Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Saint-Mathieu ranks below 86% of Canadian towns on renter households: 11%
Across Canada’s towns, the share of children under 15 is 16%; Saint-Mathieu has 20%. Some 2,642 people live here, by the estimate for July 2025. Census figures put immigrants at 3.2% locally. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 72% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Mathieu
A bilingual town
46% of residents can hold a conversation in both English and French, more than in 88% of Canadian towns; 53% speak French only and 0.6% English only. English & French ↓
Common-law couples
36% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 98% of Canadian towns; 28% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A higher share of bilingual residents than 88% of Canadian towns, at 46%
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. 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
3.2% of residents have English as their mother tongue; across Canada’s towns the figure is 66%. The comparison figure for bilingual residents is 7.5% across Canada’s towns.
Since 2016, Saint-Mathieu has grown +9%, faster than 75% of Canadian towns
The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 13% higher again. Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Quebec’s towns, by more than +4%.
Saint-Mathieu sits below 90% of Canadian towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (8.1%)
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The median age in Saint-Mathieu is 41.2, lower than in 55% of Canadian towns. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Saint-Mathieu, 41.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Bigger households than 58% of Canadian towns: 2.5 people each on average
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Canada’s towns, 27% of households are one person living alone; in Saint-Mathieu, 25%. Here, 7.4% of households are one-parent families.
Common-law partners: 36%, a higher share than 98% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: nearly a quarter of adults, against a typical 27%. Across Canada’s towns, just over one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law.
In Saint-Mathieu, 57% of households live in a single-detached house, fewer than in 59% 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 74% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, households in single-detached houses come to 64%.
$86,000 a year is the median household income here
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000, and Saint-Mathieu’s, at $86,000, is close to it. Across Quebec’s towns, half of households had more than $74,000 before tax. In 2020, 33% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
3.2% 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
1.1% of residents are not Canadian citizens; across Canada’s towns the figure is 5.8%. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (47%) and in the Americas (33%). A year before the census, 11% lived somewhere else: fewer than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns.
A lower share of residents with no religion than 67% of Canadian towns, at 30%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Where 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns, Saint-Mathieu has 2.8%. 4.5% of residents have an Indigenous identity, a higher share than in 67% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, residents with no religion come to 35%.
A lower share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 85% of Canadian towns, at 14%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Across Canada’s towns, 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds hold a degree; in Saint-Mathieu, 14%, and 47% have a college or trades credential (typical: 29%).
An employment rate of 68%
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
68% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
In its size band (2,600 to 2,685), the 16th youngest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The group spans La Ronge, youngest at 31, to Brockville, oldest at 67.7. The closest ages to Saint-Mathieu’s belong to Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton (41.2), East River, Part 1 (41.2), North Point Douglas (41.8) and Westmeria (42.4).
Saint-Mathieu and its 6 nearest towns: 2 of them are older
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Mathieu | 2,642 | — | 41.2 | 15% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Philippe | 8,674 | 5.8 km | 37.6 | 12% | 8.6% |
| Candiac | 24,920 | 7.7 km | 42 | 17% | 17% |
| Delson | 8,802 | 7.9 km | 42.4 | 17% | 12% |
| Saint-Constant | 32,124 | 8.7 km | 40 | 14% | 14% |
| Saint-Michel | 3,672 | 9.5 km | 39.2 | 14% | 1.6% |
| Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur | 1,907 | 9.7 km | 37.2 | 13% | 3.7% |
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. 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.
- 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.
Questions about Saint-Mathieu’s residents
How diverse is Saint-Mathieu?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 3.2%. A visible minority makes up 2.8% and Indigenous residents 4.5%.
What religion are people in Saint-Mathieu?
Most often Christian (70%) or no religion (30%); other religions make up 0.5%.
Is Saint-Mathieu good for families?
Children under 15 are 20% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 59% of households and one-parent families 7.4%. Schools near Saint-Mathieu are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Mathieu?
Median total household income in Saint-Mathieu was $86,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Saint-Mathieu?
The latest figure is an estimate: 2,642 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Saint-Mathieu counted 2,339, 9% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Mathieu?
Half the residents are older than 41.2 and half younger, younger than 55% of Canadian towns; 20% are children under 15 and 15% are 65 or over.
Is Saint-Mathieu bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 46% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 0.6% speak only English and 53% only French; 92% grew up with French.
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).