Photo: Raymixx · CC BY 3.0Younger than 81% of Canadian towns: half of Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur is under 37.2
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 13%, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur has more households in single-detached houses than 72% of Canadian towns, at 79%. About 1,907 people lived locally in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates. In Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, 4.6% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 38% of adults, more than in 99% of Canadian towns, while 29% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A larger share of bilingual residents than 87% of Canadian towns: 43%
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 3.4%, Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur is behind 89% of Canadian towns on that count. Across Canada’s towns, 7.5% of residents speak English and French.
Since 2016, Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur has grown +5%, faster than 53% of Canadian towns
The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +4% across Quebec’s towns. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 8% higher again.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 82% of Canadian towns: 8.8%
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
18% of residents are under 15, against 16% across Canada’s towns. The largest age band is 25–29: 9.9% of residents, 1.7 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women.
One-person households: 25%, a lower share than 59% 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.
In Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur the average household is 2.4 people, beside 2.4 across Canada’s towns. 7.7% of households are one-parent families. The usual figure: 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Common-law partners make up 38% in Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, more than in 99% 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
Compared with 46% across Canada’s towns, 29% of residents 15 and over are married here. Common-law partners make up 11% across Canada’s towns.
Only 14% of households rent their home in Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur
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 74% of Canadian towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 33% date from 2001 or later, 26% from before 1961. Typically, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Before tax, the median household income is $90,000 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000, and Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur’s, at $90,000, is close to it. The median across Quebec’s towns is $74,000. Pandemic benefits reached 30% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur: 12% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, above 56% of Canadian towns
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 recent wave: 31% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%). Residents who moved in within the year make up 11% across Canada’s towns. Here, 3.7% of residents are immigrants. Fewer residents without Canadian citizenship than in three quarters of Canadian towns: 2%.
Only 31% of residents said they have no religion in Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
By its share of visible minority residents (3.7%), Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur is below 73% of Canadian towns. The comparison figure for residents with no religion is 35% across Canada’s towns.
A lower share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 85% of Canadian towns, at 14%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
74% of adults were employed in May 2021
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
74% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
Every neighbour of Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur has an older population
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur | 1,907 | — | 37.2 | 13% | 3.7% |
| Napierville | 4,187 | 8.4 km | 40.4 | 20% | 4.4% |
| Saint-Édouard | 1,438 | 9.3 km | 40.8 | 18% | 1.9% |
| Saint-Mathieu | 2,642 | 9.7 km | 41.2 | 15% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Philippe | 8,674 | 11.3 km | 37.6 | 12% | 8.6% |
| Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville | 1,786 | 11.4 km | 42.8 | 16% | 2.3% |
| Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu | 2,165 | 12.4 km | 44 | 18% | 2.9% |
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. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- 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-Jacques-le-Mineur’s residents
What religion are people in Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur?
68% are Christian and 31% have no religion; 0.9% follow another religion.
Is Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur good for families?
Under 15: 18% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 62% of households. One-parent families: 7.7%. Schools near Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur?
The median household in Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur took in $90,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur?
Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur had about 1,907 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 1,766, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur?
A median age of 37.2. Children under 15 make up 18%, and people 65 and over 13%.
Is Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 43% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 0.6% speak only English and 56% only French; 91% grew up with French.
How diverse is Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur?
3.7% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 3.7% belong to a visible minority and 4.6% have an Indigenous identity.
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).