Photo: Photo : Jean Tremblay · CC BY-SA 3.0Older than 91% of Canadian towns: half of Saint-David-de-Falardeau is over 52.4
Where just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns, Saint-David-de-Falardeau has 21%. With about 3,128 residents in July 2025, Saint-David-de-Falardeau counted 1,380 households at the 2021 Census. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 7.3% locally. Compared with other places, households in single-detached houses are common here: 85%, more than in 81% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Saint-David-de-Falardeau
Older than most towns
Half of Saint-David-de-Falardeau’s residents are under 52.4 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 24% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Common-law couples
29% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 93% of Canadian towns; 39% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Bilingual residents: 19%, a higher share than 74% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. 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
In Saint-David-de-Falardeau, 0.5% of residents have English as their mother tongue, beside 66% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, bilingual residents come to 7.5%.
A +8% change since 2016: Saint-David-de-Falardeau grew faster than 74% of Canadian towns
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +4% across Quebec’s towns.
In Saint-David-de-Falardeau, 8.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 86% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns, against 14% in Saint-David-de-Falardeau. Residents aged 65 and over: nearly a quarter of the total.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Saint-David-de-Falardeau, 52.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women.
Households here average 2.2 people, below 74% 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.
With one-parent families at 4.7%, Saint-David-de-Falardeau is behind 94% of Canadian towns on that count. Here, 30% of households are one person living alone.
A larger share of common-law partners than 93% of Canadian towns: 29%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Set against 46% across Canada’s towns, nearly two in five residents 15 and over are married in Saint-David-de-Falardeau. The share of common-law partners across Canada’s towns is 11%.
14% of households rent their home, below 78% 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
Newer homes outnumber old: 25% date from 2001 or later, 15% from before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
Half of households earn more than $78,500 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. 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-David-de-Falardeau’s, at $78,500, is 9% lower. The figure for Quebec’s towns: $74,000. The pandemic’s benefits: 26% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
0.3% of residents are immigrants
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
Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Add to that, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns, against 0.3% in Saint-David-de-Falardeau.
In Saint-David-de-Falardeau, 6% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 75% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
In Saint-David-de-Falardeau, 0.7% of residents belong to a visible minority, beside 15% across Canada’s towns. Set beside that, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
Below 96% of Canadian towns: 10% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 13% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
In work on census day: 49% of adults
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, above this 49%; 24% of residents are 65 or over.
The 10th oldest of 41 towns of 3,075 to 3,181 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
At one end is La Loche (25.6), at the other Valhalla (66). By median age, Saint-David-de-Falardeau sits among Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré (51.6), Thorhild County (52), Bishop's Falls (53.2) and Saint-Gabriel (53.6).
Every nearby town is younger than Saint-David-de-Falardeau
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-David-de-Falardeau | 3,128 | — | 52.4 | 24% | 0.3% |
| Saint-Honoré | 6,984 | 9.7 km | 38.4 | 17% | 0.6% |
| Saint-Ambroise | 4,262 | 17.6 km | 44.8 | 21% | 0.6% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- 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.
Questions about Saint-David-de-Falardeau’s residents
What is the population of Saint-David-de-Falardeau?
Saint-David-de-Falardeau had about 3,128 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 2,996, 8% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-David-de-Falardeau?
A median age of 52.4, older than 91% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 14%, and people 65 and over 24%.
Is Saint-David-de-Falardeau bilingual?
19% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 81% speak French only and 0.2% English only. French is the mother tongue of 99%.
How diverse is Saint-David-de-Falardeau?
0.3% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 0.7% belong to a visible minority and 6% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Saint-David-de-Falardeau?
79% are Christian and 21% have no religion; 0.4% follow another religion.
Is Saint-David-de-Falardeau good for families?
Under 15: 14% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 61% of households. One-parent families: 4.7%. Schools near Saint-David-de-Falardeau are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-David-de-Falardeau?
The median household in Saint-David-de-Falardeau took in $78,500 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
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).