Photo: Bernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0Saint-Gervais sits below 99% of Canadian towns for residents who moved in within the year (4.6%)
Across Canada’s towns, the share of children under 15 is 16%; Saint-Gervais has 19%. There are about as many residents as in 2016. The census found that 14% of residents said they have no religion locally. Fewer immigrants than in 98% of Canadian towns: 1%.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Gervais
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 30% of adults, more than in 94% of Canadian towns, while 32% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Bilingual residents make up 18% in Saint-Gervais, more than in 73% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. 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
Set against 66% across Canada’s towns, 0.2% of residents have English as their mother tongue in Saint-Gervais. The wider picture: 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
A change of −1% since 2016 leaves Saint-Gervais behind 83% of Canadian towns
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 5%. The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across Quebec’s towns +4%.
Younger than 53% of Canadian towns: half of Saint-Gervais is under 41.6
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
Here 20% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 19%. The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 7.9% of residents.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
A larger share of one-person households than 61% of Canadian towns: 30%
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
At 2.4 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across Canada’s towns. The share of one-person households across Canada’s towns is 27%. On the census count, 7.6% of households are one-parent families.
Saint-Gervais: 30% of residents 15 and over live common-law, above 94% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Set against 46% across Canada’s towns, 32% of residents 15 and over are married in Saint-Gervais. Common-law partners: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
In Saint-Gervais, 79% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 72% 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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Measured more widely, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. 30% of homes were built before 1961 and 25% in 2001 or later.
The midpoint household income is $73,000 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
At $73,000, the middle household in Saint-Gervais earned 15% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Quebec’s towns have a median of $74,000. The pandemic’s benefits: 25% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
1% of residents are immigrants
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
Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns.
85% said they are Christian and 14% 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
1.2% of residents have an Indigenous identity, against 2.8% across Canada’s towns. Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns.
In Saint-Gervais, 12% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 90% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 9.5% here, 9.5% in the typical town. For comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
70% of adults were employed in May 2021
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 70% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Saint-Gervais and its 6 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Gervais | 2,235 | — | 41.6 | 20% | 1% |
| Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse | 2,739 | 7.2 km | 36.8 | 16% | 1.7% |
| Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse | 1,330 | 8.5 km | 42.8 | 23% | 0.8% |
| Saint-Anselme | 4,534 | 11.2 km | 41.2 | 20% | 3.8% |
| Sainte-Claire | 3,724 | 12.5 km | 45.2 | 22% | 1% |
| Saint-Raphaël | 2,488 | 14.2 km | 47.6 | 22% | 2.1% |
| Saint-Henri | 6,048 | 14.4 km | 38.4 | 16% | 1.5% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Saint-Gervais’s residents
What is the average age in Saint-Gervais?
41.6 is the median age. Under 15: 19%. 65 and over: 20%.
Is Saint-Gervais bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 18% are. Another 82% speak only French and 0% only English, and French is the first language of 99%.
How diverse is Saint-Gervais?
Immigrants make up 1% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 0% are members of a visible minority, and 1.2% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Saint-Gervais?
Christian: 85%. No religion: 14%. Another religion: 0.2%.
Is Saint-Gervais good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 19%. 60% of households are couple families and 7.6% one-parent families. Schools near Saint-Gervais are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Gervais?
$73,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Saint-Gervais (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Saint-Gervais?
Statistics Canada estimates 2,235 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 2,138 in Saint-Gervais, about the same as 2016.
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).