Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 3.0Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc is older than 96% of Canadian towns: a median age of 56.4
The share of renter households trails 93% of Canadian towns: 8.5%. About 1,598 people lived in Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates. Across Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc, 6.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Lower than in 91% of Canadian towns: 2.7% of residents are immigrants.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc
Older than most towns
Half of Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc’s residents are under 56.4 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 30% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Common-law couples
30% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 94% of Canadian towns; 31% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc: 39% of residents speak English and French, above 85% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says 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
At home: French 97%, English 1.3%. Lower than in 92% of Canadian towns: 2% of residents have English as their mother tongue. Set beside that, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc grew +11% from 2016 to 2021, faster than 84% 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
The July 2025 estimate adds another 8%. Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +4% across Quebec’s towns.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 92% of Canadian towns, at 30%
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
60–64 is the most common age band: 14% of residents, 2 times the share across Canada’s towns. The share of children under 15 stands at 11%. Across Canada’s towns, 19% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 118 men for every 100 women.
Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc households average 1.9 people, smaller than in 94% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families make up 6.5%, against 8.2% across Canada’s towns. Nearly two in five households are one person living alone.
Above 94% of Canadian towns: 30% of residents 15 and over live common-law
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Compared with 46% across Canada’s towns, 31% of residents 15 and over are married here. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%.
Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc: 94% of households live in a single-detached house, above 95% 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
A quarter of homes were built before 1961 and 21% in 2001 or later. The benchmark for households in single-detached houses across Canada’s towns: 64%. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
$68,500 a year is the median household income here
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
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc’s, at $68,500, is 20% lower. $74,000 is the median household income across Quebec’s towns. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 24% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
Residents who moved in within the year: 14%, a higher share than 71% of Canadian towns
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
Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents without Canadian citizenship is 5.8%; Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc has 1.4%. To put it in context, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of residents with no religion than 53% of Canadian towns: 36%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Indigenous residents: 1% here and 2.8% across Canada’s towns. At 2.4%, the share of visible minority residents is lower than in just over four fifths of Canadian towns. For comparison, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
25% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, below 54% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 9.8% (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 52%
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.
The employment rate of 52% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 30% of residents are 65 or over.
No nearby town is as old as Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc | 1,598 | — | 56.4 | 30% | 2.7% |
| Saint-Boniface | 5,405 | 12.5 km | 41.6 | 20% | 0.9% |
| Shawinigan | 51,739 | 13.0 km | 54.4 | 31% | 2.1% |
| Saint-Élie-de-Caxton | 2,062 | 14.3 km | 54.4 | 28% | 1% |
| Charette | 1,178 | 17.0 km | 46 | 24% | 2.3% |
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. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Quebec’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
Questions about Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc’s residents
Is Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc good for families?
11% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 50% of households and one-parent families 6.5%. Schools near Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc?
Half of Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc’s households had more than $68,500 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc?
About 1,598, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,482 people in Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc, 11% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc?
The median age is 56.4. 11% are under 15 and 30% 65 or older.
Is Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc bilingual?
English and French: 39% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 0%. French only: 61%. French mother tongue: 96%.
How diverse is Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc?
Immigrants: 2.7% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 2.4%. Indigenous identity: 1%.
What religion are people in Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc?
36% said they have no religion and 64% that they are Christian; 0% named another faith.
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).