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Photo: Unknown Unknown · Public domainSaint-Georges ranks below 92% of Canadian towns on residents with no religion: 16%
Of the immigrants living here, 54% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. There are 1% more residents than in 2016. In Saint-Georges, nearly two in five households rent their home. The median age here is 45.6, higher than in 71% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Georges
Common-law couples
26% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 89% of Canadian towns; 29% are married. Couples ↓
Many people living alone
One-person households make up 40%, more than in 88% of Canadian towns, and 23% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Bilingual residents make up 28% in Saint-Georges, more than in 79% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
By its share of residents whose mother tongue is English (0.9%), Saint-Georges is below 96% of Canadian towns. Set beside that, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. At home: French 98%, English 0.5%.
Saint-Georges changed by +1% from 2016 to 2021, behind 69% of Canadian towns
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +4% across Quebec’s towns. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 3%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 74% of Canadian towns: 23%
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
No age band is larger than 60–64: 8% of residents. Against that, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in just over three fifths of Canadian towns: 10%. On children under 15, 16% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Saint-Georges, 45.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Saint-Georges sits above 88% of Canadian towns for one-person households (40%)
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.
Across Canada’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Saint-Georges, 2.1. Set beside that, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. Locally, 8.7% of households are one-parent families.
A larger share of common-law partners than 89% of Canadian towns: 26%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns, against 29% in Saint-Georges. Across Canada’s towns, common-law partners come to 11%.
55% of households live in a single-detached house, fewer than in 62% of Canadian towns
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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: 30% date from 2001 or later, 14% from before 1961. Elsewhere, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. At 2%, the share of households in buildings of five or more storeys is higher than in nearly two thirds of Canadian towns.
Household income at the median: $64,000 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
Half of Saint-Georges’s households had a total income below $64,000, 26% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Quebec’s towns, half of households had more than $74,000 before tax. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 32% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 10%, a lower share than 59% of Canadian towns
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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
The share of residents without Canadian citizenship is 2.4%, against 5.8% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, residents who moved in within the year come to 11%. For Saint-Georges, the census puts immigrants at 1.8%.
83% said they are Christian and 16% 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, 2.6% of residents belong to a visible minority here. For Saint-Georges, the census puts Indigenous residents at 1.4%.
In Saint-Georges, 17% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 76% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 14%, against 9.5%. Elsewhere, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 59%
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
59% of residents 15 and over have a job, in line with the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Of 41 towns its size (31,478 to 36,537 people), the 6th oldest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
They run from DT Core, at 34.8, to Sorel-Tracy, at 53.2. Closest in median age to Saint-Georges are Parkland County (45.2), Grimsby (45.2), Stratford (46) and Marc-Aurèle-Fortin (46).
No nearby town is as old as Saint-Georges
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Georges | 33,881 | — | 45.6 | 23% | 1.8% |
| Notre-Dame-des-Pins | 1,935 | 7.6 km | 42 | 23% | 1.8% |
| Saint-Benoît-Labre | 1,655 | 10.2 km | 42.4 | 18% | 0.9% |
| Saint-René | 1,035 | 10.7 km | 34.8 | 10% | 4.2% |
| Saint-Côme--Linière | 3,435 | 12.9 km | 42.8 | 20% | 1.4% |
| Beauceville | 6,228 | 14.3 km | 45.2 | 24% | 1.4% |
| Saint-Benjamin | 1,267 | 15.3 km | 40.4 | 17% | 0% |
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. 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-Georges’s residents
What is the population of Saint-Georges?
Saint-Georges had about 33,881 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 32,935, 1% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Georges?
A median age of 45.6, older than 71% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 16%, and people 65 and over 23%.
Is Saint-Georges bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 28% are. Another 72% speak only French and 0.2% only English, and French is the first language of 97%.
How diverse is Saint-Georges?
1.8% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 2.6% belong to a visible minority and 1.4% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Saint-Georges?
83% are Christian and 16% have no religion; 0.9% follow another religion.
Is Saint-Georges good for families?
Under 15: 16% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 48% of households. One-parent families: 8.7%. Schools near Saint-Georges are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Georges?
The median household in Saint-Georges took in $64,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
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).