Photo: Harfang · CC BY-SA 3.0Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.8% in Saint-Basile, less than in 92% of Canadian towns
37% of households are one person living alone, against 27% across Canada’s towns. Statistics Canada puts Saint-Basile’s population at 2,918 for July 2025. Residents aged 65 and over account for 23%. Lower than in 85% of Canadian towns: 21% of residents said they have no religion.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Basile
Common-law couples
31% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 95% of Canadian towns; 29% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
24% of residents speak English and French, a share 77% of Canadian towns don’t reach
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Where nearly two thirds of residents have English as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns, Saint-Basile has 1.3%. Bilingual residents: 7.5% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
Saint-Basile’s population moved +3% on 2016, less than in 54% 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
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 8%. Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +4% across Quebec’s towns.
Half of Saint-Basile is over 45.2, older than 69% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with nearly one in ten residents. On children under 15, Saint-Basile sits higher than two thirds of Canadian towns: 18%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Saint-Basile, 45.2. 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.
Households here average 2.1 people, below 83% 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-parent families account for 8.3%.
In Saint-Basile, 31% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 95% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
27% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). At 29%, the share of married residents 15 and over is lower than in 90% of Canadian towns. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
Saint-Basile sits above 75% of Canadian towns for households in single-detached houses (81%)
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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 nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Renter households: just over a fifth of the total. For households in single-detached houses, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 64%.
A median household income of $68,500 a year
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 middle household in Saint-Basile had $68,500 before tax, 20% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The middle household across Quebec’s towns has $74,000 before tax. Pandemic benefits reached 26% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
1.3% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
The share of residents without Canadian citizenship is 0.4%, against 5.8% across Canada’s towns. Immigrants are rarer here than in 97% of Canadian towns. In Saint-Basile, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
79% said they are Christian and 21% 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
With visible minority residents at 0.4%, Saint-Basile is behind 99% of Canadian towns on that count. Indigenous residents account for 1.5%.
11% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, below 93% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 12% (typical 9.5%). As a yardstick, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 58%
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment here, 58%, matches the middle of Canada’s towns (58%) within a couple of points.
In its size band (2,875 to 2,963), the 16th oldest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The span goes from 30 (McKernan) up to 61.2 (Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part). Nearest to Saint-Basile in age: Athabasca (42.8), Fairview (44.4), Saint-Paul-d'Abbotsford (45.6) and O'Leary (46).
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Saint-Basile
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Basile | 2,918 | — | 45.2 | 23% | 1.3% |
| Portneuf | 3,410 | 7.2 km | 49.6 | 27% | 2.1% |
| Cap-Santé | 3,885 | 8.1 km | 44 | 22% | 1.8% |
| Pont-Rouge | 11,339 | 9.8 km | 40.4 | 18% | 1.7% |
| Donnacona | 7,785 | 11.6 km | 44.8 | 25% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Raymond | 11,951 | 14.8 km | 46.8 | 24% | 0.9% |
| Deschambault-Grondines | 2,251 | 16.9 km | 48.4 | 23% | 1.6% |
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. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- 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.
Questions about Saint-Basile’s residents
What is the average age in Saint-Basile?
45.2 is the median age, older than 69% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 18%. 65 and over: 23%.
Is Saint-Basile bilingual?
English and French: 24% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 0.4%. French only: 76%. French mother tongue: 97%.
How diverse is Saint-Basile?
Immigrants make up 1.3% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 0.4% are members of a visible minority, and 1.5% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Saint-Basile?
Christian: 79%. No religion: 21%. Another religion: 0%.
Is Saint-Basile good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 18%. 51% of households are couple families and 8.3% one-parent families. Schools near Saint-Basile are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Basile?
$68,500 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Saint-Basile (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Saint-Basile?
Statistics Canada estimates 2,918 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 2,709 in Saint-Basile, 3% more than 2016.
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).