Photo: Veillg1 · CC BY-SA 4.0A lower share of one-person households than 80% of Canadian towns, at 19%
With a median age of 45.2, Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil is older than 69% of Canadian towns. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 2,999 residents; the 2021 Census found 1,170 households. Here, 15% of households rent their home. Of the immigrants living here, 17% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil
A bilingual town
Both official languages: 48% of residents speak English and French, more than in 89% of Canadian towns. Another 51% speak only French and 0.3% only English. English & French ↓
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 34% of adults, more than in 97% of Canadian towns, while 37% are married. Couples ↓
Growing faster than most
Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil went from 2,619 people in 2016 to 2,952 in 2021, +13%: faster growth than in 89% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil sits above 89% of Canadian towns for bilingual residents (48%)
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. 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
Residents whose mother tongue is English make up 2%, against 66% across Canada’s towns. As a reference point, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil grew +13% from 2016 to 2021, ahead of 89% of Canadian towns
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 2% higher again. Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Quebec’s towns, by more than +4%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9.5% in Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil, less than in 73% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns, against 17% in Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil. Across Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil, 45.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
2.5 people per household, more than in 58% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
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-Mathieu-de-Beloeil comes in at 6.4%.
More common-law partners than 97% of Canadian towns: 34%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: just over a fifth of adults, against a typical 27%. On married residents 15 and over, Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil sits lower than three quarters of Canadian towns: 37%. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
In Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil, 72% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 61% 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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. As a yardstick, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. 39% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 6.4% built before 1961.
Median household income here: $114,000 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil’s, at $114,000, is 33% higher. The provincial yardstick is $74,000, the median across Quebec’s towns. Pandemic benefits reached 28% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
3.1% of residents are immigrants
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
Against a figure of 17% across Canada’s towns, the share of immigrants in Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil comes in at 3.1%. What’s more, the town has fewer residents without Canadian citizenship than 94% of Canadian towns, at 0.7%. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (50%) and in the Americas (22%).
31% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 63% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
2% of residents belong to a visible minority, against 15% across Canada’s towns. Measured more widely, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Locally, 2.4% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 24%, a lower share than 57% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 8.8% 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.
65% of residents 15 and over were in work
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 65%.
Ranked by age, 17th oldest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
At one end is Albany (29.9), at the other Electoral Area C, Strathcona (58.4). Nearest to Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil in age: Lorne (44.4), Markstay-Warren (45.2), Varsity View (46.6) and Hillcrest Management Area (46.8).
2 of the 6 nearest towns are older than Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil | 2,999 | — | 45.2 | 21% | 3.1% |
| Beloeil | 25,240 | 3.7 km | 42 | 21% | 5.6% |
| McMasterville | 6,114 | 5.3 km | 41.6 | 20% | 3.8% |
| Mont-Saint-Hilaire | 19,447 | 5.8 km | 47.2 | 23% | 5.5% |
| Saint-Amable | 14,119 | 6.6 km | 36.4 | 9.9% | 6.2% |
| Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu | 1,867 | 6.9 km | 50 | 23% | 3.2% |
| Sainte-Julie | 30,981 | 6.9 km | 44.4 | 18% | 6.4% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
- 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.
- What these tables don’t give. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
Questions about Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil’s residents
How diverse is Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil?
Immigrants make up 3.1% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 2% are members of a visible minority, and 2.4% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil?
Christian: 68%. No religion: 31%. Another religion: 1.5%.
Is Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 17%. 69% of households are couple families and 6.4% one-parent families. Schools near Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil?
$114,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil?
Statistics Canada estimates 2,999 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 2,952 in Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil, 13% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil?
45.2 is the median age, older than 69% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 17%. 65 and over: 21%.
Is Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil bilingual?
48% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 51% speak French only and 0.3% English only. French is the mother tongue of 95%.
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).