Photo: Bernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 3.021% of residents said they have no religion, below 85% of Canadian towns
Recent arrivals are 70% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. Its population is up 3% on 2016. Immigrants: 3.8% of the total. Higher than in 73% of Canadian towns: 18% of residents are under 15.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Anselme
Common-law couples
32% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 96% of Canadian towns; 30% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Bilingual residents: 22%, a higher share than 75% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. 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
0.8% of residents have English as their mother tongue, against 66% across Canada’s towns. Measured more widely, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Saint-Anselme’s population moved +3% on 2016, less than in 58% 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 Canada’s towns, the typical town changed +4%; across Quebec’s towns, +4%. The July 2025 estimate adds another 12%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 74% of Canadian towns, at 9.4%
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
With a median age of 41.2, Saint-Anselme is younger than 55% of Canadian towns. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. For Saint-Anselme, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 20%. More residents are 30–34 than any other five-year age: 7.9% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Saint-Anselme, 41.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women.
2.3 people per household, fewer than in 64% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-person households is 27%; Saint-Anselme has 30%. In Saint-Anselme, 7.4% of households are one-parent families.
A larger share of common-law partners than 96% of Canadian towns: 32%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
27% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). Elsewhere, just over one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
More renter households than 54% of Canadian towns: 28%
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: 32% date from 2001 or later, 23% from before 1961. The share of renter households across Canada’s towns is 25%. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, 64% of households live in a single-detached house; in Saint-Anselme, 67%.
Half above, half below $79,500 a year in household income
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Saint-Anselme’s, at $79,500, is 8% lower. Within Quebec’s towns, the household in the middle had $74,000. In 2020, 28% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 57% of Canadian towns: 10%
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 here were most often born in the Americas (47%), then in Africa (33%). As a reference point, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. At 3.8%, the share of residents without Canadian citizenship is lower than in 60% of Canadian towns.
78% said they are Christian and 21% that they have no religion
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canada’s towns, the share of visible minority residents is 15%; Saint-Anselme has 5.7%. Indigenous residents are rarer here than in 91% of Canadian towns.
15% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 81% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 12% (typical 9.5%). Elsewhere, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 66% of adults
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.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 66%.
The 20th youngest of 41 towns of 4,455 to 4,609 people
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Median ages climb from 31.6 (Fairfield Park) to 54.4 (Caraquet) across the group. Crossroads (40.3), Gurnett (40.9), Country Hills (41.6) and Rockwood (42.1): the towns nearest Saint-Anselme in median age.
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Saint-Anselme
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Anselme | 4,534 | — | 41.2 | 20% | 3.8% |
| Sainte-Hénédine | 1,550 | 7.4 km | 40.4 | 22% | 0% |
| Sainte-Claire | 3,724 | 8.6 km | 45.2 | 22% | 1% |
| Saint-Henri | 6,048 | 10.7 km | 38.4 | 16% | 1.5% |
| Saint-Gervais | 2,235 | 11.2 km | 41.6 | 20% | 1% |
| Saint-Isidore | 3,550 | 11.9 km | 40.4 | 19% | 1.5% |
| Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse | 1,330 | 12.9 km | 42.8 | 23% | 0.8% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- 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.
Questions about Saint-Anselme’s residents
How diverse is Saint-Anselme?
Immigrants: 3.8% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 5.7%. Indigenous identity: 0.4%.
What religion are people in Saint-Anselme?
21% said they have no religion and 78% that they are Christian; 0.8% named another faith.
Is Saint-Anselme good for families?
18% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 58% of households and one-parent families 7.4%. Schools near Saint-Anselme are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Anselme?
Half of Saint-Anselme’s households had more than $79,500 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Saint-Anselme?
About 4,534, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 4,047 people in Saint-Anselme, 3% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Anselme?
The median age is 41.2, younger than 55% of Canadian towns. 18% are under 15 and 20% 65 or older.
Is Saint-Anselme bilingual?
English and French: 22% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 0.6%. French only: 77%. French mother tongue: 96%.
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).