Photo: Gaétan Veillette · CC BY-SA 4.0A higher share of one-person households than 90% of Canadian towns, at 41%
By its share of households in single-detached houses (34%), Saint-Hyacinthe is below 81% of Canadian towns. Here, 7.7% of residents are immigrants. The median age in the town is 46.4, higher than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 60,874 residents; the 2021 Census found 26,870 households.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Hyacinthe
Many people living alone
41% of households are one person living alone, more than in 90% of Canadian towns; 26% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
A town of renters
Renters are 51% of households, more than in 86% of Canadian towns, and 57% of households live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A higher share of bilingual residents than 81% of Canadian towns, at 30%
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. 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
Compared with 66% across Canada’s towns, 0.9% of residents have English as their mother tongue here. For bilingual residents, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 7.5%.
Slower than most: +3% since 2016, behind 58% of Canadian towns
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 6% higher again. Across Canada’s towns, the typical town changed +4%; across Quebec’s towns, +4%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 26% in Saint-Hyacinthe, more than in 83% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
10% of residents are aged 15 to 24 (Canada’s towns: 11%). The wider picture: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. No age band is larger than 60–64: 7.5% of residents.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Saint-Hyacinthe, 46.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Smaller households than 90% of Canadian towns: 2 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.
One-parent families account for 8.8%.
Above 87% of Canadian towns: 24% of residents 15 and over live common-law
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
In Saint-Hyacinthe, 29% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 46% across Canada’s towns. For common-law partners, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%.
Saint-Hyacinthe sits above 86% of Canadian towns for renter households (51%)
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
Older homes outnumber new: 24% predate 1961, 21% date from 2001 or later. As a reference point, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Little separates the share of households in buildings of five or more storeys here, 0.5%, from the figure across Canada’s towns.
$61,200 a year: where the middle household sits
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-Hyacinthe’s households had a total income below $61,200, 29% 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 27% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
Above 61% of Canadian towns: 12% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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
Most immigrants were born in Africa (42%) or in the Americas (33%). The usual figure: 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Of the immigrants living here, 56% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%.
Only 25% of residents said they have no religion in Saint-Hyacinthe
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Where 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns, Saint-Hyacinthe has 1.3%. The comparison figure for residents with no religion is 35% across Canada’s towns. Other faiths: Muslim (2.6%).
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 19%, a lower share than 71% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 17% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Set beside that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 58% of residents aged 15 and over
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, much like this 58%.
Of 41 towns its size (49,388 to 75,618 people), the 7th oldest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Between Grande Prairie (34) and Shawinigan (54.4) lies the rest of the group. The towns whose median age is nearest to Saint-Hyacinthe’s: Rocky View County (45.6), Cornwall (46.4), Rimouski (47.2) and Victoriaville (47.2).
No nearby town is as old as Saint-Hyacinthe
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Hyacinthe | 60,874 | — | 46.4 | 26% | 7.7% |
| La Présentation | 2,696 | 7.7 km | 39.2 | 15% | 1.9% |
| Saint-Barnabé-Sud | 1,053 | 10.0 km | 40.4 | 18% | 0% |
| Saint-Dominique | 3,062 | 10.0 km | 37.2 | 14% | 3.3% |
| Sainte-Madeleine | 2,387 | 11.5 km | 40.8 | 15% | 1.3% |
| Sainte-Marie-Madeleine | 2,940 | 11.7 km | 42.4 | 17% | 1.9% |
| Saint-Simon | 1,474 | 12.2 km | 38.8 | 15% | 1.4% |
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. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- 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.
Questions about Saint-Hyacinthe’s residents
Is Saint-Hyacinthe good for families?
Children under 15 are 15% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 44% of households and one-parent families 8.8%. Schools near Saint-Hyacinthe are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Hyacinthe?
Median total household income in Saint-Hyacinthe was $61,200 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Saint-Hyacinthe?
The latest figure is an estimate: 60,874 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Saint-Hyacinthe counted 57,239, 3% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Hyacinthe?
Half the residents are older than 46.4 and half younger, older than 74% of Canadian towns; 15% are children under 15 and 26% are 65 or over.
Is Saint-Hyacinthe bilingual?
30% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 69% speak French only and 0.3% English only. French is the mother tongue of 91%.
How diverse is Saint-Hyacinthe?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 7.7%. A visible minority makes up 9.8% and Indigenous residents 1.3%.
What religion are people in Saint-Hyacinthe?
Most often Christian (72%) or no religion (25%); other religions make up 3.2%.
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).