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Photo: Unknown Unknown · Public domainA smaller share of residents with no religion than 88% of Canadian towns: 19%
Immigrants are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Some 1,462 people live in Saint-Alexis, by the estimate for July 2025. Here, 15% of residents are 65 or over. Against a figure of 25% across Canada’s towns, the share of renter households in Saint-Alexis comes in at 22%.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Alexis
Common-law couples
32% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 96% of Canadian towns; 29% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Saint-Alexis ranks above 82% of Canadian towns on bilingual residents: 31%
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. 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
The share of residents whose mother tongue is English is 1.5%, against 66% across Canada’s towns. At home: French 97%, English 0.4%. On average, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
A +5% change since 2016: Saint-Alexis grew faster than 54% 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
The July 2025 estimate adds another 7%. Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Quebec’s towns, +4%.
A higher share of children under 15 than 80% of Canadian towns, at 19%
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
No age band is larger than 55–59: 8.8% of residents. The median age in Saint-Alexis is 40.4, lower than in 61% of Canadian towns. Against that, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women.
Saint-Alexis households average 2.5 people, larger than in 58% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The share of one-parent families is 6.4%, against 8.2% across Canada’s towns. For Saint-Alexis, the census puts one-person households at 28%.
32% of residents 15 and over live common-law, a share 96% of Canadian towns don’t reach
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
29% of residents 15 and over are married (Canada’s towns: 46%). Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
Households in single-detached houses make up 88% in Saint-Alexis, more than in 86% 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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. On average, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. 41% of homes were built before 1961 and 23% in 2001 or later.
Households here have a median income of $84,000 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes sit at the middle in Saint-Alexis: half had more than $84,000, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The provincial yardstick is $74,000, the median across Quebec’s towns. 30% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
Saint-Alexis: 14% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, above 71% of Canadian towns
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
Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Across the comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
81% said they are Christian and 19% that they have no religion
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Indigenous residents are rarer here than in 98% of Canadian towns. Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns.
Saint-Alexis sits below 94% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (11%)
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Across Canada’s towns, 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds hold a degree; in Saint-Alexis, 11%, and 57% have a college or trades credential (typical: 29%).
A job for 66% of residents aged 15 and over
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
More people work here than in the typical town: 66%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Older than Saint-Alexis: 5 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Alexis | 1,462 | — | 40.4 | 15% | 0% |
| Sainte-Julienne | 12,990 | 4.8 km | 42 | 17% | 2.6% |
| Saint-Jacques | 4,830 | 5.8 km | 44 | 20% | 2.5% |
| Saint-Esprit | 2,313 | 6.2 km | 44 | 20% | 2% |
| Saint-Liguori | 2,268 | 8.4 km | 44.8 | 20% | 2.5% |
| Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan | 5,675 | 12.1 km | 38.8 | 17% | 1.5% |
| Sainte-Marie-Salomé | 1,296 | 12.1 km | 44.4 | 20% | 0.8% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Saint-Alexis’s residents
What is the average age in Saint-Alexis?
40.4 is the median age. Under 15: 19%. 65 and over: 15%.
Is Saint-Alexis bilingual?
English and French: 31% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 0.7%. French only: 68%. French mother tongue: 96%.
How diverse is Saint-Alexis?
Immigrants make up 0% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 0% are members of a visible minority, and 0% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Saint-Alexis?
Christian: 81%. No religion: 19%. Another religion: 0.4%.
Is Saint-Alexis good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 19%. 56% of households are couple families and 6.4% one-parent families. Schools near Saint-Alexis are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Alexis?
$84,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Saint-Alexis (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Saint-Alexis?
Statistics Canada estimates 1,462 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 1,370 in Saint-Alexis, 5% more than 2016.
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).