Photo: DomLemLali · CC BY-SA 4.0Children under 15 make up 23% in Saint-Alexandre, more than in 94% of Canadian towns
With a median age of 37.2, Saint-Alexandre is younger than 81% of Canadian towns. The census found that 91% of households live in a single-detached house here. Some 2,685 people live in the town, by the estimate for July 2025. One-person households: 20%, below 77% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Alexandre
A town of families
Children under 15 are 23% of residents, more than in 94% of Canadian towns. Households average 2.7 people, and 8.5% are one-parent families. Ages ↓
Common-law couples
36% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 98% of Canadian towns; 32% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Above 83% of Canadian towns: 33% of residents speak English and French
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. 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
The share of residents whose mother tongue is English is 1.9%, against 66% across Canada’s towns. Elsewhere, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. At home: French 97%, English 1.5%.
Saint-Alexandre grew +9% from 2016 to 2021, faster than 75% 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
Across Quebec’s towns the median is +4%, and across Canada’s towns +4%. The estimate for July 2025 is much the same as the census count.
In Saint-Alexandre, 14% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 80% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The biggest five-year age group is 35–39, with nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. In Saint-Alexandre, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. Elsewhere, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Saint-Alexandre, 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.
Bigger households than 76% of Canadian towns: 2.7 people each on average
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families: 8.5% of the total.
A higher share of common-law partners than 98% of Canadian towns, at 36%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
The figure for married residents 15 and over is 32% in Saint-Alexandre and 46% across Canada’s towns. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
Renter households make up 15% in Saint-Alexandre, less than in 77% of Canadian towns
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 a quarter of homes were built before 1961 and 20% in 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. As a yardstick, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Household income at the median: $90,000 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes sit at the middle in Saint-Alexandre: half had more than $90,000, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Quebec’s towns have a median of $74,000. COVID-19 benefits went to 30% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
12% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a share 56% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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
Most immigrants were born in Europe (55%) or in the Americas (36%). Fewer immigrants than in 85% of Canadian towns: 4.1%. Residents who moved in within the year: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. The share of residents without Canadian citizenship trails 94% of Canadian towns: 0.7%.
Residents with no religion make up 28% in Saint-Alexandre, less than in 71% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
2.4% of residents belong to a visible minority, against 15% across Canada’s towns. The wider picture: just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. The census found that 1.5% of residents have an Indigenous identity in Saint-Alexandre.
Saint-Alexandre sits below 84% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (14%)
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 17% (typical 9.5%). To put it in context, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 70% of residents aged 15 and over
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 70%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
The 6th youngest of 41 towns of 2,646 to 2,724 people
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The youngest is La Ronge (31) and the oldest Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay (60). By median age, Saint-Alexandre sits among Saint-Bernard (35.6), Lee Ridge (36.7), Westview (38.7) and Grey (38.8).
Saint-Alexandre is younger than every town around it
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Alexandre | 2,685 | — | 37.2 | 14% | 4.1% |
| Sainte-Anne-de-Sabrevois | 2,307 | 8.6 km | 41.2 | 16% | 2.6% |
| Sainte-Sabine | 1,123 | 8.9 km | 42.8 | 17% | 2.3% |
| Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville | 1,540 | 10.4 km | 38.8 | 15% | 3.8% |
| Henryville | 1,664 | 11.2 km | 42.8 | 19% | 2.4% |
| Mont-Saint-Grégoire | 3,158 | 12.3 km | 42.4 | 17% | 4.1% |
| Farnham | 11,315 | 13.0 km | 40.4 | 20% | 2.8% |
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. 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.
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
Questions about Saint-Alexandre’s residents
What is the median income in Saint-Alexandre?
The median household in Saint-Alexandre took in $90,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Saint-Alexandre?
Saint-Alexandre had about 2,685 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 2,678, 9% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Alexandre?
A median age of 37.2, younger than 81% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 23%, and people 65 and over 14%.
Is Saint-Alexandre bilingual?
English and French: 33% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 0.6%. French only: 66%. French mother tongue: 95%.
How diverse is Saint-Alexandre?
4.1% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 2.4% belong to a visible minority and 1.5% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Saint-Alexandre?
72% are Christian and 28% have no religion; 0.4% follow another religion.
Is Saint-Alexandre good for families?
Under 15: 23% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 65% of households. One-parent families: 8.5%. Schools near Saint-Alexandre are on its Schools page.
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).