Photo: Normand Lemieux · CC BY-SA 4.0In Saint-Claude, 10% of households rent their home, fewer than in 89% of Canadian towns
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.9%, against 11% across Canada’s towns. Fewer residents with no religion than in 76% of Canadian towns: 25%. Saint-Claude is home to some 1,167 people (July 2025 estimate), in 495 households at the 2021 Census. For Saint-Claude, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 9.3%.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Claude
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 37% of adults, more than in 99% of Canadian towns, while 32% are married. Couples ↓
Fewer people than before
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, Saint-Claude went from 1,185 to 1,141 residents (−4%), slower growth than in 94% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Bilingual residents: 28%, a higher share than 79% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says 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
Across Canada’s towns, 66% of residents have English as their mother tongue; in Saint-Claude, 2.2%. As a reference point, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Saint-Claude changed by −4% from 2016 to 2021, slower than 94% of Canadian towns
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 2%.
A median age of 46: Saint-Claude is older than 72% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
No age band is larger than 55–59: 11% of residents, 1.5 times the share across Canada’s towns. Here, 17% of residents are 65 or over. Children under 15 are more common here than in 62% of Canadian towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women.
Saint-Claude households average 2.3 people, smaller than in 64% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Set against 27% across Canada’s towns, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone in Saint-Claude. For Saint-Claude, the census puts one-parent families at 7.1%.
A higher share of common-law partners than 99% of Canadian towns, at 37%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Across Canada’s towns, the share of married residents 15 and over is 46%; Saint-Claude has 32%. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of households in single-detached houses than 92% of Canadian towns: 92%
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 nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. To put it in context, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. 27% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 26% built before 1961.
Half above, half below $80,000 a year in household income
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. 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-Claude: half had less than $80,000, 7% 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 27% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
0% of residents are immigrants
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
Immigrants are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns.
74% said they are Christian and 25% 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. Census figures put Indigenous residents at 1.8% in Saint-Claude.
Saint-Claude ranks below 86% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 14%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 17%, beside a typical 9.5%. To put it in context, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
63% of adults were employed in May 2021
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
63% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
Saint-Claude sits below 1 of its 6 closest neighbours on median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Claude | 1,167 | — | 46 | 17% | 0% |
| Val-Joli | 1,787 | 3.1 km | 43.2 | 17% | 1.5% |
| Windsor | 5,368 | 7.2 km | 44.4 | 24% | 0.7% |
| Saint-Georges-de-Windsor | 1,034 | 11.8 km | 43.6 | 22% | 2.6% |
| Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton | 2,650 | 12.1 km | 41.2 | 18% | 0.8% |
| Stoke | 3,272 | 15.8 km | 43.6 | 18% | 3% |
| Cleveland | 1,624 | 17.6 km | 53.2 | 32% | 1.1% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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-Claude’s residents
What religion are people in Saint-Claude?
25% said they have no religion and 74% that they are Christian; 0.5% named another faith.
Is Saint-Claude good for families?
17% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 63% of households and one-parent families 7.1%. Schools near Saint-Claude are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Claude?
Half of Saint-Claude’s households had more than $80,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Saint-Claude?
About 1,167, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,141 people in Saint-Claude, 4% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Claude?
The median age is 46. 17% are under 15 and 17% 65 or older.
Is Saint-Claude bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 28% are. Another 71% speak only French and 0% only English, and French is the first language of 96%.
How diverse is Saint-Claude?
Immigrants: 0% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 0%. Indigenous identity: 1.8%.
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).