Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 4.09.9% of residents are 65 or over, below 92% of Canadian towns
Most recent wave: 46% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%). Saint-Amable is home to some 14,119 people (July 2025 estimate), in 5,105 households at the 2021 Census. For Saint-Amable, the census puts one-person households at 22%. On renter households, Saint-Amable sits lower than just over three fifths of Canadian towns: 21%.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Amable
Common-law couples
36% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 99% of Canadian towns; 28% are married. Couples ↓
Younger than most towns
Line Saint-Amable’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 36.4; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 23% are under 15 and 9.9% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Bilingual residents: 35%, a higher share than 83% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Set against 66% across Canada’s towns, 1.4% of residents have English as their mother tongue in Saint-Amable. For comparison, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Saint-Amable grew +10% from 2016 to 2021, ahead of 79% of Canadian towns
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Quebec’s towns, by more than +4%. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 6%.
In Saint-Amable, 23% of residents are under 15, more than in 93% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Across Canada’s towns, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24; in Saint-Amable, 9.9%. Half of the town’s residents are under 36.4, younger than in 85% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Saint-Amable, 36.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
10% of households are one-parent families, a share 79% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Canada’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Saint-Amable, 2.6. By way of comparison, nearly one in ten households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of common-law partners than 99% of Canadian towns, at 36%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
By its share of married residents 15 and over (28%), Saint-Amable is below 92% of Canadian towns. The share of common-law partners across Canada’s towns is 11%.
56% of households live in a single-detached house, below 61% of Canadian towns
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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: 51% date from 2001 or later, 4.5% from before 1961. On average, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. 0.1% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Half above, half below $92,000 a year in household income
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run high in Saint-Amable: half had more than $92,000, 7% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The middle household across Quebec’s towns has $74,000 before tax. 34% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
12% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a share 57% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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
2.7% of residents are not Canadian citizens; across Canada’s towns the figure is 5.8%. Measured more widely, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. For Saint-Amable, the census puts immigrants at 6.2%.
Residents with no religion: 33%, a lower share than 57% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Compared with 2.8% across Canada’s towns, 1.4% of residents have an Indigenous identity here. Across Canada’s towns, 35% of residents said they have no religion. 6.6% of residents belong to a visible minority.
In Saint-Amable, 12% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 92% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 19% here, 9.5% in the typical town. Typically, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 73% of residents aged 15 and over
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
73% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
Among 41 towns of 13,830 to 14,407 people, the 12th youngest
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Sandy Hill is the youngest of them at 29.7; Tiny, at 55.2, the oldest. Next to Saint-Amable on this scale come Warman (35.2), Plateau (35.5), Riverview (37.1) and Louis-Hébert (37.3).
The towns around Saint-Amable are all older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Amable | 14,119 | — | 36.4 | 9.9% | 6.2% |
| Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil | 2,999 | 6.6 km | 45.2 | 21% | 3.1% |
| Sainte-Julie | 30,981 | 7.0 km | 44.4 | 18% | 6.4% |
| Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu | 2,284 | 8.4 km | 44 | 18% | 4% |
| Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu | 1,867 | 8.7 km | 50 | 23% | 3.2% |
| Beloeil | 25,240 | 10.2 km | 42 | 21% | 5.6% |
| Varennes | 21,490 | 10.5 km | 42.4 | 16% | 3.6% |
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. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
Questions about Saint-Amable’s residents
What is the population of Saint-Amable?
About 14,119, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 13,322 people in Saint-Amable, 10% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Amable?
The median age is 36.4, younger than 85% of Canadian towns. 23% are under 15 and 9.9% 65 or older.
Is Saint-Amable bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 35% are. Another 65% speak only French and 0.4% only English, and French is the first language of 93%.
How diverse is Saint-Amable?
Immigrants: 6.2% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 6.6%. Indigenous identity: 1.4%.
What religion are people in Saint-Amable?
33% said they have no religion and 66% that they are Christian; 1.8% named another faith.
Is Saint-Amable good for families?
23% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 58% of households and one-parent families 10%. Schools near Saint-Amable are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Amable?
Half of Saint-Amable’s households had more than $92,000 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).