Photo: Metalex · CC BY-SA 3.0Below 74% of Canadian towns: 26% of residents said they have no religion
The share of immigrants is 2%, against 17% across Canada’s towns. Saint-Esprit has more one-person households than 69% of Canadian towns, at 32%. Statistics Canada puts the town’s population at 2,313 for July 2025. The census found that 1% of residents are not Canadian citizens here.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Esprit
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 30% of adults, more than in 93% of Canadian towns, while 29% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
In Saint-Esprit, 29% of residents speak English and French, more than in 80% 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
By its share of residents whose mother tongue is English (0.7%), Saint-Esprit is below 98% of Canadian towns. Measured more widely, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
+2% since 2016, a pace below 63% of Canadian towns
Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across Quebec’s towns +4%. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 15%.
Saint-Esprit is older than 62% of Canadian towns: a median age of 44
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with nearly one in ten residents. Among Quebec’s towns, Centre has the highest share aged 65 or over, at 46%. Children under 15 are about as common here as across Canada’s towns, at 16%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Saint-Esprit households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 74% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Nearly one in ten households are one-parent families; across Canada’s towns the figure is 8.2%.
30% 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
Where 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns, Saint-Esprit has 29%. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
72% of households live in a single-detached house, a share 61% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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
The figure for renter households is 28% in Saint-Esprit and 25% across Canada’s towns. By way of comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Older homes outnumber new: 36% predate 1961, 18% date from 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
Median household income: $68,500 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Saint-Esprit’s median household took in $68,500 before tax, 20% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The middle household across Quebec’s towns has $74,000 before tax. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 31% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
Saint-Esprit ranks below 72% of Canadian towns on residents who moved in within the year: 9%
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
A quarter of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. Typically, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
73% said they are Christian and 26% 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
Set against 15% across Canada’s towns, 2.2% of residents belong to a visible minority in Saint-Esprit. In Saint-Esprit, 2.5% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
16% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, below 80% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 13% (typical 9.5%). For comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
66% of adults were employed in May 2021
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
66% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
Of the 6 towns nearest Saint-Esprit, 1 are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Esprit | 2,313 | — | 44 | 20% | 2% |
| Saint-Alexis | 1,462 | 6.2 km | 40.4 | 15% | 0% |
| Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan | 5,675 | 7.8 km | 38.8 | 17% | 1.5% |
| Sainte-Julienne | 12,990 | 8.2 km | 42 | 17% | 2.6% |
| Saint-Lin--Laurentides | 26,673 | 9.4 km | 34.8 | 12% | 3.5% |
| Saint-Jacques | 4,830 | 9.7 km | 44 | 20% | 2.5% |
| Sainte-Marie-Salomé | 1,296 | 13.6 km | 44.4 | 20% | 0.8% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Saint-Esprit’s residents
What is the population of Saint-Esprit?
About 2,313, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 2,011 people in Saint-Esprit, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Esprit?
The median age is 44. 16% are under 15 and 20% 65 or older.
Is Saint-Esprit bilingual?
English and French: 29% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 0.2%. French only: 71%. French mother tongue: 96%.
How diverse is Saint-Esprit?
Immigrants: 2% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 2.2%. Indigenous identity: 2.5%.
What religion are people in Saint-Esprit?
26% said they have no religion and 73% that they are Christian; 0.5% named another faith.
Is Saint-Esprit good for families?
16% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 52% of households and one-parent families 9.4%. Schools near Saint-Esprit are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Esprit?
Half of Saint-Esprit’s households had more than $68,500 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
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).