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Photo: O. Allard · Public domainResidents aged 15 to 24 make up 6.9% in Saint-Barthélemy, less than in 96% of Canadian towns
Across Canada’s towns, the share of households in single-detached houses is 64%; Saint-Barthélemy has 86%. The town is home to some 2,115 people (July 2025 estimate), in 950 households at the 2021 Census. The census found that 23% of residents are 65 or over locally. Residents with no religion are rarer here than in 80% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Barthélemy
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 32% of adults, more than in 96% of Canadian towns, while 32% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
In Saint-Barthélemy, 22% of residents speak English and French, more than in 75% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated 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
With residents whose mother tongue is English at 0.7%, Saint-Barthélemy is behind 98% of Canadian towns on that count. The benchmark for bilingual residents across Canada’s towns: 7.5%.
+8% since 2016, a pace 72% of Canadian towns didn’t match
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +4% across Quebec’s towns. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 1%.
Saint-Barthélemy is older than 82% of Canadian towns: a median age of 48.8
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. Locally, 17% of residents are under 15.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women.
Households here average 2.2 people, below 74% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-person households make up 32%, against 27% across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 7.4% of households are one-parent families.
Saint-Barthélemy sits above 96% of Canadian towns for common-law partners (32%)
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Married residents 15 and over: 32% here and 46% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, common-law partners come to 11%.
Fewer renter households than 58% of Canadian towns: 22%
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. Across the comparison, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. 37% of homes were built before 1961 and 14% in 2001 or later.
Household income, middle of the range: $60,400 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Saint-Barthélemy: half had less than $60,400, 30% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The provincial yardstick is $74,000, the median across Quebec’s towns. 28% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 72% of Canadian towns: 9%
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
By its share of residents without Canadian citizenship (1%), Saint-Barthélemy is below 89% of Canadian towns. On average, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. The share of immigrants stands at 1.9%.
76% said they are Christian and 24% that they have no religion
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Here 0.7% of residents belong to a visible minority, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 15%. Indigenous residents: 1.9% of the total.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 8.1% in Saint-Barthélemy, less than in 98% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 26% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. By way of comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
57% of residents 15 and over were in work
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: 57%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Saint-Barthélemy is younger than 4 of its 6 nearest neighbours
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Barthélemy | 2,115 | — | 48.8 | 23% | 1.9% |
| Saint-Cuthbert | 1,865 | 9.0 km | 50 | 25% | 1.4% |
| Maskinongé | 2,457 | 10.3 km | 51.2 | 26% | 1.7% |
| Sainte-Ursule | 1,363 | 13.1 km | 55.6 | 27% | 0% |
| Saint-Norbert | 1,143 | 13.2 km | 44.8 | 18% | 0% |
| Berthierville | 4,591 | 13.4 km | 52.4 | 31% | 1.3% |
| Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier | 2,298 | 15.0 km | 48.8 | 22% | 1.8% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
- 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.
Questions about Saint-Barthélemy’s residents
Is Saint-Barthélemy bilingual?
22% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 78% speak French only and 0.2% English only. French is the mother tongue of 97%.
How diverse is Saint-Barthélemy?
1.9% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 0.7% belong to a visible minority and 1.9% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Saint-Barthélemy?
76% are Christian and 24% have no religion; 0.3% follow another religion.
Is Saint-Barthélemy good for families?
Under 15: 17% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 53% of households. One-parent families: 7.4%. Schools near Saint-Barthélemy are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Barthélemy?
The median household in Saint-Barthélemy took in $60,400 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Saint-Barthélemy?
Saint-Barthélemy had about 2,115 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 2,087, 8% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Barthélemy?
A median age of 48.8. Children under 15 make up 17%, and people 65 and over 23%.
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).