Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domainSaint-Damien is older than 97% of Canadian towns: a median age of 57.2
10% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%). Across Saint-Damien, 96% of households live in a single-detached house. Few places have so few residents with no religion: 24% here, fewer than in four fifths of Canadian towns. There are 14% more residents than in 2016.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Damien
Older than most towns
The middle resident of Saint-Damien is 57.2; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 31% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Growing faster than most
Saint-Damien went from 2,094 people in 2016 to 2,393 in 2021, +14%: faster growth than in 91% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 29% of adults, more than in 93% of Canadian towns, while 32% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Saint-Damien sits above 83% of Canadian towns for bilingual residents (34%)
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents whose mother tongue is English is 66%; Saint-Damien has 1.3%. The wider picture: 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Faster growth than 91% of Canadian towns: Saint-Damien changed by +14% since 2016
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 7% higher again. Across Quebec’s towns the median is +4%, and across Canada’s towns +4%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 31%, a higher share than 94% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Where 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns, Saint-Damien has 7.3%. Against that, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Saint-Damien, 57.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women.
Smaller households than 90% of Canadian towns: 2 people on average
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.
Here 37% of households are one person living alone, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 27%. One-parent families account for 6.6%.
In Saint-Damien, 29% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 93% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 22% of adults (typical: 27%). 32% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 83% of Canadian towns. Common-law partners make up 11% across Canada’s towns.
15% of households rent their home, fewer than in 74% of Canadian towns
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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
Nearly one in ten homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. The benchmark for renter households across Canada’s towns: 25%.
Median household income here: $58,800 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Saint-Damien’s median household took in $58,800 before tax, 32% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The provincial yardstick is $74,000, the median across Quebec’s towns. 25% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
Residents who moved in within the year make up 16% in Saint-Damien, more than in 82% of Canadian towns
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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
The share of immigrants trails 87% of Canadian towns: 3.6%. Add to that, residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 92% of Canadian towns. As a yardstick, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Europe (65%) or in the Americas (29%).
76% said they are Christian and 24% that they have no religion
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents: 1.3%, below 92% of Canadian towns. Across Saint-Damien, 1% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
Only 17% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher in Saint-Damien
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 18%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. By way of comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 46% of residents 15 and over had a job
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
46% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 31% are 65 or more.
The 6th oldest of 41 towns of 2,511 to 2,616 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The youngest of these towns is City Commercial Core, at 32.7; the oldest, North Frontenac, is at 61.6. The closest ages to Saint-Damien’s belong to Gracefield (54.8), Lunenburg (57.2), Mandeville (57.6) and Cap-Chat (58.8).
Saint-Damien sits below 1 of its 6 closest neighbours on median age
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Damien | 2,569 | — | 57.2 | 31% | 3.6% |
| Sainte-Émélie-de-l'Énergie | 1,856 | 7.4 km | 54 | 27% | 1.7% |
| Saint-Jean-de-Matha | 5,415 | 11.3 km | 55.6 | 30% | 2.7% |
| Saint-Gabriel | 3,091 | 13.1 km | 53.6 | 31% | 2.1% |
| Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon | 2,916 | 15.1 km | 56.4 | 29% | 1.1% |
| Mandeville | 2,511 | 17.7 km | 57.6 | 31% | 0.9% |
| Sainte-Béatrix | 2,388 | 18.6 km | 51.6 | 24% | 1.4% |
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. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
- 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-Damien’s residents
What is the median income in Saint-Damien?
Median total household income in Saint-Damien was $58,800 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Saint-Damien?
The latest figure is an estimate: 2,569 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Saint-Damien counted 2,393, 14% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Damien?
Half the residents are older than 57.2 and half younger, older than 97% of Canadian towns; 10% are children under 15 and 31% are 65 or over.
Is Saint-Damien bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 34% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 0.4% speak only English and 65% only French; 96% grew up with French.
How diverse is Saint-Damien?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 3.6%. A visible minority makes up 1.3% and Indigenous residents 1%.
What religion are people in Saint-Damien?
Most often Christian (76%) or no religion (24%); other religions make up 0.8%.
Is Saint-Damien good for families?
Children under 15 are 10% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 50% of households and one-parent families 6.6%. Schools near Saint-Damien are on its Schools page.
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).