Photo: Félix Mathieu-Bégin · CC BY-SA 4.0A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 96% of Canadian towns, at 6.9%
Across Canada’s towns, 19% of residents are 65 or over; in Saint-Gilles, 22%. The 2021 Census found 1,200 households here; by July 2025 the population was about 3,521. For Saint-Gilles, the census puts immigrants at 2%. Compared with other places, households in buildings of five or more storeys are common here: 2.9%, more than in just over two thirds of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Gilles
Common-law couples
35% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 98% of Canadian towns; 29% are married. Couples ↓
Growing faster than most
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, Saint-Gilles went from 2,525 to 2,910 residents (+15%), faster growth than in 92% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Saint-Gilles sits above 76% of Canadian towns for bilingual residents (24%)
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: French 99%, English 0.2%. Compared with other places, residents whose mother tongue is English are scarce here: 0.7%, fewer than in 98% of Canadian towns. Set beside that, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
From 2016 to 2021, Saint-Gilles outgrew 92% of Canadian towns: +15%
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 21%. Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Quebec’s towns, +4%.
A higher share of children under 15 than 86% of Canadian towns, at 20%
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
With a median age of 40.8, Saint-Gilles is younger than 58% of Canadian towns. The biggest five-year age group is 35–39, with 8.1% of residents. Against that, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Saint-Gilles, 40.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women.
One-person households: 31%, a higher share than 65% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The figure for one-parent families is 6.7% in Saint-Gilles and 8.2% across Canada’s towns. The benchmark for one-person households across Canada’s towns: 27%. The average household has 2.3 people.
More common-law partners than 98% of Canadian towns: 35%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 23% of adults, beside a typical 27%. 29% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 90% of Canadian towns. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
A smaller share of renter households than 68% of Canadian towns: 18%
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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
8.8% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. Set beside that, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. The census found that just over three quarters of households live in a single-detached house in Saint-Gilles.
The median household brings in $74,000 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Saint-Gilles: half had less than $74,000, 14% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $74,000 is the median household income across Quebec’s towns. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 31% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 9.2%, a lower share than 69% of Canadian towns
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
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
In Saint-Gilles, 1.1% of residents are not Canadian citizens, beside 5.8% across Canada’s towns. The share of residents who moved in within the year across Canada’s towns is 11%.
29% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 69% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Where 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns, Saint-Gilles has 1.2%. For Saint-Gilles, the census puts Indigenous residents at 2.1%. The benchmark for residents with no religion across Canada’s towns: 35%.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 12%, a lower share than 92% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 13% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
In work on census day: 66% of adults
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 66% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Of 41 towns its size (3,458 to 3,587 people), the 16th youngest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The span goes from 33.5 (McMillan) up to 61.2 (Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap). The closest ages to Saint-Gilles’s belong to Malartic (40.4), Saint-Isidore (40.4), Des Vallées (41.1) and Saint-Thomas (42).
Among its 6 nearest neighbours, 1 are older than Saint-Gilles
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Gilles | 3,521 | — | 40.8 | 22% | 2% |
| Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage | 1,303 | 8.5 km | 36.8 | 17% | 0.9% |
| Saint-Agapit | 4,817 | 9.2 km | 37.2 | 17% | 1% |
| Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon | 7,551 | 12.5 km | 40.8 | 16% | 2.1% |
| Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière | 1,042 | 14.0 km | 50.4 | 26% | 0% |
| Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage | 1,091 | 14.2 km | 40.4 | 20% | 1.8% |
| Saint-Bernard | 2,680 | 15.8 km | 35.6 | 16% | 0.4% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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.
- 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-Gilles’s residents
Is Saint-Gilles good for families?
Children under 15 are 20% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 59% of households and one-parent families 6.7%. Schools near Saint-Gilles are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Gilles?
Median total household income in Saint-Gilles was $74,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Saint-Gilles?
The latest figure is an estimate: 3,521 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Saint-Gilles counted 2,910, 15% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Gilles?
Half the residents are older than 40.8 and half younger, younger than 58% of Canadian towns; 20% are children under 15 and 22% are 65 or over.
Is Saint-Gilles bilingual?
24% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 76% speak French only and 0% English only. French is the mother tongue of 98%.
How diverse is Saint-Gilles?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 2%. A visible minority makes up 1.2% and Indigenous residents 2.1%.
What religion are people in Saint-Gilles?
Most often Christian (71%) or no religion (29%); other religions make up 0.4%.
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).