Photo: Gaétan Veillette · CC BY-SA 4.05.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 97% of Canadian towns
Set against 35% across Canada’s towns, 19% of residents said they have no religion in Saint-Damase. Meanwhile, half of the town’s residents are over 44.4, older than in 64% of Canadian towns. This Quebec town is home to some 2,390 people (July 2025 estimate), in 1,025 households at the 2021 Census. Immigrants: 1.8% of the total.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Damase
Common-law couples
32% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 96% of Canadian towns; 32% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
24% of residents speak English and French, more than in 77% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Set against 66% across Canada’s towns, 0.8% of residents have English as their mother tongue in Saint-Damase. The comparison figure for bilingual residents is 7.5% across Canada’s towns.
−1% since 2016, a pace below 85% of Canadian towns
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 2% below the census count. Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +4% across Quebec’s towns.
9.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24, below 68% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Here 17% of residents are under 15, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 16%. The highest share aged 65 or over among Quebec’s towns is Centre’s: 46%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
Saint-Damase 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.
Census figures put one-person households at 26% in Saint-Damase. At 8.3%, one-parent families sit close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
Saint-Damase ranks above 96% of Canadian towns on common-law partners: 32%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Married residents 15 and over: 32% here and 46% across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners make up 11% across Canada’s towns.
79% of households live in a single-detached house, a share 71% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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. The census found that just over a fifth of households rent their home in Saint-Damase. Across the comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
The median household brings in $82,000 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Saint-Damase’s median household took in $82,000 before tax, about the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Quebec’s towns have a median of $74,000. COVID-19 benefits went to 29% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
1.8% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens; in Saint-Damase, 2%. Recent arrivals are just over a fifth of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns.
80% said they are Christian and 19% 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
1.6% of residents have an Indigenous identity; across Canada’s towns the figure is 2.8%. Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 89% of Canadian towns.
In Saint-Damase, 9.9% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 96% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 21% here, 9.5% in the typical town. Typically, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 67% of residents aged 15 and over
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, below this 67%.
No nearby town is as old as Saint-Damase
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Damase | 2,390 | — | 44.4 | 19% | 1.8% |
| Saint-Pie | 6,085 | 8.4 km | 40 | 14% | 1.9% |
| Sainte-Marie-Madeleine | 2,940 | 8.6 km | 42.4 | 17% | 1.9% |
| Rougemont | 2,832 | 9.1 km | 43.2 | 18% | 2.8% |
| Saint-Jean-Baptiste | 3,332 | 9.4 km | 44 | 20% | 2.8% |
| Sainte-Madeleine | 2,387 | 10.9 km | 40.8 | 15% | 1.3% |
| Saint-Césaire | 6,150 | 11.9 km | 42 | 19% | 3.9% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
- 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.
Questions about Saint-Damase’s residents
What religion are people in Saint-Damase?
Christian: 80%. No religion: 19%. Another religion: 0.8%.
Is Saint-Damase good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 17%. 60% of households are couple families and 8.3% one-parent families. Schools near Saint-Damase are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Damase?
$82,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Saint-Damase (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Saint-Damase?
Statistics Canada estimates 2,390 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 2,447 in Saint-Damase, 1% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Damase?
44.4 is the median age. Under 15: 17%. 65 and over: 19%.
Is Saint-Damase bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 24% are. Another 76% speak only French and 0% only English, and French is the first language of 98%.
How diverse is Saint-Damase?
Immigrants make up 1.8% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 1.6% are members of a visible minority, and 1.6% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
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).