Photo: Hadrianopolis · CC BY-SA 3.0A median age of 50.8: Saint-Joachim is older than 87% of Canadian towns
By its share of residents with no religion (16%), Saint-Joachim is below 93% of Canadian towns. Across Saint-Joachim, 8.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Compared with other places, immigrants are scarce here: 1.1%, fewer than in 97% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census found 630 households here; by July 2025 the population was about 1,425.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Joachim
Common-law couples
30% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 94% of Canadian towns; 35% are married. Couples ↓
Older than most towns
Half of Saint-Joachim’s residents are under 50.8 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 28% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Above 76% of Canadian towns: 23% of residents speak English and French
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. 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
Set against 66% across Canada’s towns, 0.4% of residents have English as their mother tongue in Saint-Joachim. Across the comparison, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Slower than most: −1% since 2016, behind 85% of Canadian towns
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, Statistics Canada’s estimate had barely moved. Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Quebec’s towns, by more than +4%.
28% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 89% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The share of children under 15 is 15%, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, 19% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women.
Saint-Joachim 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-Joachim comes in at 6.3%. The census found that 29% of households are one person living alone locally.
Saint-Joachim: 30% of residents 15 and over live common-law, above 94% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 23% of adults (typical: 27%). 35% of residents 15 and over are married. Common-law partners make up 11% across Canada’s towns.
More households in single-detached houses than 71% of Canadian towns: 79%
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 nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Older homes outnumber new: 36% predate 1961, 13% date from 2001 or later. To put it in context, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Renter households: 26% here and 25% across Canada’s towns.
Household income at the median: $78,000 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Saint-Joachim had $78,000 before tax, 9% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The middle household across Quebec’s towns has $74,000 before tax. Pandemic benefits reached 30% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
6.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 93% 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
Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%.
84% said they are Christian and 16% 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
Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Indigenous residents account for 1.8%.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 98% of Canadian towns: 8.8%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 14% here, 9.5% in the typical town. As a yardstick, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 55% of adults
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
55% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 28% are 65 or more.
4 of the 6 nearest towns are older than Saint-Joachim
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Joachim | 1,425 | — | 50.8 | 28% | 1.1% |
| Beaupré | 4,314 | 4.5 km | 52.8 | 29% | 2.6% |
| Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré | 3,173 | 7.3 km | 51.6 | 27% | 2.1% |
| Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges | 4,083 | 9.8 km | 50.4 | 23% | 2.5% |
| Saint-Tite-des-Caps | 1,611 | 11.1 km | 51.6 | 25% | 1% |
| Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans | 1,006 | 15.8 km | 55.6 | 31% | 2.4% |
| Berthier-sur-Mer | 1,819 | 17.0 km | 49.6 | 26% | 1.2% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Saint-Joachim’s residents
What is the average age in Saint-Joachim?
The median age is 50.8. 15% are under 15 and 28% 65 or older.
Is Saint-Joachim bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 23% are. Another 78% speak only French and 0% only English, and French is the first language of 99%.
How diverse is Saint-Joachim?
Immigrants: 1.1% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 0%. Indigenous identity: 1.8%.
What religion are people in Saint-Joachim?
16% said they have no religion and 84% that they are Christian; 0.4% named another faith.
Is Saint-Joachim good for families?
15% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 60% of households and one-parent families 6.3%. Schools near Saint-Joachim are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Joachim?
Half of Saint-Joachim’s households had more than $78,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Saint-Joachim?
About 1,425, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,427 people in Saint-Joachim, 1% fewer than 2016.
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).