Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Saint-Gédéon sits below 95% of Canadian towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (7.3%)
Here 13% of households rent their home, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 25%. 18% of residents said they have no religion. Residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in 77% of Canadian towns. There are 4% more residents than in 2016.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Gédéon
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 31% of adults, more than in 95% of Canadian towns, while 36% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A higher share of bilingual residents than 75% of Canadian towns, at 21%
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
Against a figure of 66% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents whose mother tongue is English in Saint-Gédéon comes in at 0.7%. The share of bilingual residents across Canada’s towns is 7.5%.
Saint-Gédéon grew +4% from 2016 to 2021, ahead of 52% of Canadian towns
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 8%.
Half of Saint-Gédéon is over 48, older than 80% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. Across Saint-Gédéon, 17% of residents are under 15.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women.
Smaller households than 74% of Canadian towns: 2.2 people on average
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The share of one-parent families is 5.2%, against 8.2% across Canada’s towns. In Saint-Gédéon, 30% of households are one person living alone.
Common-law partners make up 31% in Saint-Gédéon, more than in 95% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up just over a fifth of adults, beside a typical 27%. At 36%, the share of married residents 15 and over is lower than in just over three quarters of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, common-law partners come to 11%.
Saint-Gédéon: 86% of households live in a single-detached house, above 82% of Canadian towns
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 nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. A quarter of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 21% built before 1961. On average, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Before tax, the median household income is $86,000 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Saint-Gédéon’s median household took in $86,000 before tax, about the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Quebec’s towns the median is $74,000. In 2020, 24% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 9.2%, a lower share than 69% 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
Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents without Canadian citizenship is 5.8%; Saint-Gédéon has 0.9%. Lower than in 99% of Canadian towns: 0.5% of residents are immigrants. Measured more widely, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
81% said they are Christian and 18% that they have no religion
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Compared with 15% across Canada’s towns, 0.5% of residents belong to a visible minority here. The census found that 2.5% of residents have an Indigenous identity in Saint-Gédéon.
Saint-Gédéon ranks below 52% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 26%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 9.9% here, 9.5% in the typical town. To put it in context, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
57% of adults were employed in May 2021
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 57% is close to the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Saint-Gédéon sits below 1 of its 6 closest neighbours on median age
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Gédéon | 2,349 | — | 48 | 24% | 0.5% |
| Saint-Bruno | 2,935 | 7.5 km | 38.4 | 17% | 0.7% |
| Hébertville-Station | 1,298 | 7.8 km | 42.8 | 20% | 0% |
| Alma | 30,659 | 9.8 km | 48 | 25% | 0.9% |
| Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix | 4,230 | 12.3 km | 49.6 | 29% | 0.9% |
| Hébertville | 2,588 | 12.5 km | 46.4 | 25% | 0.8% |
| Saint-Nazaire | 2,167 | 16.2 km | 40.4 | 18% | 1% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
Questions about Saint-Gédéon’s residents
What is the median income in Saint-Gédéon?
Half of Saint-Gédéon’s households had more than $86,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Saint-Gédéon?
About 2,349, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 2,177 people in Saint-Gédéon, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Gédéon?
The median age is 48. 17% are under 15 and 24% 65 or older.
Is Saint-Gédéon bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 21% are. Another 79% speak only French and 0.2% only English, and French is the first language of 99%.
How diverse is Saint-Gédéon?
Immigrants: 0.5% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 0.5%. Indigenous identity: 2.5%.
What religion are people in Saint-Gédéon?
18% said they have no religion and 81% that they are Christian; 1.1% named another faith.
Is Saint-Gédéon good for families?
17% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 59% of households and one-parent families 5.2%. Schools near Saint-Gédéon are on its Schools page.
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).