Photo: Interaction Qui Ltée · Public domainA smaller share of residents with no religion than 91% of Canadian towns: 17%
Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, against 11% across Canada’s towns. Saint-Ambroise is home to some 4,262 people (July 2025 estimate), in 1,695 households at the 2021 Census. On the census count, 0.6% of residents are immigrants. With a median age of 44.8, Saint-Ambroise is older than 66% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Ambroise
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 31% of adults, more than in 95% of Canadian towns, while 38% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Bilingual residents make up 16% in Saint-Ambroise, more than in 70% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. 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
0.4% of residents have English as their mother tongue (Canada’s towns: 66%). The wider picture: 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Since 2016, Saint-Ambroise has changed by +3%, slower than 59% of Canadian towns
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 10%. Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Quebec’s towns, +4%.
More children under 15 than 69% of Canadian towns: 18%
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 21%, against 19% across Canada’s towns. The wider picture: 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Saint-Ambroise, 44.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women.
Smaller households than 64% of Canadian towns: 2.3 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.
On the census count, 7.1% of households are one-parent families. One-person households make up 27%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of common-law partners than 95% of Canadian towns, at 31%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up just over a fifth of adults, beside a typical 27%. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%. Married residents 15 and over account for 38%.
Renter households make up 20% in Saint-Ambroise, less than in 61% 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
Newer homes outnumber old: 28% date from 2001 or later, 19% from before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Typically, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. The figure for households in single-detached houses is 68% in Saint-Ambroise and 64% across Canada’s towns.
Household income at the median: $74,500 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Saint-Ambroise’s households had a total income below $74,500, 13% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The middle household across Quebec’s towns has $74,000 before tax. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 26% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
In Saint-Ambroise, 13% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 65% of Canadian towns
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
0.3% of residents are not Canadian citizens (Canada’s towns: 5.8%). The wider picture: just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
3.4% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 57% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents: 0.4%, below 99% of Canadian towns. Against that, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
Below 96% of Canadian towns: 9.5% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Across Canada’s towns, 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds hold a degree; in Saint-Ambroise, 9.5%, and 56% have a college or trades credential (typical: 29%).
59% of adults were employed in May 2021
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.
About as many work here as in the typical town: 59%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
41 towns of 4,188 to 4,331 people: this is the 19th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The group spans Fraipont, youngest at 33.6, to Claresholm, oldest at 56.8. Closest in median age to Saint-Ambroise are Discovery Ridge (44.6), Westphal (44.8), Electoral Area E, Cariboo (45.2) and Oka (46.4).
2 in 5 nearby towns have a higher median age than Saint-Ambroise
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Ambroise | 4,262 | — | 44.8 | 21% | 0.6% |
| Saint-David-de-Falardeau | 3,128 | 17.6 km | 52.4 | 24% | 0.3% |
| Saint-Nazaire | 2,167 | 17.7 km | 40.4 | 18% | 1% |
| Labrecque | 1,375 | 18.3 km | 50 | 24% | 0% |
| Saint-Honoré | 6,984 | 18.4 km | 38.4 | 17% | 0.6% |
| Larouche | 1,734 | 19.1 km | 42.8 | 18% | 0% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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. 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.
Questions about Saint-Ambroise’s residents
Is Saint-Ambroise bilingual?
16% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 84% speak French only and 0% English only. French is the mother tongue of 99%.
How diverse is Saint-Ambroise?
0.6% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 0.4% belong to a visible minority and 3.4% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Saint-Ambroise?
83% are Christian and 17% have no religion; 0.4% follow another religion.
Is Saint-Ambroise good for families?
Under 15: 18% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 61% of households. One-parent families: 7.1%. Schools near Saint-Ambroise are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Ambroise?
The median household in Saint-Ambroise took in $74,500 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Saint-Ambroise?
Saint-Ambroise had about 4,262 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 3,883, 3% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Ambroise?
A median age of 44.8, older than 66% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 18%, and people 65 and over 21%.
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).