Photo: Veillg1 · CC BY-SA 4.0Half of Saint-Narcisse is over 50.8, older than 87% of Canadian towns
38% of households are one person living alone, against 27% across Canada’s towns. For Saint-Narcisse, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 6.9%. Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 96% of Canadian towns: 7.2%. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 1,848 residents; the 2021 Census found 850 households.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Narcisse
Older than most towns
Line Saint-Narcisse’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 50.8; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 28% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Common-law couples
28% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 92% of Canadian towns; 30% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Above 74% of Canadian towns: 20% of residents speak English and French
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. 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
Against a figure of 66% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents whose mother tongue is English in Saint-Narcisse comes in at 0.6%. Bilingual residents: 7.5% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
A change of −2% since 2016 leaves Saint-Narcisse behind 88% 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
The July 2025 estimate adds another 3%. Across Quebec’s towns the median is +4%, and across Canada’s towns +4%.
Above 88% of Canadian towns: 28% of residents are 65 or over
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
60–64 is the most common age band: 9.4% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. The wider picture: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. The census found that 16% of residents are under 15 in Saint-Narcisse.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
Households here average 2.1 people, below 83% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Here, 8.8% of households are one-parent families.
Saint-Narcisse: 28% of residents 15 and over live common-law, above 92% 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
27% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%. Locally, 30% of residents 15 and over are married.
Saint-Narcisse sits above 66% of Canadian towns for households in single-detached houses (76%)
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. As a yardstick, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Just over a third of homes were built before 1961 and 17% in 2001 or later. Renter households: 25%, near enough the figure across Canada’s towns.
Half of households earn more than $60,400 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
At $60,400, the middle household in Saint-Narcisse earned 30% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Quebec’s towns have a median of $74,000. Pandemic benefits reached 23% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
2% 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
Against a figure of 17% across Canada’s towns, the share of immigrants in Saint-Narcisse comes in at 2%. Residents without Canadian citizenship: 1.1% of the total.
Below 85% of Canadian towns: 21% of residents said they have no religion
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
0.6% of residents have an Indigenous identity (Canada’s towns: 2.8%). Locally, 2% of residents belong to a visible minority. Residents with no religion make up 35% across Canada’s towns.
A lower share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 84% of Canadian towns, at 15%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 16% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. To put it in context, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 53% 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.
53% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 28% are 65 or more.
Of the 6 towns nearest Saint-Narcisse, 3 are older
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Narcisse | 1,848 | — | 50.8 | 28% | 2% |
| Saint-Stanislas | 1,040 | 6.7 km | 56.8 | 33% | 2.4% |
| Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan | 1,137 | 8.0 km | 57.2 | 33% | 2.9% |
| Saint-Maurice | 3,804 | 13.3 km | 38 | 17% | 1.5% |
| Hérouxville | 1,570 | 15.7 km | 49.6 | 23% | 1.1% |
| Champlain | 1,957 | 16.1 km | 54 | 28% | 1.1% |
| Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel | 6,613 | 18.6 km | 42.4 | 19% | 1.4% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
- What these tables don’t give. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
Questions about Saint-Narcisse’s residents
What is the median income in Saint-Narcisse?
Median total household income in Saint-Narcisse was $60,400 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Saint-Narcisse?
The latest figure is an estimate: 1,848 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Saint-Narcisse counted 1,801, 2% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Narcisse?
Half the residents are older than 50.8 and half younger; 16% are children under 15 and 28% are 65 or over.
Is Saint-Narcisse bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 20% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 0.3% speak only English and 79% only French; 97% grew up with French.
How diverse is Saint-Narcisse?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 2%. A visible minority makes up 2% and Indigenous residents 0.6%.
What religion are people in Saint-Narcisse?
Most often Christian (77%) or no religion (21%); other religions make up 1.7%.
Is Saint-Narcisse good for families?
Children under 15 are 16% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 49% of households and one-parent families 8.8%. Schools near Saint-Narcisse are on its Schools page.
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).