Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainBelow 99% of Canadian towns: 5.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
Half of Saint-Hugues’s residents are under 39.2, younger than in 69% of Canadian towns. Locally, 90% of households live in a single-detached house. The 2021 Census found 540 households here; by July 2025 the population was about 1,414. Across Canada’s towns, the share of immigrants is 17%; Saint-Hugues has 2.2%.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Hugues
A town of families
Children under 15 are 22% of residents, more than in 92% of Canadian towns. Households average 2.5 people, and 5.6% are one-parent families. Ages ↓
Common-law couples
34% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 97% of Canadian towns; 33% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A higher share of bilingual residents than 79% of Canadian towns, at 27%
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Here 0.4% of residents have English as their mother tongue, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 66%. Bilingual residents: 7.5% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
+1% since 2016: slower than 71% 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 6%. Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Quebec’s towns, by more than +4%.
Children under 15 make up 22% in Saint-Hugues, more than in 92% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Compared with 19% across Canada’s towns, 16% of residents are 65 or over here. At 9.3%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is lower than in 76% of Canadian towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women.
Larger households than 58% of Canadian towns: 2.5 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 5.6%, against 8.2% across Canada’s towns. One-person households: 28% of the total.
Above 97% of Canadian towns: 34% of residents 15 and over live common-law
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 23% of adults, beside a typical 27%. In Saint-Hugues, 33% of residents 15 and over are married. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
Saint-Hugues ranks below 63% of Canadian towns on renter households: 19%
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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
44% of homes were built before 1961 and 13% in 2001 or later. The benchmark for renter households across Canada’s towns: 25%. Few places have as many households in buildings of five or more storeys: 1.9% here, more than in 64% of Canadian towns.
Before tax, the median household income is $76,000 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Saint-Hugues: half had less than $76,000, 12% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among Quebec’s towns, the typical figure is $74,000. COVID-19 benefits went to 26% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
2.2% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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: 1.1%, below 88% of Canadian towns. Most recent wave: 33% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%).
Only 32% of residents said they have no religion in Saint-Hugues
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
1.5% of residents have an Indigenous identity; across Canada’s towns the figure is 2.8%. Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, 35% of residents said they have no religion.
Saint-Hugues ranks below 96% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 9.5%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 18%, beside a typical 9.5%.
A job for 71% of residents aged 15 and over
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
More people work here than in the typical town: 71%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Among its 6 nearest neighbours, 4 are older than Saint-Hugues
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Hugues | 1,414 | — | 39.2 | 16% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Simon | 1,474 | 8.8 km | 38.8 | 15% | 1.4% |
| Saint-Barnabé-Sud | 1,053 | 10.0 km | 40.4 | 18% | 0% |
| Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot | 1,887 | 11.6 km | 39.2 | 17% | 0.9% |
| Saint-Jude | 1,402 | 12.0 km | 40 | 14% | 2.3% |
| Saint-Guillaume | 1,489 | 12.7 km | 45.6 | 22% | 1.4% |
| Saint-Eugène | 1,180 | 14.4 km | 44 | 19% | 3.9% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Quebec’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- 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.
Questions about Saint-Hugues’s residents
Is Saint-Hugues bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 27% are. Another 72% speak only French and 0% only English, and French is the first language of 97%.
How diverse is Saint-Hugues?
Immigrants: 2.2% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 0%. Indigenous identity: 1.5%.
What religion are people in Saint-Hugues?
32% said they have no religion and 67% that they are Christian; 0.7% named another faith.
Is Saint-Hugues good for families?
22% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 61% of households and one-parent families 5.6%. Schools near Saint-Hugues are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Hugues?
Half of Saint-Hugues’s households had more than $76,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Saint-Hugues?
About 1,414, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,340 people in Saint-Hugues, 1% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Hugues?
The median age is 39.2. 22% are under 15 and 16% 65 or older.
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).