Photo: Sacré Marmotte · CC BY-SA 4.0Half of Saint-Fabien is over 54, older than 93% of Canadian towns
Where 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns, Saint-Fabien has 38%. With about 1,866 residents in July 2025, Saint-Fabien counted 865 households at the 2021 Census. 7.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24. At 16%, the share of residents with no religion is lower than in 92% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Fabien
Older than most towns
Half of Saint-Fabien’s residents are under 54 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 29% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Common-law couples
25% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 88% of Canadian towns; 33% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Saint-Fabien: 18% of residents speak English and French, above 72% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
0.3% of residents have English as their mother tongue (Canada’s towns: 66%). On average, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Saint-Fabien changed by ±0% from 2016 to 2021, slower than 78% of Canadian towns
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Quebec’s towns, +4%. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 2% higher again.
Residents aged 65 and over: 29%, a higher share than 90% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Children under 15 make up 14%, against 16% across Canada’s towns. As a reference point, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women.
Saint-Fabien households average 2.1 people, smaller than in 83% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
On the census count, 8% of households are one-parent families.
Common-law partners: 25%, a higher share than 88% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
26% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. The wider picture: 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
More households in single-detached houses than 80% of Canadian towns: 84%
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Against that, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Renter households account for 17%. Just over one in ten homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%.
$58,800 a year is the median household income here
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Saint-Fabien: half had less than $58,800, 32% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Quebec’s towns the median is $74,000. 24% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
8.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 74% of Canadian towns
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
Immigrants make up 0.8% of residents; the medians are 4.2% across Quebec’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. To put it in context, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. In Saint-Fabien, 0.6% of residents are not Canadian citizens.
84% said they are Christian and 16% 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
Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Indigenous residents account for 1.4%.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 13%, a lower share than 88% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 18% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Elsewhere, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 47% of adults
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 47% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 29% of residents are 65 or over.
Saint-Fabien and its 5 nearest towns: 2 of them are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page. Distances here run 29–35 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Saint-Fabien.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Fabien | 1,866 | — | 54 | 29% | 0.8% |
| Rimouski | 51,756 | 29.2 km | 47.2 | 26% | 2.4% |
| Trois-Pistoles | 3,123 | 29.7 km | 59.6 | 40% | 1.2% |
| Saint-Narcisse-de-Rimouski | 1,190 | 30.2 km | 46 | 22% | 0% |
| Notre-Dame-des-Neiges | 1,146 | 32.3 km | 57.2 | 33% | 1.7% |
| Saint-Jean-de-Dieu | 1,697 | 35.2 km | 52.8 | 30% | 0% |
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. 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. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
Questions about Saint-Fabien’s residents
What is the population of Saint-Fabien?
Statistics Canada estimates 1,866 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 1,834 in Saint-Fabien, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Fabien?
54 is the median age. Under 15: 14%. 65 and over: 29%.
Is Saint-Fabien bilingual?
18% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 82% speak French only and 0% English only. French is the mother tongue of 98%.
How diverse is Saint-Fabien?
Immigrants make up 0.8% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 0% are members of a visible minority, and 1.4% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Saint-Fabien?
Christian: 84%. No religion: 16%. Another religion: 0%.
Is Saint-Fabien good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 14%. 51% of households are couple families and 8% one-parent families. Schools near Saint-Fabien are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Fabien?
$58,800 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Saint-Fabien (Canada’s towns: $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).