Photo: Mario Hains · CC BY-SA 3.0A smaller share of residents with no religion than 94% of Canadian towns: 15%
Set against 27% across Canada’s towns, 34% of households are one person living alone in Saint-Martin. The town has more households in single-detached houses than 77% of Canadian towns, at 82%. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 2,687 residents; the 2021 Census found 1,135 households. In Saint-Martin, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Martin
Common-law couples
29% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 93% of Canadian towns; 33% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Saint-Martin: 18% of residents speak English and French, above 73% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Compared with 66% across Canada’s towns, 0.4% of residents have English as their mother tongue here. To put it in context, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Faster growth than 53% of Canadian towns: Saint-Martin changed by +5% since 2016
Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 4%.
Children under 15 make up 19% in Saint-Martin, more than in 80% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
With a median age of 42.8, Saint-Martin is older than 54% of Canadian towns. Measured more widely, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. 55–59 is the most common age band: 7.9% of residents. In Saint-Martin, 20% of residents are 65 or over, beside 19% across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Saint-Martin, 42.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women.
Saint-Martin 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.
Nearly one in ten households are one-parent families.
Common-law partners make up 29% in Saint-Martin, more than in 93% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
The share of married residents 15 and over is 33%, against 46% across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
Saint-Martin: 26% of households rent their home, above 52% of Canadian towns
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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
31% of homes were built before 1961 and 16% in 2001 or later. Across Canada’s towns, renter households come to 25%. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
Before tax, the median household income is $63,200 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
Saint-Martin’s median household took in $63,200 before tax, 27% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among Quebec’s towns, the typical figure is $74,000. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 35% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
0.4% of residents are immigrants
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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 make up 1.6%, against 5.8% across Canada’s towns. On immigrants, Saint-Martin sits lower than 99% of Canadian towns: 0.4%.
85% said they are Christian and 15% 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
1.6% of residents have an Indigenous identity, against 2.8% across Canada’s towns. Here, 2.5% of residents belong to a visible minority.
8% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, below 98% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 22% (typical 9.5%). Measured more widely, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 61%
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 61% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
The 20th youngest of 41 towns of 2,650 to 2,726 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The youngest is Waskaganish (25) and the oldest Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay (60). Next to Saint-Martin on this scale come Emerson-Franklin (42), Saint-Léonard-d'Aston (42.4), Adelaide/Churchill (43.1) and Russell (43.2).
Median age: 2 of the 6 towns around Saint-Martin are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Martin | 2,687 | — | 42.8 | 20% | 0.4% |
| Saint-René | 1,035 | 8.2 km | 34.8 | 10% | 4.2% |
| Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley | 1,610 | 12.2 km | 41.2 | 19% | 1% |
| Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce | 2,136 | 12.4 km | 44.8 | 22% | 0% |
| Saint-Benoît-Labre | 1,655 | 14.9 km | 42.4 | 18% | 0.9% |
| Saint-Côme--Linière | 3,435 | 15.2 km | 42.8 | 20% | 1.4% |
| Saint-Georges | 33,881 | 17.3 km | 45.6 | 23% | 1.8% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. “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.
Questions about Saint-Martin’s residents
How diverse is Saint-Martin?
Immigrants: 0.4% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 2.5%. Indigenous identity: 1.6%.
What religion are people in Saint-Martin?
15% said they have no religion and 85% that they are Christian; 0% named another faith.
Is Saint-Martin good for families?
19% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 54% of households and one-parent families 8.8%. Schools near Saint-Martin are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Martin?
Half of Saint-Martin’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-Martin?
About 2,687, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 2,588 people in Saint-Martin, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Martin?
The median age is 42.8, older than 54% of Canadian towns. 19% are under 15 and 20% 65 or older.
Is Saint-Martin bilingual?
English and French: 18% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 0.8%. French only: 81%. French mother tongue: 98%.
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).