Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0A higher share of children under 15 than 89% of Canadian towns, at 21%
Most recent wave: 56% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%). Just over a quarter of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 76% of Canadian towns. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 4,817 residents; the 2021 Census found 1,915 households. Immigrants account for 1%.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Agapit
A town of families
Children under 15 are 21% of residents, more than in 89% of Canadian towns. Households average 2.3 people, and 9.2% are one-parent families. Ages ↓
Common-law couples
33% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 97% of Canadian towns; 29% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Bilingual residents make up 26% in Saint-Agapit, more than in 78% 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
In Saint-Agapit, 0.8% of residents have English as their mother tongue, beside 66% across Canada’s towns. At home: French 99%, English 0.3%. Bilingual residents: 7.5% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
From 2016 to 2021, Saint-Agapit outgrew 60% of Canadian towns: +6%
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +4% across Quebec’s towns.
Younger than 81% of Canadian towns: half of Saint-Agapit is under 37.2
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
More residents are 30–34 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 73% of Canadian towns. The census found that 17% of residents are 65 or over in Saint-Agapit.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Saint-Agapit, 37.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
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.
Here nearly one in ten households are one-parent families, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 8.2%. One-person households account for 30%.
A larger share of common-law partners than 97% of Canadian towns: 33%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 27% of adults, beside a typical 27%. Census figures put married residents 15 and over at 29% in Saint-Agapit. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%.
57% of households live in a single-detached house, fewer than in 59% 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: 44% date from 2001 or later, 21% from before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Across the comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Little separates the share of renter households here, 25%, from the figure across Canada’s towns.
Household income at the median: $76,500 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Saint-Agapit’s, at $76,500, is 11% lower. The median across Quebec’s towns is $74,000. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 31% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
1% 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
Compared with 5.8% across Canada’s towns, 0.6% of residents are not Canadian citizens here. For Saint-Agapit, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 11%.
73% said they are Christian and 26% that they have no religion
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Indigenous residents make up 1.7%, against 2.8% across Canada’s towns. Visible minority residents account for 0.9%.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 12%, a lower share than 90% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 14% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. As a yardstick, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 67% of adults
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.
At 67%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Of 41 towns its size (4,715 to 4,931 people), the 8th youngest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The youngest is Empire Park (30.9) and the oldest Sutton (60.4). Next to Saint-Agapit on this scale come Richmond (36.6), Grand Valley (36.8), Maybank (37.5) and Highland Park (38.4).
A younger town than 5 of the 6 around it: Saint-Agapit
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Agapit | 4,817 | — | 37.2 | 17% | 1% |
| Saint-Apollinaire | 9,218 | 7.1 km | 36.4 | 14% | 2% |
| Saint-Gilles | 3,521 | 9.2 km | 40.8 | 22% | 2% |
| Saint-Flavien | 1,682 | 12.1 km | 44.4 | 23% | 1.9% |
| Laurier-Station | 2,838 | 14.6 km | 46 | 23% | 1.2% |
| Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly | 1,747 | 14.7 km | 49.6 | 28% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon | 7,551 | 16.6 km | 40.8 | 16% | 2.1% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
- 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.
Questions about Saint-Agapit’s residents
What is the population of Saint-Agapit?
About 4,817, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 4,526 people in Saint-Agapit, 6% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Agapit?
The median age is 37.2, younger than 81% of Canadian towns. 21% are under 15 and 17% 65 or older.
Is Saint-Agapit bilingual?
26% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 74% speak French only and 0% English only. French is the mother tongue of 98%.
How diverse is Saint-Agapit?
Immigrants: 1% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 0.9%. Indigenous identity: 1.7%.
What religion are people in Saint-Agapit?
26% said they have no religion and 73% that they are Christian; 2% named another faith.
Is Saint-Agapit good for families?
21% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 56% of households and one-parent families 9.2%. Schools near Saint-Agapit are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Agapit?
Half of Saint-Agapit’s households had more than $76,500 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
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).