Photo: Dany Caron · CC BY-SA 3.0Half of Saint-Fulgence is over 48.8, older than 82% of Canadian towns
Compared with 11% across Canada’s towns, 8% of residents are aged 15 to 24 here. Across Saint-Fulgence, 79% of households live in a single-detached house. This Quebec town has more Indigenous residents than 71% of Canadian towns, at 5.1%. Statistics Canada puts the town’s population at 2,202 for July 2025.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Fulgence
Common-law couples
31% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 95% of Canadian towns; 34% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
19% of residents speak English and French, a share 73% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. 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
Residents whose mother tongue is English make up 0.2%, against 66% across Canada’s towns. To put it in context, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Slower than most: −1% since 2016, behind 81% of Canadian towns
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Quebec’s towns, by more than +4%. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 7% higher again.
Saint-Fulgence sits above 82% of Canadian towns for residents aged 65 and over (26%)
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
60–64 is the most common age band: 9.2% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. The wider picture: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. Children under 15 account for 16%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women.
2.2 people per household, fewer than in 74% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
28% of households are one person living alone. Little separates the share of one-parent families here, 8.1%, from the figure across Canada’s towns.
Saint-Fulgence ranks above 95% of Canadian towns on common-law partners: 31%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
By its share of married residents 15 and over (34%), Saint-Fulgence is below 79% of Canadian towns. The share of common-law partners across Canada’s towns is 11%.
Saint-Fulgence sits below 64% of Canadian towns for renter households (19%)
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
Nearly a quarter of homes were built before 1961 and 16% in 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. To put it in context, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Median household income here: $68,500 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Saint-Fulgence’s median household took in $68,500 before tax, 20% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Quebec’s towns the median is $74,000. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 23% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 8.8% in Saint-Fulgence, less 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
Compared with 5.8% across Canada’s towns, 1.2% of residents are not Canadian citizens here. The benchmark for residents who moved in within the year across Canada’s towns: 11%. Here, 0.7% of residents are immigrants.
24% of residents said they have no religion, below 79% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Residents with no religion make up 35% across Canada’s towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 14% in Saint-Fulgence, less than in 84% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 12% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
An employment rate of 54%
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, above this 54%; 26% of residents are 65 or over.
Every neighbour of Saint-Fulgence has a younger population
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Fulgence | 2,202 | — | 48.8 | 26% | 0.7% |
| Saguenay | 151,972 | 13.6 km | 46 | 25% | 1.4% |
| Saint-Honoré | 6,984 | 14.2 km | 38.4 | 17% | 0.6% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. The middle of Quebec’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
- 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.
Questions about Saint-Fulgence’s residents
Is Saint-Fulgence good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 16%. 57% of households are couple families and 8.1% one-parent families. Schools near Saint-Fulgence are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Fulgence?
$68,500 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Saint-Fulgence (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Saint-Fulgence?
Statistics Canada estimates 2,202 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 2,061 in Saint-Fulgence, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Fulgence?
48.8 is the median age. Under 15: 16%. 65 and over: 26%.
Is Saint-Fulgence bilingual?
19% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 81% speak French only and 0% English only. French is the mother tongue of 99%.
How diverse is Saint-Fulgence?
Immigrants make up 0.7% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 0% are members of a visible minority, and 5.1% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Saint-Fulgence?
Christian: 76%. No religion: 24%. Another religion: 0.3%.
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).