Photo: Pierre Bona · CC BY-SA 3.0Older than 95% of Canadian towns: half of Saint-Armand is over 55.2
With households in single-detached houses at 90%, Saint-Armand is ahead of 88% of Canadian towns on that count. Some 1,241 people live locally, by the estimate for July 2025. On the census count, 6.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Few places have so few residents who moved in within the year: 7.8% here, fewer than in 84% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Armand
A bilingual town
Both official languages: 61% of residents speak English and French, more than in 95% of Canadian towns. Another 30% speak only French and 8.5% only English. English & French ↓
Older than most towns
Saint-Armand’s median age is 55.2; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 30% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Common-law couples
30% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 94% of Canadian towns; 35% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Bilingual residents make up 61% in Saint-Armand, more than in 95% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. 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
Nearly two thirds of residents have English as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns, against 23% in Saint-Armand. Across the comparison, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Saint-Armand changed by +2% from 2016 to 2021, behind 65% of Canadian towns
The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across Quebec’s towns +4%. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 1%.
Saint-Armand: 30% of residents are 65 or over, above 92% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
Where 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns, Saint-Armand has 14%. Measured more widely, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
Smaller households than 83% of Canadian towns: 2.1 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.
With one-person households at 36%, Saint-Armand is ahead of 79% of Canadian towns on that count. On the census count, 5.1% of households are one-parent families.
A higher share of common-law partners than 94% of Canadian towns, at 30%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Across Canada’s towns, 46% of residents 15 and over are married; in Saint-Armand, 35%. Common-law partners: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
Below 72% of Canadian towns: 16% of households rent their home
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
48% of homes were built before 1961 and 14% in 2001 or later. Across Canada’s towns, renter households come to 25%. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
Half of households earn more than $64,500 a year
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
Saint-Armand’s median household took in $64,500 before tax, 25% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Quebec’s towns have a median of $74,000. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 24% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
8.2% of residents are immigrants
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
Most immigrants were born in Europe (57%) or in the Americas (24%). Lower than in 69% of Canadian towns: 8.2% of residents are immigrants. Residents without Canadian citizenship: 0.8% here and 5.8% across Canada’s towns.
Residents with no religion make up 33% in Saint-Armand, less than in 55% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Where 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns, Saint-Armand has 0.8%. Residents with no religion make up 35% across Canada’s towns. Here, 2% of residents belong to a visible minority.
Only 23% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher in Saint-Armand
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-Armand, 23%, and 40% have a college or trades credential (typical: 29%). Those with no credential make up 15%, next to 9.5% in the typical town.
An employment rate of 59%
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Four labour figures from the census. 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.
Nearby, 1 of 4 towns have older populations than Saint-Armand
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Armand | 1,241 | — | 55.2 | 30% | 8.2% |
| Venise-en-Québec | 2,252 | 9.5 km | 59.2 | 35% | 4.3% |
| Bedford | 2,845 | 10.6 km | 50.4 | 28% | 3.5% |
| Saint-Georges-de-Clarenceville | 1,274 | 10.8 km | 54.4 | 28% | 10% |
| Henryville | 1,664 | 16.9 km | 42.8 | 19% | 2.4% |
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. 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.
Questions about Saint-Armand’s residents
Is Saint-Armand bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 61% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 8.5% speak only English and 30% only French; 71% grew up with French.
How diverse is Saint-Armand?
Immigrants make up 8.2% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 2% are members of a visible minority, and 0.8% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Saint-Armand?
Christian: 66%. No religion: 33%. Another religion: 0.8%.
Is Saint-Armand good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 14%. 55% of households are couple families and 5.1% one-parent families. Schools near Saint-Armand are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Armand?
$64,500 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Saint-Armand (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Saint-Armand?
Statistics Canada estimates 1,241 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 1,228 in Saint-Armand, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Armand?
55.2 is the median age. Under 15: 14%. 65 and over: 30%.
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).