Photo: Geai bleu · CC BY 3.0Saint-Jacques ranks below 74% of Canadian towns on residents with no religion: 27%
Residents without Canadian citizenship: 0.6%, below 95% of Canadian towns. Saint-Jacques is home to some 4,830 people (July 2025 estimate), in 1,890 households at the 2021 Census. 2.5% of residents are immigrants. Higher than in nearly two thirds of Canadian towns: 31% of households are one person living alone.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Jacques
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 30% of adults, more than in 94% of Canadian towns, while 29% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Saint-Jacques sits above 79% of Canadian towns for bilingual residents (27%)
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. 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
0.6% of residents have English as their mother tongue (Canada’s towns: 66%). Against that, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. At home: French 98%, English 0.4%.
Growth of +8% since 2016 puts Saint-Jacques ahead of 74% of Canadian towns
Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns, the typical town changed +4%; across Quebec’s towns, +4%. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 12% higher again.
A median age of 44: Saint-Jacques is older than 62% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
55–59 is the most common age band: 8.1% of residents. Lower than in 68% of Canadian towns: 9.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Set against 19% across Canada’s towns, a fifth of residents are 65 or over in Saint-Jacques.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Saint-Jacques, 44. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Saint-Jacques households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 74% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Against a figure of 8.2% across Canada’s towns, the share of one-parent families in Saint-Jacques comes in at 9.2%.
In Saint-Jacques, 30% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 94% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Where 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns, Saint-Jacques has 29%. The share of common-law partners across Canada’s towns is 11%.
Saint-Jacques: 33% of households rent their home, above 64% of Canadian towns
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Renter households make up 25% across Canada’s towns. Older homes outnumber new: 32% predate 1961, 29% date from 2001 or later. The share of households in single-detached houses is 66%, against 64% across Canada’s towns.
The median household brings in $70,000 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
At $70,000, the middle household in Saint-Jacques earned 19% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across Quebec’s towns is $74,000. The pandemic’s benefits: 29% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
Residents who moved in within the year: 13%, a higher share than 64% 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
Recent arrivals are 19% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
72% said they are Christian and 27% that they have no religion
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-Jacques has 1.5%. Across Saint-Jacques, 1.9% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
8.9% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 97% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 18% (typical 9.5%). To put it in context, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
60% of adults were employed in May 2021
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 60% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Among 41 towns of 4,732 to 4,939 people, the 16th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Sutton is the oldest at 60.4, Empire Park the youngest at 30.9. Nearest to Saint-Jacques in age: Woodlands County (43.6), Château-Richer (43.6), Glenwood (44.4) and Hampton (44.4).
Nearby, 2 of 6 towns have older populations than Saint-Jacques
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Jacques | 4,830 | — | 44 | 20% | 2.5% |
| Saint-Liguori | 2,268 | 5.0 km | 44.8 | 20% | 2.5% |
| Saint-Alexis | 1,462 | 5.8 km | 40.4 | 15% | 0% |
| Sainte-Marie-Salomé | 1,296 | 6.9 km | 44.4 | 20% | 0.8% |
| Crabtree | 4,237 | 7.4 km | 40.4 | 20% | 1.8% |
| Saint-Esprit | 2,313 | 9.7 km | 44 | 20% | 2% |
| Sainte-Julienne | 12,990 | 10.4 km | 42 | 17% | 2.6% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
- 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. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
Questions about Saint-Jacques’s residents
Is Saint-Jacques good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 16%. 52% of households are couple families and 9.2% one-parent families. Schools near Saint-Jacques are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Jacques?
$70,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Saint-Jacques (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Saint-Jacques?
Statistics Canada estimates 4,830 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 4,302 in Saint-Jacques, 8% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Jacques?
44 is the median age, older than 62% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 16%. 65 and over: 20%.
Is Saint-Jacques bilingual?
English and French: 27% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 0.1%. French only: 73%. French mother tongue: 97%.
How diverse is Saint-Jacques?
Immigrants make up 2.5% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 1.5% are members of a visible minority, and 1.9% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Saint-Jacques?
Christian: 72%. No religion: 27%. Another religion: 1%.
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).