Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0One-person households make up 39% in Saint-Jérôme, more than in 87% of Canadian towns
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (24%), Saint-Jérôme is above 75% of Canadian towns. Compared with other places, households in single-detached houses are scarce here: 37%, fewer than in 79% of Canadian towns. This Quebec town is home to some 85,160 people (July 2025 estimate), in 37,370 households at the 2021 Census. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 14% in the town.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Jérôme
Common-law couples
26% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 90% of Canadian towns; 26% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
More bilingual residents than 85% of Canadian towns: 39%
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. 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
Residents whose mother tongue is English: 1.6% here and 66% across Canada’s towns. On average, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Since 2016, Saint-Jérôme has grown +8%, faster than 72% of Canadian towns
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Quebec’s towns the median is +4%, and across Canada’s towns +4%. The July 2025 estimate adds another 6%.
Half of Saint-Jérôme is over 45.2, older than 69% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: 7.7% of residents. At 10%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is lower than in 65% of Canadian towns. On children under 15, 16% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Saint-Jérôme, 45.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Households here average 2.1 people, below 83% 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.
10% of households are one-parent families, against 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
26% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 90% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
31% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). Lower than in 96% of Canadian towns: 26% of residents 15 and over are married. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%.
A larger share of renter households than 85% of Canadian towns: 49%
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
Newer homes outnumber old: 35% date from 2001 or later, 13% from before 1961. 3.6% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, more than in 70% of Canadian towns. To put it in context, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Median gross household income: $62,800 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Saint-Jérôme had $62,800 before tax, 27% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across Quebec’s towns is $74,000. Pandemic benefits reached 31% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
5.8% of residents are immigrants
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
39% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. The share of residents without Canadian citizenship stands at 2.1%. Immigrants are rarer here than in nearly four fifths of Canadian towns.
Saint-Jérôme ranks below 62% of Canadian towns on residents with no religion: 31%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
6.4% of residents belong to a visible minority (Canada’s towns: 15%). On average, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Locally, 1.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
In Saint-Jérôme, 15% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 82% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 17%, beside a typical 9.5%. For comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 56% of adults
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment here, 56%, matches the middle of Canada’s towns (58%) within a couple of points.
41 towns of 63,957 to 113,671 people: this is the 9th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Between Grande Prairie (34) and Lindsay (51.6) lies the rest of the group. Nearest to Saint-Jérôme in age: Welland (45.2), Nanaimo (45.2), Sarnia (46) and Chomedey (46.2).
Around Saint-Jérôme, 1 of 6 towns have a higher median age
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Jérôme | 85,160 | — | 45.2 | 24% | 5.8% |
| Sainte-Sophie | 19,467 | 7.2 km | 37.2 | 12% | 2.6% |
| Saint-Colomban | 19,080 | 8.3 km | 38 | 10% | 3.4% |
| Prévost | 14,275 | 8.5 km | 44.8 | 19% | 2.8% |
| Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs | 4,080 | 11.0 km | 53.2 | 25% | 8.2% |
| Saint-Hippolyte | 12,550 | 12.6 km | 44.4 | 17% | 4.2% |
| Mirabel | 68,471 | 14.1 km | 37.2 | 13% | 5.5% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
- 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. 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-Jérôme’s residents
Is Saint-Jérôme bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 39% are. Another 60% speak only French and 0.4% only English, and French is the first language of 92%.
How diverse is Saint-Jérôme?
Immigrants make up 5.8% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 6.4% are members of a visible minority, and 1.8% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Saint-Jérôme?
Christian: 66%. No religion: 31%. Another religion: 2.6%.
Is Saint-Jérôme good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 16%. 44% of households are couple families and 10% one-parent families. Schools near Saint-Jérôme are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Jérôme?
$62,800 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Saint-Jérôme (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Saint-Jérôme?
Statistics Canada estimates 85,160 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 80,213 in Saint-Jérôme, 8% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Jérôme?
45.2 is the median age, older than 69% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 16%. 65 and over: 24%.
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).