Photo: Roncanada · CC BY 4.0Older than 97% of Canadian towns: half of Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez is over 57.6
In Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez the average household is 1.9 people, beside 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Statistics Canada puts the town’s population at 3,639 for July 2025. Locally, 94% of households live in a single-detached house. Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez
Older than most towns
The middle resident of Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez is 57.6; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 29% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 29% of adults, more than in 93% of Canadian towns, while 31% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez: 38% of residents speak English and French, above 85% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. 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
Against a figure of 66% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents whose mother tongue is English in Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez comes in at 2.6%. Across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents is 7.5%.
+6% since 2016, a pace 60% of Canadian towns didn’t match
The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 9% higher again. Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Quebec’s towns, by more than +4%.
Only 10% of residents are under 15 in Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: 16% of residents, 2.2 times the share across Canada’s towns. 29% of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez, 57.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 111 men for every 100 women.
Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez sits above 85% of Canadian towns for one-person households (38%)
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The figure for one-parent families is 5.2% in Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez and 8.2% across Canada’s towns. Across the comparison, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Above 93% of Canadian towns: 29% of residents 15 and over live common-law
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up nearly a quarter of adults, beside a typical 27%. The wider picture: 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez ranks below 72% of Canadian towns on renter households: 16%
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. The usual figure: 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Before tax, the median household income is $60,800 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
At $60,800, the middle household in Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez earned 29% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Quebec’s towns have a median of $74,000. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 27% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez sits above 61% of Canadian towns for residents who moved in within the year (12%)
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
Immigrants: 1.5%, below 96% of Canadian towns. The benchmark for residents who moved in within the year across Canada’s towns: 11%. On the census count, 0.6% of residents are not Canadian citizens.
Only 26% of residents said they have no religion in Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
2.1% of residents belong to a visible minority; across Canada’s towns the figure is 15%. Few places have so few Indigenous residents: 1.4% here, fewer than in 73% of Canadian towns. Across the comparison, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
A lower share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 75% of Canadian towns, at 17%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
48% of adults were employed in May 2021
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
48% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 29% are 65 or more.
Among 41 towns of 3,587 to 3,692 people, the 3rd oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Between Opportunity No. 17 (31.2) and Piedmont (58) lies the rest of the group. Next to Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez on this scale come Blind River (52.8), Lac du Bonnet (55.6), South Tuxedo (57.7) and Piedmont (58).
Every neighbour of Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez has a younger population
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez | 3,639 | — | 57.6 | 29% | 1.5% |
| Sainte-Béatrix | 2,388 | 6.6 km | 51.6 | 24% | 1.4% |
| Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare | 1,941 | 10.7 km | 46.8 | 21% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Côme | 2,810 | 13.1 km | 57.6 | 30% | 2.3% |
| Rawdon | 13,099 | 13.3 km | 50.4 | 24% | 4.2% |
| Saint-Jean-de-Matha | 5,415 | 14.4 km | 55.6 | 30% | 2.7% |
| Sainte-Émélie-de-l'Énergie | 1,856 | 16.6 km | 54 | 27% | 1.7% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Quebec’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
- 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-Alphonse-Rodriguez’s residents
What is the average age in Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez?
The median age is 57.6, older than 97% of Canadian towns. 10% are under 15 and 29% 65 or older.
Is Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 38% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 0.3% speak only English and 61% only French; 95% grew up with French.
How diverse is Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez?
Immigrants: 1.5% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 2.1%. Indigenous identity: 1.4%.
What religion are people in Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez?
26% said they have no religion and 73% that they are Christian; 1.2% named another faith.
Is Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez good for families?
10% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 50% of households and one-parent families 5.2%. Schools near Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez?
Half of Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez’s households had more than $60,800 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez?
About 3,639, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 3,339 people in Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez, 6% 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).