Photo: Miguel Tremblay · CC0A median age of 57.6: Saint-Côme is older than 97% of Canadian towns
The share of one-person households is 38%, against 27% across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 4.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Few places have so few residents with no religion: 21% here, fewer than in 84% of Canadian towns. About 2,810 people lived in Saint-Côme in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Côme
Older than most towns
The middle resident of Saint-Côme is 57.6; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 30% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Growing faster than most
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, Saint-Côme went from 2,193 to 2,583 residents (+18%), faster growth than in 95% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
29% of residents speak English and French, a share 80% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. 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
1.4% of residents have English as their mother tongue (Canada’s towns: 66%). On average, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Saint-Côme grew +18% from 2016 to 2021, ahead of 95% of Canadian towns
The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 9% higher again. Across Quebec’s towns the median is +4%, and across Canada’s towns +4%.
Saint-Côme ranks above 91% of Canadian towns on residents aged 65 and over: 30%
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
With children under 15 at 12%, Saint-Côme is behind 87% of Canadian towns on that count. By way of comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Saint-Côme, 57.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
Households here average 1.9 people, below 94% 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.
Census figures put one-parent families at 7.6% in Saint-Côme.
More common-law partners than 88% of Canadian towns: 24%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
The figure for married residents 15 and over is 36% in Saint-Côme and 46% across Canada’s towns. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%.
86% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 82% of Canadian towns
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
A quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns, against 18% in Saint-Côme. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. The share of households in single-detached houses across Canada’s towns is 64%.
The median household brings in $56,800 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Saint-Côme’s, at $56,800, is 34% lower. Across Quebec’s towns the median is $74,000. In 2020, 28% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
Above 71% of Canadian towns: 14% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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
Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents without Canadian citizenship is 5.8%; Saint-Côme has 1.4%. On the census count, 2.3% of residents are immigrants. Measured more widely, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
78% 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
Here 1.4% of residents belong to a visible minority, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 15%. For Saint-Côme, the census puts Indigenous residents at 2.7%.
Only 11% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher in Saint-Côme
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Across Canada’s towns, 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds hold a degree; in Saint-Côme, 11%, and 41% have a college or trades credential (typical: 29%). Those with no credential make up 24%, next to 9.5% in the typical town.
In work on census day: 39% of adults
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.
39% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 30% are 65 or more.
41 towns of 2,767 to 2,853 people: this is the 2nd oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
At one end is Rosthern No. 403 (33.6), at the other Saint-Michel-des-Saints (58.8). The towns whose median age is nearest to Saint-Côme’s: Weedon (56.4), Cultus Lake (56.8) and Saint-Michel-des-Saints (58.8).
No nearby town is as old as Saint-Côme
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Côme | 2,810 | — | 57.6 | 30% | 2.3% |
| Sainte-Émélie-de-l'Énergie | 1,856 | 11.5 km | 54 | 27% | 1.7% |
| Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez | 3,639 | 13.1 km | 57.6 | 29% | 1.5% |
| Sainte-Béatrix | 2,388 | 15.6 km | 51.6 | 24% | 1.4% |
| Saint-Jean-de-Matha | 5,415 | 17.6 km | 55.6 | 30% | 2.7% |
| Saint-Damien | 2,569 | 18.8 km | 57.2 | 31% | 3.6% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
- What these tables don’t give. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- The census’s own words. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
Questions about Saint-Côme’s residents
Is Saint-Côme good for families?
Children under 15 are 12% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 49% of households and one-parent families 7.6%. Schools near Saint-Côme are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Côme?
Median total household income in Saint-Côme was $56,800 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Saint-Côme?
The latest figure is an estimate: 2,810 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Saint-Côme counted 2,583, 18% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Côme?
Half the residents are older than 57.6 and half younger, older than 97% of Canadian towns; 12% are children under 15 and 30% are 65 or over.
Is Saint-Côme bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 29% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 0.4% speak only English and 71% only French; 97% grew up with French.
How diverse is Saint-Côme?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 2.3%. A visible minority makes up 1.4% and Indigenous residents 2.7%.
What religion are people in Saint-Côme?
Most often Christian (78%) or no religion (21%); other religions make up 0.4%.
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).