Photo: Richard Coté · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer residents with no religion than 96% of Canadian towns: 12%
The share of residents who moved in within the year trails 99% of Canadian towns: 5%. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 1,655 residents; the 2021 Census found 710 households. Here, 87% of households live in a single-detached house. Saint-Benoît-Labre has fewer immigrants than 98% of Canadian towns, at 0.9%.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Benoît-Labre
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 31% of adults, more than in 95% of Canadian towns, while 32% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A larger share of bilingual residents than 74% of Canadian towns: 20%
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. 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
Residents whose mother tongue is English: 0.9%, below 96% of Canadian towns. Elsewhere, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Slower than most: −1% since 2016, behind 84% 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
For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +4% across Quebec’s towns. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 2%.
Children under 15: 18%, a higher share than 72% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
9.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24 (Canada’s towns: 11%). At the same time, the median age in Saint-Benoît-Labre is 42.4, higher than in 52% of Canadian towns. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 18%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women.
Saint-Benoît-Labre: 32% of households are one person living alone, above 68% of Canadian towns
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.
The typical household size is 2.3 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. In Saint-Benoît-Labre, nearly one in ten households are one-parent families. The share of one-person households across Canada’s towns is 27%.
Above 95% of Canadian towns: 31% of residents 15 and over live common-law
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Where 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns, Saint-Benoît-Labre has 32%. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
A smaller share of renter households than 64% of Canadian towns: 19%
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Renter households: 25% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. Just over a third of homes were built before 1961 and 22% in 2001 or later.
$70,000 a year: where the middle household sits
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Saint-Benoît-Labre’s households had a total income below $70,000, 19% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $74,000 is the median household income across Quebec’s towns. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 36% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
0.9% 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
Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents without Canadian citizenship is 5.8%; Saint-Benoît-Labre has 0.9%.
87% said they are Christian and 12% that they have no religion
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The figure for visible minority residents is 0.6% in Saint-Benoît-Labre and 15% across Canada’s towns. Indigenous residents are rarer here than in 88% of Canadian towns.
14% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, below 86% of Canadian towns
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-Benoît-Labre, 14%, and 45% have a college or trades credential (typical: 29%).
Employment: 68% of residents 15 and over had a job
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
68% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
Of the 6 towns nearest Saint-Benoît-Labre, 3 are older
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Benoît-Labre | 1,655 | — | 42.4 | 18% | 0.9% |
| Saint-Georges | 33,881 | 10.2 km | 45.6 | 23% | 1.8% |
| Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley | 1,610 | 11.2 km | 41.2 | 19% | 1% |
| Saint-Victor | 2,344 | 13.0 km | 47.2 | 24% | 1.1% |
| Saint-René | 1,035 | 13.4 km | 34.8 | 10% | 4.2% |
| Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce | 2,575 | 13.5 km | 43.2 | 19% | 0.4% |
| Notre-Dame-des-Pins | 1,935 | 13.8 km | 42 | 23% | 1.8% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. The middle of Quebec’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
- 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.
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
Questions about Saint-Benoît-Labre’s residents
How diverse is Saint-Benoît-Labre?
Immigrants: 0.9% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 0.6%. Indigenous identity: 0.6%.
What religion are people in Saint-Benoît-Labre?
12% said they have no religion and 87% that they are Christian; 0.3% named another faith.
Is Saint-Benoît-Labre good for families?
18% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 57% of households and one-parent families 8.5%. Schools near Saint-Benoît-Labre are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Benoît-Labre?
Half of Saint-Benoît-Labre’s households had more than $70,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Saint-Benoît-Labre?
About 1,655, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,617 people in Saint-Benoît-Labre, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Benoît-Labre?
The median age is 42.4. 18% are under 15 and 18% 65 or older.
Is Saint-Benoît-Labre bilingual?
English and French: 20% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 0%. French only: 80%. French mother tongue: 99%.
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).