Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in single-detached houses: 91%, a higher share than 91% of Canadian towns
Residents who moved in within the year: 15% here and 11% across Canada’s towns. Some 12,550 people live in Saint-Hippolyte, by the estimate for July 2025. The share of visible minority residents stands at 1.6%. Immigrants are rarer here than in 84% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Hippolyte
A bilingual town
Both official languages: 48% of residents speak English and French, more than in 89% of Canadian towns. Another 52% speak only French and 0.7% only English. English & French ↓
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 36% of adults, more than in 99% of Canadian towns, while 29% are married. Couples ↓
Growing faster than most
Saint-Hippolyte went from 9,113 people in 2016 to 10,669 in 2021, +17%: faster growth than in 94% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Above 89% of Canadian towns: 48% of residents speak English and French
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
With residents whose mother tongue is English at 3.6%, Saint-Hippolyte is behind 89% of Canadian towns on that count. Typically, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
A growing town: +17% since 2016, faster than 94% 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 18%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 89% of Canadian towns: 8.2%
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
Half of Saint-Hippolyte’s residents are over 44.4, older than in 64% of Canadian towns. Set beside that, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. For Saint-Hippolyte, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 17%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Saint-Hippolyte, 44.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women.
Households here average 2.3 people, below 64% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
By its share of one-parent families (6.4%), Saint-Hippolyte is below 79% of Canadian towns. 29% of households are one person living alone.
A higher share of common-law partners than 99% of Canadian towns, at 36%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
With married residents 15 and over at 29%, Saint-Hippolyte is behind 90% of Canadian towns on that count. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
Renter households make up 15% in Saint-Hippolyte, less than in 74% 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: 39% date from 2001 or later, 16% from before 1961. Renter households: 25% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. On households in buildings of five or more storeys, 0.1% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
The midpoint household income is $84,000 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
The middle household in Saint-Hippolyte had $84,000 before tax, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). For Quebec’s towns, the median household income is $74,000. In 2020, 34% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
4.2% 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
1.1% of residents are not Canadian citizens; across Canada’s towns the figure is 5.8%. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (68%) and in the Americas (18%).
Above 60% of Canadian towns: 38% of residents said they have no religion
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Here 1.7% of residents have an Indigenous identity, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 2.8%. To put it in context, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 75% of Canadian towns: 18%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 9.7%, against 9.5%. On average, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
63% of residents 15 and over were in work
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.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 63%.
Oldest by rank: 17th of 41 towns of 12,291 to 12,808 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Median ages here range from 32.9 in Spring Valley to 60.4 in Elliot Lake. Forest Hill North (43.2), Amos (44.4), Highland Creek (44.5) and Winchester (44.8): the towns nearest Saint-Hippolyte in median age.
A younger town than 5 of the 6 around it: Saint-Hippolyte
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Hippolyte | 12,550 | — | 44.4 | 17% | 4.2% |
| Prévost | 14,275 | 6.3 km | 44.8 | 19% | 2.8% |
| Sainte-Sophie | 19,467 | 9.7 km | 37.2 | 12% | 2.6% |
| Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs | 4,080 | 10.1 km | 53.2 | 25% | 8.2% |
| Piedmont | 3,667 | 10.3 km | 58 | 32% | 6.7% |
| Sainte-Adèle | 15,216 | 12.5 km | 53.6 | 28% | 6.5% |
| Saint-Jérôme | 85,160 | 12.6 km | 45.2 | 24% | 5.8% |
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. 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.
Questions about Saint-Hippolyte’s residents
How diverse is Saint-Hippolyte?
Immigrants: 4.2% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 1.6%. Indigenous identity: 1.7%.
What religion are people in Saint-Hippolyte?
38% said they have no religion and 61% that they are Christian; 0.7% named another faith.
Is Saint-Hippolyte good for families?
17% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 58% of households and one-parent families 6.4%. Schools near Saint-Hippolyte are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Hippolyte?
Half of Saint-Hippolyte’s households had more than $84,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Saint-Hippolyte?
About 12,550, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 10,669 people in Saint-Hippolyte, 17% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Hippolyte?
The median age is 44.4, older than 64% of Canadian towns. 17% are under 15 and 17% 65 or older.
Is Saint-Hippolyte bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 48% are. Another 52% speak only French and 0.7% only English, and French is the first language of 93%.
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).