Photo: P199 · Public domainRenter households: 7%, a lower share than 96% of Canadian towns
The share of residents who moved in within the year trails 91% of Canadian towns: 6.8%. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 8%. Half of Rivière-Héva’s residents are over 46.8, older than in 76% of Canadian towns. Statistics Canada puts the town’s population at 1,567 for July 2025.
What stands out about the people of Rivière-Héva
Common-law couples
37% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 99% of Canadian towns; 34% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A higher share of bilingual residents than 79% of Canadian towns, at 28%
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: French 98%, English 0.7%. The comparison figure for bilingual residents is 7.5% across Canada’s towns. Rivière-Héva has fewer residents whose mother tongue is English than 93% of Canadian towns, at 1.7%.
From 2016 to 2021, Rivière-Héva outgrew 58% of Canadian towns: +5%
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +4% across Quebec’s towns.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 53% of Canadian towns, at 18%
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with just over one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across Canada’s towns. Elsewhere, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. In Rivière-Héva, 16% of residents are under 15.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women.
Smaller households than 64% of Canadian towns: 2.3 people on average
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Canada’s towns, nearly one in ten households are one-parent families; in Rivière-Héva, 5.4%. Census figures put one-person households at 26% locally.
Common-law partners make up 37% in Rivière-Héva, more than in 99% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Just over a third of residents 15 and over are married, against 46% across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
More households in single-detached houses than 95% of Canadian towns: 94%
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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
Nearly one in ten homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. Elsewhere, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 26% date from 2001 or later, 19% from before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
$101,000 a year: where the middle household sits
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run high in Rivière-Héva: half had more than $101,000, 17% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Quebec’s towns, half of households had more than $74,000 before tax. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 24% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
1.7% of residents are immigrants
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
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
Set against 17% across Canada’s towns, 1.7% of residents are immigrants in Rivière-Héva. The census found that 1% of residents are not Canadian citizens locally.
A smaller share of residents with no religion than 78% of Canadian towns: 25%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Compared with 2.8% across Canada’s towns, 1.7% of residents have an Indigenous identity here. Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 88% of Canadian towns. Residents with no religion make up 35% across Canada’s towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 15% in Rivière-Héva, less than in 81% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 18% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
In work on census day: 61% of adults
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 61%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
No nearby town is as old as Rivière-Héva
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page. Rivière-Héva has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 7–46 km out.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- The census’s own words. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
Questions about Rivière-Héva’s residents
How diverse is Rivière-Héva?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 1.7%. A visible minority makes up 1.7% and Indigenous residents 1.7%.
What religion are people in Rivière-Héva?
Most often Christian (75%) or no religion (25%); other religions make up 0.4%.
Is Rivière-Héva good for families?
Children under 15 are 16% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 65% of households and one-parent families 5.4%. Schools near Rivière-Héva are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Rivière-Héva?
Median total household income in Rivière-Héva was $101,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Rivière-Héva?
The latest figure is an estimate: 1,567 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Rivière-Héva counted 1,495, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Rivière-Héva?
Half the residents are older than 46.8 and half younger; 16% are children under 15 and 18% are 65 or over.
Is Rivière-Héva bilingual?
28% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 72% speak French only and 0.3% English only. French is the mother tongue of 97%.
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).