Photo: Félix Mathieu-Bégin · CC BY-SA 4.0Half of Saint-Bernard is under 35.6, younger than 88% of Canadian towns
Most recent wave: 100% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%). Here, 20% of residents said they have no religion. Few places have so few immigrants: 0.4% here, fewer than in 99% of Canadian towns. Some 2,680 people live in Saint-Bernard, by the estimate for July 2025.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Bernard
Common-law couples
33% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 97% of Canadian towns; 31% are married. Couples ↓
Younger than most towns
The middle resident of Saint-Bernard is 35.6; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 23% are under 15 and 16% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
23% of residents speak English and French, more than in 76% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. 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: 0.2% here and 66% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, 7.5% of residents speak English and French.
Since 2016, Saint-Bernard has grown +9%, faster than 78% of Canadian towns
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Quebec’s towns, +4%. The July 2025 estimate adds another 6%.
Saint-Bernard: 23% of residents are under 15, above 94% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
No age band is larger than 30–34: nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. On average, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. Among Quebec’s towns, Centre has the highest share aged 65 or over, at 46%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Saint-Bernard, 35.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 111 men for every 100 women.
Saint-Bernard households average 2.6 people, larger than in 67% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Here, just over a quarter of households are one person living alone. There is little gap on one-parent families: 8.2%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
More common-law partners than 97% of Canadian towns: 33%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Just over a quarter of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). Across the comparison, just over one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of households in single-detached houses than 76% of Canadian towns: 82%
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
Renter households: 21% here and 25% across Canada’s towns. As a yardstick, 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.
A median household income of $81,000 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Saint-Bernard’s, at $81,000, is 6% lower. Across Quebec’s towns, half of households had more than $74,000 before tax. In 2020, 29% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
0.4% 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-Bernard has 2.4%. For Saint-Bernard, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 11%.
80% said they are Christian and 20% that they have no religion
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 the census count, 1.6% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 89% of Canadian towns: 13%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 22% here, 9.5% in the typical town. Set beside that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 73%
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.
73% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
Among 41 towns of 2,641 to 2,719 people, the 4th youngest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay is the oldest at 60, La Ronge the youngest at 31. Nearest to Saint-Bernard in age: Cy Becker (31.2), Trinity (33.4), Saint-Alexandre (37.2) and Westview (38.7).
No nearby town is as young as Saint-Bernard
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Bernard | 2,680 | — | 35.6 | 16% | 0.4% |
| Scott | 2,938 | 4.6 km | 36.4 | 14% | 1.4% |
| Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage | 1,303 | 7.4 km | 36.8 | 17% | 0.9% |
| Saint-Isidore | 3,550 | 8.6 km | 40.4 | 19% | 1.5% |
| Sainte-Marie | 13,873 | 10.6 km | 44 | 23% | 2.5% |
| Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon | 7,551 | 10.7 km | 40.8 | 16% | 2.1% |
| Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage | 1,091 | 11.3 km | 40.4 | 20% | 1.8% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
- 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. 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-Bernard’s residents
What is the population of Saint-Bernard?
Statistics Canada estimates 2,680 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 2,535 in Saint-Bernard, 9% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Bernard?
35.6 is the median age, younger than 88% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 23%. 65 and over: 16%.
Is Saint-Bernard bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 23% are. Another 76% speak only French and 0% only English, and French is the first language of 97%.
How diverse is Saint-Bernard?
Immigrants make up 0.4% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 0% are members of a visible minority, and 1.6% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Saint-Bernard?
Christian: 80%. No religion: 20%. Another religion: 0%.
Is Saint-Bernard good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 23%. 62% of households are couple families and 8.2% one-parent families. Schools near Saint-Bernard are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Bernard?
$81,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Saint-Bernard (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
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).