Photo: Unknown photographer · Public domainIn Rouyn-Noranda, 37% of households are one person living alone, more than in 82% of Canadian towns
Recent arrivals are 49% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. About 43,270 people lived in Rouyn-Noranda in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates. On the census count, 53% of households live in a single-detached house. This Quebec town has fewer immigrants than 94% of Canadian towns, at 1.8%.
What stands out about the people of Rouyn-Noranda
Common-law couples
32% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 96% of Canadian towns; 27% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A higher share of bilingual residents than 84% of Canadian towns, at 36%
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. 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
Across Canada’s towns, nearly two thirds of residents have English as their mother tongue; in Rouyn-Noranda, 1.8%. To put it in context, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
±0% since 2016, a pace below 77% 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
The July 2025 estimate adds another 2%. For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +4% across Quebec’s towns.
A larger share of children under 15 than 63% of Canadian towns: 17%
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
No age band is larger than 60–64: 7.8% of residents. The highest share aged 65 or over among Quebec’s towns is Centre’s: 46%. The usual figure: 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Rouyn-Noranda, 42. 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.
Here, 8.1% of households are one-parent families.
Above 96% of Canadian towns: 32% of residents 15 and over live common-law
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
27% of residents 15 and over are married (Canada’s towns: 46%). For common-law partners, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%.
In Rouyn-Noranda, 37% of households rent their home, more than in 70% of Canadian towns
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
31% of homes were built before 1961 and 14% in 2001 or later. Set beside that, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. At 0.3%, the share of households in buildings of five or more storeys is in line with the figure across Canada’s towns.
$76,000 a year is the median household income here
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Rouyn-Noranda: half had less than $76,000, 12% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $74,000 is the median household income across Quebec’s towns. 27% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
1.8% of residents are immigrants
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
Across Canada’s towns, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens; in Rouyn-Noranda, 1.6%. A year before the census, 11% lived somewhere else: fewer than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns.
A lower share of residents with no religion than 60% of Canadian towns, at 32%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Set against 15% across Canada’s towns, 2.5% of residents belong to a visible minority in Rouyn-Noranda. The benchmark for residents with no religion across Canada’s towns: 35%. In Rouyn-Noranda, 3.3% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
A smaller share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 65% of Canadian towns: 21%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
An employment rate of 62%
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
62% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
In its size band (37,891 to 49,388), the 19th oldest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest is Malton (34.8) and the oldest Penticton (52). The closest ages to Rouyn-Noranda’s belong to Sainte-Dorothée (41.9), Timmins (42), Hurontario (42.2) and Lakeshore (42.8).
Older than Rouyn-Noranda: 4 of the 5 towns nearby
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page. Distances here run 49–67 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Rouyn-Noranda.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rouyn-Noranda | 43,270 | — | 42 | 20% | 1.8% |
| Palmarolle | 1,425 | 49.3 km | 43.6 | 20% | 0.7% |
| Macamic | 2,698 | 58.5 km | 43.6 | 22% | 0% |
| Rivière-Héva | 1,567 | 62.0 km | 46.8 | 18% | 1.7% |
| La Sarre | 7,199 | 65.4 km | 50.4 | 29% | 0.9% |
| Malartic | 3,506 | 67.5 km | 40.4 | 19% | 2% |
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. 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. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
Questions about Rouyn-Noranda’s residents
What religion are people in Rouyn-Noranda?
Most often Christian (67%) or no religion (32%); other religions make up 1%.
Is Rouyn-Noranda good for families?
Children under 15 are 17% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 50% of households and one-parent families 8.1%. Schools near Rouyn-Noranda are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Rouyn-Noranda?
Median total household income in Rouyn-Noranda was $76,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Rouyn-Noranda?
The latest figure is an estimate: 43,270 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Rouyn-Noranda counted 42,313, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Rouyn-Noranda?
Half the residents are older than 42 and half younger, younger than 51% of Canadian towns; 17% are children under 15 and 20% are 65 or over.
Is Rouyn-Noranda bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 36% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 0.3% speak only English and 64% only French; 95% grew up with French.
How diverse is Rouyn-Noranda?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 1.8%. A visible minority makes up 2.5% and Indigenous residents 3.3%.
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).