bleue | 1,310 | — | 57.6 | 35% | 0% |
| Pohénégamook | 2,488 | 17.5 km | 55.6 | 30% | 0.4% |
| Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! | 1,352 | 25.1 km | 54 | 32% | 0% |
| Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac | 5,194 | 27.7 km | 52.8 | 29% | 1% |
| Dégelis | 2,943 | 29.4 km | 55.2 | 31% | 0.4% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- 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.
Questions about Rivière-Bleue’s residents
Is Rivière-Bleue bilingual?
English and French: 14% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 0%. French only: 86%. French mother tongue: 98%.
How diverse is Rivière-Bleue?
Immigrants: 0% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 0%. Indigenous identity: 6.2%.
What religion are people in Rivière-Bleue?
15% said they have no religion and 86% that they are Christian; 0% named another faith.
Is Rivière-Bleue good for families?
12% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 49% of households and one-parent families 6.5%. Schools near Rivière-Bleue are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Rivière-Bleue?
Half of Rivière-Bleue’s households had more than $47,600 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Rivière-Bleue?
About 1,310, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,261 people in Rivière-Bleue, 3% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Rivière-Bleue?
The median age is 57.6. 12% are under 15 and 35% 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).