Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0Saint-Modeste sits above 96% of Canadian towns for children under 15 (24%)
In Saint-Modeste, nearly a quarter of residents said they have no religion, beside 35% across Canada’s towns. About 1,182 people lived in the town in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates. The census found that 92% of households live in a single-detached house locally. Few places have so few residents who moved in within the year: 3.1% here, fewer than in 99% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Modeste
A town of families
Children under 15 are 24% of residents, more than in 96% of Canadian towns. Households average 2.6 people, and 7.8% are one-parent families. Ages ↓
Common-law couples
46% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 99% of Canadian towns; 25% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
In Saint-Modeste, 16% of residents speak English and French, more than in 70% 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
Residents whose mother tongue is English are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Typically, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
+2% since 2016: slower than 68% 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
By July 2025, Statistics Canada’s estimate had barely moved. Across Canada’s towns, the typical town changed +4%; across Quebec’s towns, +4%.
Saint-Modeste is younger than 79% of Canadian towns: a median age of 37.6
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 19%; Saint-Modeste has 15%. The largest age band is 35–39: one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women.
A smaller share of one-person households than 76% of Canadian towns: 20%
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
In Saint-Modeste the average household is 2.6 people, beside 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Elsewhere, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. 7.8% of households are one-parent families.
46% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 99% 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
Never married and not common-law: nearly a quarter of adults (typical: 27%). Common-law partners make up 11% across Canada’s towns. In Saint-Modeste, 25% of residents 15 and over are married.
Fewer renter households than 89% of Canadian towns: 10%
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
24% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 21% built before 1961. Typically, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
Household income, middle of the range: $90,000 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Saint-Modeste’s median household took in $90,000 before tax, about the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Quebec’s towns the median is $74,000. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 30% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
0.9% 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
Compared with 5.8% across Canada’s towns, 0.9% of residents are not Canadian citizens here. Immigrants are rarer here than in 98% of Canadian towns.
Above 62% of Canadian towns: 3.9% of residents have an Indigenous identity
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Here 0.9% of residents belong to a visible minority, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 15%. Against that, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
A smaller share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 98% of Canadian towns: 8.8%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 13%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. For comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 67% of adults
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 67%.
Every nearby town is older than Saint-Modeste
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Modeste | 1,182 | — | 37.6 | 15% | 0.9% |
| Saint-Antonin | 4,633 | 7.0 km | 41.2 | 18% | 0.3% |
| Rivière-du-Loup | 20,650 | 10.7 km | 48.4 | 28% | 2% |
| Saint-Arsène | 1,269 | 13.7 km | 39.6 | 19% | 0% |
| Cacouna | 1,888 | 14.0 km | 46 | 24% | 2.2% |
| Notre-Dame-du-Portage | 1,341 | 16.2 km | 53.2 | 31% | 1.9% |
| Saint-Hubert-de-Rivière-du-Loup | 1,471 | 17.2 km | 51.2 | 27% | 0.7% |
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. 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. “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-Modeste’s residents
How diverse is Saint-Modeste?
Immigrants: 0.9% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 0.9%. Indigenous identity: 3.9%.
What religion are people in Saint-Modeste?
23% said they have no religion and 77% that they are Christian; 0.5% named another faith.
Is Saint-Modeste good for families?
24% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 68% of households and one-parent families 7.8%. Schools near Saint-Modeste are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Modeste?
Half of Saint-Modeste’s households had more than $90,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Saint-Modeste?
About 1,182, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,180 people in Saint-Modeste, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Modeste?
The median age is 37.6. 24% are under 15 and 15% 65 or older.
Is Saint-Modeste bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 16% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 0% speak only English and 84% only French; 99% 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).