Photo: Gilles Douaire · CC BY-SA 2.0A larger share of children under 15 than 88% of Canadian towns: 21%
With households in single-detached houses at 90%, Saint-Édouard is ahead of 89% of Canadian towns on that count. Immigrants account for 1.9%. Indigenous residents are rarer here than in 98% of Canadian towns. The town is home to some 1,438 people (July 2025 estimate), in 515 households at the 2021 Census.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Édouard
A town of families
21% of residents are under 15, more than in 88% of Canadian towns; 9.7% of households are one-parent families and households average 2.6 people. Ages ↓
Common-law couples
29% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 92% of Canadian towns; 34% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Saint-Édouard: 30% of residents speak English and French, above 81% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Where 66% of residents have English as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns, Saint-Édouard has 1.5%. At home: French 97%, English 1.8%. As a yardstick, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
+3% since 2016: slower than 55% of Canadian towns
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 5%. The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across Quebec’s towns +4%.
8.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24, below 82% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
Half of Saint-Édouard’s residents are under 40.8, younger than in 58% of Canadian towns. The wider picture: 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over account for 18%. The biggest five-year age group is 10–14, with nearly one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women.
Saint-Édouard households average 2.6 people, larger than in 67% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone; across Canada’s towns the figure is 27%. Few places have as many one-parent families: 9.7% here, more than in 72% of Canadian towns.
Above 92% of Canadian towns: 29% of residents 15 and over live common-law
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 27% of adults, beside a typical 27%. Here, 34% of residents 15 and over are married. The share of common-law partners across Canada’s towns is 11%.
17% of households rent their home, below 71% of Canadian towns
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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
31% of homes were built before 1961 and 22% in 2001 or later. Elsewhere, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
Before tax, the median household income is $91,000 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
At $91,000, the middle household in Saint-Édouard out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 6%. Across Quebec’s towns the median is $74,000. Pandemic benefits reached 27% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
7.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 88% of Canadian towns
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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-Édouard has 2.6%. Set beside that, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
A smaller share of residents with no religion than 68% of Canadian towns: 29%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 15% across Canada’s towns, the share of visible minority residents in Saint-Édouard comes in at 3.7%. Elsewhere, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 12%, a lower share than 90% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 22% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. The usual figure: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 69% of residents aged 15 and over
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 69% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
A younger town than 2 of the 6 around it: Saint-Édouard
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Édouard | 1,438 | — | 40.8 | 18% | 1.9% |
| Saint-Michel | 3,672 | 5.1 km | 39.2 | 14% | 1.6% |
| Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington | 1,996 | 5.5 km | 43.2 | 19% | 4.4% |
| Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur | 1,907 | 9.3 km | 37.2 | 13% | 3.7% |
| Saint-Rémi | 9,557 | 9.4 km | 40 | 19% | 3.3% |
| Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville | 1,786 | 9.7 km | 42.8 | 16% | 2.3% |
| Napierville | 4,187 | 9.8 km | 40.4 | 20% | 4.4% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
- 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.
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
Questions about Saint-Édouard’s residents
Is Saint-Édouard good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 21%. 59% of households are couple families and 9.7% one-parent families. Schools near Saint-Édouard are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Édouard?
$91,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Saint-Édouard (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Saint-Édouard?
Statistics Canada estimates 1,438 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 1,365 in Saint-Édouard, 3% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Édouard?
40.8 is the median age. Under 15: 21%. 65 and over: 18%.
Is Saint-Édouard bilingual?
30% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 69% speak French only and 0.4% English only. French is the mother tongue of 95%.
How diverse is Saint-Édouard?
Immigrants make up 1.9% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 3.7% are members of a visible minority, and 0% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Saint-Édouard?
Christian: 68%. No religion: 29%. Another religion: 3.4%.
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).