Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.0Saint-Gabriel is older than 92% of Canadian towns: a median age of 53.6
The average household has 1.9 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Saint-Gabriel is home to some 3,091 people (July 2025 estimate), in 1,365 households at the 2021 Census. Residents who moved in within the year account for 15%. Compared with other places, immigrants are scarce here: 2.1%, fewer than in 93% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Gabriel
Older than most towns
Half of Saint-Gabriel’s residents are under 53.6 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 31% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
46% of households are one person living alone, more than in 95% of Canadian towns; 31% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
A town of renters
50% of households rent their home, more than in 86% of Canadian towns; 41% live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Saint-Gabriel sits above 78% of Canadian towns for bilingual residents (26%)
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. 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
Across Canada’s towns, 66% of residents have English as their mother tongue; in Saint-Gabriel, 1.5%. By way of comparison, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
A +6% change since 2016: faster than 64% of Canadian towns
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns, the typical town changed +4%; across Quebec’s towns, +4%. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 10%.
Saint-Gabriel: 31% of residents are 65 or over, above 94% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
14% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%). For comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Saint-Gabriel, 53.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women.
More one-person households than 95% of Canadian towns: 46%
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Where 8.2% of households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns, Saint-Gabriel has 10%. Set beside that, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
23% of residents 15 and over are married, below 98% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 32% of adults, beside a typical 27%. Saint-Gabriel has more common-law partners than 86% of Canadian towns, at 22%. Elsewhere, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Saint-Gabriel ranks above 86% of Canadian towns on renter households: 50%
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
Older homes outnumber new: 45% predate 1961, 8.4% date from 2001 or later. The usual figure: 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Households in single-detached houses are rarer here than in 64% of Canadian towns.
Median household income here: $42,800 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Saint-Gabriel’s households had a total income below $42,800, 50% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). For Quebec’s towns, the median household income is $74,000. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 28% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
2.1% of residents are immigrants
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
Recent arrivals are 18% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. Fewer residents without Canadian citizenship than in 74% of Canadian towns: 2.1%.
Saint-Gabriel sits below 57% of Canadian towns for residents with no religion (33%)
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The share of visible minority residents is 4%, against 15% across Canada’s towns. For Saint-Gabriel, the census puts Indigenous residents at 1.1%. Typically, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 10% in Saint-Gabriel, less than in 96% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 30% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. Elsewhere, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 45% of residents aged 15 and over
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.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 45%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 31% of residents are 65 or over.
Ranked by age, 6th oldest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Between La Loche (25.6) and Trois-Pistoles (59.6) lies the rest of the group. Saint-David-de-Falardeau (52.4), Princeton (52.8), Welcome Beach (56.4) and Paspébiac (56.4): the towns nearest Saint-Gabriel in median age.
Nearby, 4 of 6 towns have older populations than Saint-Gabriel
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Gabriel | 3,091 | — | 53.6 | 31% | 2.1% |
| Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon | 2,916 | 3.0 km | 56.4 | 29% | 1.1% |
| Saint-Norbert | 1,143 | 10.9 km | 44.8 | 18% | 0% |
| Mandeville | 2,511 | 11.8 km | 57.6 | 31% | 0.9% |
| Saint-Damien | 2,569 | 13.1 km | 57.2 | 31% | 3.6% |
| Saint-Jean-de-Matha | 5,415 | 14.2 km | 55.6 | 30% | 2.7% |
| Saint-Félix-de-Valois | 7,670 | 14.9 km | 47.2 | 25% | 1.2% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- 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.
Questions about Saint-Gabriel’s residents
Is Saint-Gabriel good for families?
14% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 35% of households and one-parent families 10%. Schools near Saint-Gabriel are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Gabriel?
Half of Saint-Gabriel’s households had more than $42,800 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Saint-Gabriel?
About 3,091, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 2,803 people in Saint-Gabriel, 6% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Gabriel?
The median age is 53.6, older than 92% of Canadian towns. 14% are under 15 and 31% 65 or older.
Is Saint-Gabriel bilingual?
26% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 73% speak French only and 1.6% English only. French is the mother tongue of 95%.
How diverse is Saint-Gabriel?
Immigrants: 2.1% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 4%. Indigenous identity: 1.1%.
What religion are people in Saint-Gabriel?
33% said they have no religion and 67% that they are Christian; 0.4% named another faith.
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).