Photo: Williamborg · Public domainA median age of 54: Saint-Ours is older than 93% of Canadian towns
Where 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns, Saint-Ours has 13%. With about 1,817 residents in July 2025, Saint-Ours counted 795 households at the 2021 Census. 2.7% of residents are immigrants. On households in single-detached houses, Saint-Ours sits higher than 77% of Canadian towns: 83%.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Ours
Older than most towns
The middle resident of Saint-Ours is 54; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 28% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Common-law couples
31% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 95% of Canadian towns; 35% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
More bilingual residents than 84% of Canadian towns: 36%
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
In Saint-Ours, 1.5% of residents have English as their mother tongue, beside 66% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents is 7.5%.
Since 2016, Saint-Ours has changed by +3%, slower than 55% of Canadian towns
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across Quebec’s towns +4%. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 5% higher again.
Residents aged 65 and over: 28%, a higher share than 89% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns, against 7.8% in Saint-Ours. By way of comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women.
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.
In Saint-Ours, 30% of households are one person living alone, beside 27% across Canada’s towns. The census found that 6.3% of households are one-parent families here.
Saint-Ours sits above 95% of Canadian towns for common-law partners (31%)
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: just over a fifth of adults (typical: 27%). Across Saint-Ours, just over a third of residents 15 and over are married. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%.
16% of households rent their home, below 73% of Canadian towns
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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. For renter households, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 25%. 40% of homes were built before 1961 and 14% in 2001 or later.
Median gross household income: $76,000 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
At $76,000, the middle household in Saint-Ours earned 12% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among Quebec’s towns, the typical figure is $74,000. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 25% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 9.9% in Saint-Ours, less than in 61% of Canadian towns
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
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
With residents without Canadian citizenship at 1.2%, Saint-Ours is behind 86% of Canadian towns on that count. Across Canada’s towns, residents who moved in within the year come to 11%.
Fewer residents with no religion than 77% of Canadian towns: 25%
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-Ours has 1.5%. The share of residents with no religion across Canada’s towns is 35%. Across Saint-Ours, 2.1% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
Saint-Ours ranks below 77% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 17%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 11%, beside a typical 9.5%. Elsewhere, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 54% of adults
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, above this 54%; 28% of residents are 65 or over.
Saint-Ours is older than every town around it
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Ours | 1,817 | — | 54 | 28% | 2.7% |
| Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu | 2,984 | 1.1 km | 41.6 | 17% | 2.5% |
| Contrecoeur | 10,708 | 6.4 km | 38.8 | 18% | 5.5% |
| Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel | 2,599 | 9.8 km | 50 | 23% | 1.6% |
| Lanoraie | 5,694 | 10.4 km | 44.8 | 21% | 2.7% |
| Lavaltrie | 15,996 | 11.1 km | 40.8 | 17% | 3.4% |
| Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu | 1,880 | 11.1 km | 47.2 | 22% | 2.6% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Saint-Ours’s residents
What religion are people in Saint-Ours?
Most often Christian (75%) or no religion (25%); other religions make up 0%.
Is Saint-Ours good for families?
Children under 15 are 13% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 59% of households and one-parent families 6.3%. Schools near Saint-Ours are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Ours?
Median total household income in Saint-Ours was $76,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Saint-Ours?
The latest figure is an estimate: 1,817 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Saint-Ours counted 1,723, 3% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Ours?
Half the residents are older than 54 and half younger; 13% are children under 15 and 28% are 65 or over.
Is Saint-Ours bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 36% are. Another 64% speak only French and 0% only English, and French is the first language of 96%.
How diverse is Saint-Ours?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 2.7%. A visible minority makes up 1.5% and Indigenous residents 2.1%.
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).