Photo: Richard Coté · CC BY-SA 4.0Renter households make up 9.9% in Saint-Benjamin, less than in 90% of Canadian towns
Immigrants are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Here, 31% of households are one person living alone. Statistics Canada puts Saint-Benjamin’s population at 1,267 for July 2025. Where 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns, Saint-Benjamin has 9.6%.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Benjamin
A town of families
Children under 15 are 22% of residents, more than in 90% of Canadian towns. Households average 2.4 people, and 5.4% are one-parent families. Ages ↓
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 33% of adults, more than in 97% of Canadian towns, while 32% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A higher share of bilingual residents than 79% of Canadian towns, at 27%
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Set against 66% across Canada’s towns, 1.4% of residents have English as their mother tongue in Saint-Benjamin. Across the comparison, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
A growing town: +10% since 2016, faster than 83% of Canadian towns
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Quebec’s towns the median is +4%, and across Canada’s towns +4%. The July 2025 estimate adds another 16%.
Children under 15 make up 22% in Saint-Benjamin, more than in 90% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The median age in Saint-Benjamin is 40.4, lower than in 61% of Canadian towns. As a yardstick, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents. Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 19%; Saint-Benjamin has 17%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women.
Saint-Benjamin households average 2.4 people, smaller than in 53% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-parent families is 8.2%; Saint-Benjamin has 5.4%.
Common-law partners make up 33% in Saint-Benjamin, more than in 97% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 24% of adults (typical: 27%). Common-law partners: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. The share of married residents 15 and over stands at 32%.
In Saint-Benjamin, 90% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 89% of Canadian towns
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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
Older homes outnumber new: 37% predate 1961, 28% date from 2001 or later. Typically, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. 13% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%.
$68,000 a year: where the middle household sits
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Saint-Benjamin’s households had a total income below $68,000, 21% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across Quebec’s towns is $74,000. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 31% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 58% of Canadian towns, at 10%
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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 trails 91% of Canadian towns: 0.9%. For residents who moved in within the year, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%.
A smaller share of residents with no religion than 83% of Canadian towns: 22%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. On average, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Locally, 2.3% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 9% in Saint-Benjamin, less than in 97% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 14% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
61% of adults were employed in May 2021
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 61%.
No nearby town is as young as Saint-Benjamin
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Benjamin | 1,267 | — | 40.4 | 17% | 0% |
| Saint-Prosper | 4,042 | 9.5 km | 44 | 23% | 0.7% |
| Notre-Dame-des-Pins | 1,935 | 10.8 km | 42 | 23% | 1.8% |
| Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne | 1,460 | 10.8 km | 44.8 | 25% | 0% |
| Beauceville | 6,228 | 14.1 km | 45.2 | 24% | 1.4% |
| Saint-Georges | 33,881 | 15.3 km | 45.6 | 23% | 1.8% |
| Lac-Etchemin | 4,089 | 18.4 km | 56.8 | 36% | 1.5% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Quebec’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
Questions about Saint-Benjamin’s residents
How diverse is Saint-Benjamin?
Immigrants: 0% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 0%. Indigenous identity: 2.3%.
What religion are people in Saint-Benjamin?
22% said they have no religion and 78% that they are Christian; 0% named another faith.
Is Saint-Benjamin good for families?
22% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 59% of households and one-parent families 5.4%. Schools near Saint-Benjamin are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Benjamin?
Half of Saint-Benjamin’s households had more than $68,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Saint-Benjamin?
About 1,267, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,090 people in Saint-Benjamin, 10% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Benjamin?
The median age is 40.4. 22% are under 15 and 17% 65 or older.
Is Saint-Benjamin bilingual?
27% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 73% speak French only and 0.5% English only. French is the mother tongue of 97%.
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).