Photo: Veillg1 · CC0In Saint-Albert, 6.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 93% of Canadian towns
By its share of children under 15 (20%), Saint-Albert is above 83% of Canadian towns. Census figures put residents with no religion at 21% here. Few places have as many households in single-detached houses: 90% here, more than in 89% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census found 660 households in the town; by July 2025 the population was about 1,744.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Albert
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 39% of adults, more than in 99% of Canadian towns, while 29% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Saint-Albert ranks above 75% of Canadian towns on bilingual residents: 21%
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. 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
Residents whose mother tongue is English: 0.3%, below 99% of Canadian towns. The wider picture: 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
A change of +2% since 2016 leaves Saint-Albert behind 61% of Canadian towns
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. The July 2025 estimate adds another 6%.
14% of residents are 65 or over, below 78% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The median age in Saint-Albert is 39.6, lower than in 66% of Canadian towns. Set beside that, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents. On residents aged 15 to 24, 11% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women.
Larger households than 58% of Canadian towns: 2.5 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, 27% of households are one person living alone; in Saint-Albert, 25%. Census figures put one-parent families at 6.1% here.
Saint-Albert sits above 99% of Canadian towns for common-law partners (39%)
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
24% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). Against that, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Fewer renter households than 73% of Canadian towns: 16%
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. 24% of homes were built before 1961 and 20% in 2001 or later. Against that, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Median gross household income: $79,500 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Saint-Albert: half had less than $79,500, 8% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Quebec’s towns have a median of $74,000. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 32% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
0.9% 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, the share of immigrants is 17%; Saint-Albert has 0.9%. Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns.
77% said they are Christian and 21% that they have no religion
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canada’s towns, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority; in Saint-Albert, 0.6%. Indigenous residents are rarer here than in 98% of Canadian towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 8.1%, a lower share than 98% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 27% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town.
72% of residents 15 and over were in work
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 72%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
No nearby town is as young as Saint-Albert
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Albert | 1,744 | — | 39.6 | 14% | 0.9% |
| Saint-Valère | 1,187 | 6.9 km | 46 | 19% | 3.4% |
| Warwick | 4,939 | 8.9 km | 44.4 | 23% | 3.1% |
| Victoriaville | 49,863 | 10.7 km | 47.2 | 28% | 3.2% |
| Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton | 1,647 | 11.0 km | 44.8 | 21% | 2.3% |
| Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska | 3,307 | 11.7 km | 41.6 | 15% | 2.4% |
| Tingwick | 1,567 | 16.6 km | 46 | 19% | 2.7% |
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. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- 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 Saint-Albert’s residents
How diverse is Saint-Albert?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 0.9%. A visible minority makes up 0.6% and Indigenous residents 0%.
What religion are people in Saint-Albert?
Most often Christian (77%) or no religion (21%); other religions make up 2.5%.
Is Saint-Albert 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 6.1%. Schools near Saint-Albert are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Albert?
Median total household income in Saint-Albert was $79,500 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Saint-Albert?
The latest figure is an estimate: 1,744 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Saint-Albert counted 1,640, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Albert?
Half the residents are older than 39.6 and half younger; 20% are children under 15 and 14% are 65 or over.
Is Saint-Albert bilingual?
21% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 78% 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).