Photo: Bernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.5%, a lower share than 94% of Canadian towns
The figure for residents who moved in within the year is 6.3% in Saint-Étienne-des-Grès and 11% across Canada’s towns. There are about as many residents as in 2016. Across Saint-Étienne-des-Grès, 87% of households live in a single-detached house. Residents with no religion are rarer here than in just over three quarters of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Étienne-des-Grès
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 36% of adults, more than in 98% of Canadian towns, while 31% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Saint-Étienne-des-Grès: 26% of residents speak English and French, above 78% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Here 0.9% of residents have English as their mother tongue, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 66%. The share of bilingual residents across Canada’s towns is 7.5%.
±0% since 2016: slower than 77% 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 3% higher again. Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +4% across Quebec’s towns.
21% of residents are under 15, a share 87% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
No age band is larger than 60–64: 8.4% of residents. Across the comparison, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. Half of Saint-Étienne-des-Grès’s residents are under 42, younger than in just over half of Canadian towns. Residents aged 65 and over are about as common here as across Canada’s towns, at 19%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Saint-Étienne-des-Grès, 42. 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.
Households here average 2.4 people, below 53% 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.
On the census count, 7.5% of households are one-parent families. One-person households are about as common here as across Canada’s towns, at 27%.
Common-law partners: 36%, a higher share than 98% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 24% of adults (typical: 27%). Set beside that, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Renter households make up 14% in Saint-Étienne-des-Grès, less than in 77% of Canadian towns
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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: 27% date from 2001 or later, 16% from before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Elsewhere, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Before tax, the median household income is $81,000 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Saint-Étienne-des-Grès’s households had a total income below $81,000, 6% under 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 25% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
1.1% of residents are immigrants
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
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
Here 0.2% of residents are not Canadian citizens, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 5.8%. Add to that, on immigrants, Saint-Étienne-des-Grès sits lower than 97% of Canadian towns: 1.1%.
74% said they are Christian and 26% that they have no religion
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Set against 15% across Canada’s towns, 0.2% of residents belong to a visible minority in Saint-Étienne-des-Grès. On the census count, 1.4% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
In Saint-Étienne-des-Grès, 20% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 66% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 10% here, 9.5% in the typical town. Elsewhere, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 61% of residents 15 and over had a job
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, below this 61%.
Among 41 towns of 4,576 to 4,775 people, the 20th youngest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The youngest is Pembina Strip (31) and the oldest Electoral Area B, Nanaimo (63.2). Nearest to Saint-Étienne-des-Grès in age: Battleford (41.6), Eastwood (41.8), Flin Flon (Part) (42.8) and Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare (42.8).
Around Saint-Étienne-des-Grès, 5 of 6 towns have a higher median age
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Étienne-des-Grès | 4,675 | — | 42 | 19% | 1.1% |
| Saint-Barnabé | 1,234 | 7.3 km | 48 | 22% | 1.3% |
| Saint-Boniface | 5,405 | 8.4 km | 41.6 | 20% | 0.9% |
| Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel | 6,613 | 9.4 km | 42.4 | 19% | 1.4% |
| Charette | 1,178 | 10.0 km | 46 | 24% | 2.3% |
| Saint-Élie-de-Caxton | 2,062 | 13.9 km | 54.4 | 28% | 1% |
| Shawinigan | 51,739 | 16.3 km | 54.4 | 31% | 2.1% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Quebec’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- 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-Étienne-des-Grès’s residents
What religion are people in Saint-Étienne-des-Grès?
Christian: 74%. No religion: 26%. Another religion: 0.1%.
Is Saint-Étienne-des-Grès good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 21%. 60% of households are couple families and 7.5% one-parent families. Schools near Saint-Étienne-des-Grès are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Étienne-des-Grès?
$81,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Saint-Étienne-des-Grès (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Saint-Étienne-des-Grès?
Statistics Canada estimates 4,675 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 4,539 in Saint-Étienne-des-Grès, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Étienne-des-Grès?
42 is the median age, younger than 51% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 21%. 65 and over: 19%.
Is Saint-Étienne-des-Grès bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 26% are. Another 74% speak only French and 0.2% only English, and French is the first language of 98%.
How diverse is Saint-Étienne-des-Grès?
Immigrants make up 1.1% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 0.2% are members of a visible minority, and 1.4% 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).