Photo: Richard Coté · CC BY-SA 4.0Half of Saint-Ludger is over 53.2, older than 92% of Canadian towns
By its share of residents with no religion (14%), Saint-Ludger is below 94% of Canadian towns. Across Saint-Ludger, 87% of households live in a single-detached house. 8.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 78% of Canadian towns. The town had about 1,091 residents in July 2025, by Statistics Canada’s estimate, and 450 households at the 2021 Census.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Ludger
Older than most towns
Half of Saint-Ludger’s residents are under 53.2 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 32% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Saint-Ludger sits above 70% of Canadian towns for bilingual residents (15%)
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Where 66% of residents have English as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns, Saint-Ludger has 0.9%. On average, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Saint-Ludger changed by ±0% from 2016 to 2021, slower than 75% 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
For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +4% across Quebec’s towns. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 2% higher again.
More residents aged 65 and over than 95% of Canadian towns: 32%
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The share of children under 15 trails 68% of Canadian towns: 14%. By way of comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 116 men for every 100 women.
Households here average 2.3 people, below 64% 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.
One-person households: 28% of the total. Saint-Ludger sits close to the norm on one-parent families: 7.8%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
In Saint-Ludger, 24% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 87% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 22% of adults, beside a typical 27%. Common-law partners make up 11% across Canada’s towns. Across Saint-Ludger, 40% of residents 15 and over are married.
Renter households: 15%, a lower share than 76% of Canadian towns
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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. The usual figure: a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Older homes outnumber new: 38% predate 1961, 8.9% date from 2001 or later. 9% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%.
The median household brings in $63,200 a year
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
Household incomes run lower in Saint-Ludger: half had less than $63,200, 27% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The middle household across Quebec’s towns has $74,000 before tax. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 29% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
0% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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.
86% said they are Christian and 14% that they have no religion
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Indigenous residents are rarer here than in 98% of Canadian towns. Visible minority residents: 1% of the total.
2% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 99% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
22% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%). Across Canada’s towns, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.
Employment: 62% of residents 15 and over had a job
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
62% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
Older than Saint-Ludger: 1 of the 2 towns nearby
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Ludger | 1,091 | — | 53.2 | 32% | 0% |
| Lac-Drolet | 1,066 | 11.0 km | 53.6 | 27% | 0% |
| Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce | 2,136 | 12.2 km | 44.8 | 22% | 0% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
Questions about Saint-Ludger’s residents
How diverse is Saint-Ludger?
Immigrants: 0% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 1%. Indigenous identity: 0%.
What religion are people in Saint-Ludger?
14% said they have no religion and 86% that they are Christian; 0% named another faith.
Is Saint-Ludger good for families?
14% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 61% of households and one-parent families 7.8%. Schools near Saint-Ludger are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Ludger?
Half of Saint-Ludger’s households had more than $63,200 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Saint-Ludger?
About 1,091, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,074 people in Saint-Ludger, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Ludger?
The median age is 53.2. 14% are under 15 and 32% 65 or older.
Is Saint-Ludger bilingual?
English and French: 15% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 0.5%. French only: 84%. French mother tongue: 96%.
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).