Photo: SamuelFreli · CC BY-SA 3.017% of residents said they have no religion, below 91% of Canadian towns
Immigrants: 1.4%, below 96% of Canadian towns. On one-person households, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce sits higher than just over three quarters of Canadian towns: 34%. With about 5,339 residents in July 2025, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce counted 2,130 households at the 2021 Census. For Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 23%.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce
Common-law couples
27% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 90% of Canadian towns; 35% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Bilingual residents: 25%, a higher share than 78% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: French 98%, English 0.5%. Fewer residents whose mother tongue is English than in 97% of Canadian towns: 0.8%. Bilingual residents make up 7.5% across Canada’s towns.
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce changed by +3% from 2016 to 2021, behind 55% of Canadian towns
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
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 6% higher again.
Older than 59% of Canadian towns: half of Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce is over 43.6
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
60–64 is the most common age band: 8% of residents. Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce has fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 66% of Canadian towns, at 9.9%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, 43.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women.
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce households average 2.3 people, smaller than in 64% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Here, 7.7% of households are one-parent families.
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce: 27% of residents 15 and over live common-law, above 90% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
35% of residents 15 and over are married (Canada’s towns: 46%). For common-law partners, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%.
In Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, 71% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 60% of Canadian towns
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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
Compared with 25% across Canada’s towns, 29% of households rent their home here. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Elsewhere, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Half above, half below $71,500 a year in household income
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce’s, at $71,500, is 17% lower. The middle household across Quebec’s towns has $74,000 before tax. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 30% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 64% of Canadian towns: 9.6%
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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. Census figures put residents without Canadian citizenship at 2.4% in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce. Across the comparison, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
82% said they are Christian and 17% 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
1.9% of residents belong to a visible minority; across Canada’s towns the figure is 15%. In Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, 1.4% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 18%, a lower share than 74% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 13% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. The usual figure: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 65%
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
More people work here than in the typical town: 65%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Ranked by age, 19th oldest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Electoral Area L, Cariboo is the oldest at 60, Chisasibi the youngest at 26.6. Next to Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce on this scale come Burton (42), Woodlands (43.3), Metcalfe (43.8) and Wingham (44).
3 of the 6 nearest towns are older than Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce | 5,339 | — | 43.6 | 23% | 1.4% |
| Saint-Frédéric | 1,172 | 8.3 km | 41.2 | 24% | 2% |
| Vallée-Jonction | 2,042 | 8.4 km | 46 | 24% | 0.6% |
| Saints-Anges | 1,364 | 9.6 km | 39.6 | 18% | 0% |
| Tring-Jonction | 1,626 | 12.2 km | 42.8 | 21% | 0% |
| Beauceville | 6,228 | 12.4 km | 45.2 | 24% | 1.4% |
| Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne | 1,460 | 16.4 km | 44.8 | 25% | 0% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
Questions about Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce’s residents
What religion are people in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce?
17% said they have no religion and 82% that they are Christian; 0.6% named another faith.
Is Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce good for families?
17% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 55% of households and one-parent families 7.7%. Schools near Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce?
Half of Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce’s households had more than $71,500 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce?
About 5,339, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 5,014 people in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, 3% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce?
The median age is 43.6, older than 59% of Canadian towns. 17% are under 15 and 23% 65 or older.
Is Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce bilingual?
25% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 74% speak French only and 0.2% English only. French is the mother tongue of 97%.
How diverse is Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce?
Immigrants: 1.4% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 1.9%. Indigenous identity: 1.4%.
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).