Photo: Grafcom . · CC BY-SA 3.0In Saint-Jude, 92% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 93% of Canadian towns
The share of residents aged 65 and over trails 78% of Canadian towns: 14%. Locally, 19% of residents are under 15. 1.1% of residents belong to a visible minority, a lower share than in 94% of Canadian towns. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 1,402 residents; the 2021 Census found 520 households.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Jude
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 39% of adults, more than in 99% of Canadian towns, while 25% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A larger share of bilingual residents than 78% of Canadian towns: 26%
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. 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
Here 1.1% of residents have English as their mother tongue, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 66%. Elsewhere, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. At home: French 98%, English 0.8%.
A +9% change since 2016: faster than 78% of Canadian towns
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Quebec’s towns, +4%. The July 2025 estimate adds another 6%.
Half of Saint-Jude is under 40, younger than 63% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
More residents are 45–49 than any other five-year age: 7.9% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women.
23% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 65% 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.
The average household has 2.5 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Set beside that, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. Here, nearly one in ten households are one-parent families.
Common-law partners make up 39% in Saint-Jude, more than in 99% 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-Jude has 25%. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
A smaller share of renter households than 79% of Canadian towns: 14%
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. 38% of homes were built before 1961 and 24% in 2001 or later. For renter households, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 25%.
$80,000 a year: where the middle household sits
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
At $80,000, the middle household in Saint-Jude earned 7% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The provincial yardstick is $74,000, the median across Quebec’s towns. Pandemic benefits reached 30% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
Below 56% of Canadian towns: 10% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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
1.5% of residents are not Canadian citizens; across Canada’s towns the figure is 5.8%. Compared with other places, immigrants are scarce here: 2.3%, fewer than in 92% of Canadian towns. Typically, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of residents with no religion than 73% of Canadian towns, at 43%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
1.1% of residents have an Indigenous identity, against 2.8% across Canada’s towns. Residents with no religion make up 35% across Canada’s towns.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 96% of Canadian towns: 10%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 15%, against 9.5%. Across Canada’s towns, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.
Employment: 61% of residents 15 and over had a job
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 61% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Of the 6 towns nearest Saint-Jude, 3 are older
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Jude | 1,402 | — | 40 | 14% | 2.3% |
| Saint-Barnabé-Sud | 1,053 | 7.5 km | 40.4 | 18% | 0% |
| Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu | 2,439 | 11.9 km | 46 | 22% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Hugues | 1,414 | 12.0 km | 39.2 | 16% | 2.2% |
| La Présentation | 2,696 | 12.9 km | 39.2 | 15% | 1.9% |
| Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu | 1,880 | 13.7 km | 47.2 | 22% | 2.6% |
| Saint-Simon | 1,474 | 14.1 km | 38.8 | 15% | 1.4% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
Questions about Saint-Jude’s residents
What religion are people in Saint-Jude?
43% said they have no religion and 58% that they are Christian; 0% named another faith.
Is Saint-Jude good for families?
19% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 60% of households and one-parent families 8.6%. Schools near Saint-Jude are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Jude?
Half of Saint-Jude’s households had more than $80,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Saint-Jude?
About 1,402, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,326 people in Saint-Jude, 9% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Jude?
The median age is 40. 19% are under 15 and 14% 65 or older.
Is Saint-Jude bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 26% are. Another 74% speak only French and 0.4% only English, and French is the first language of 97%.
How diverse is Saint-Jude?
Immigrants: 2.3% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 1.1%. Indigenous identity: 1.1%.
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).