Photo: Nicogag · CC BY-SA 3.0Older than 91% of Canadian towns: half of Saint-Pascal is over 52.8
Against a figure of 35% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents with no religion in Saint-Pascal comes in at 15%. One-person households are more common here than in 77% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census found 1,560 households in the town; by July 2025 the population was about 3,516. Locally, 7.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Pascal
Older than most towns
Saint-Pascal’s median age is 52.8; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 32% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Common-law couples
25% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 89% of Canadian towns; 33% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Above 72% of Canadian towns: 17% of residents speak English and French
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. 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
The share of residents whose mother tongue is English is 0.1%, against 66% across Canada’s towns. For comparison, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
A +2% change since 2016: slower than 66% of Canadian towns
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across Quebec’s towns +4%. The estimate for July 2025 is much the same as the census count.
Saint-Pascal: 32% of residents are 65 or over, above 95% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns, against 14% in Saint-Pascal. Elsewhere, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Saint-Pascal, 52.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Smaller households than 83% of Canadian towns: 2.1 people on average
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
7.1% of households are one-parent families.
A higher share of common-law partners than 89% of Canadian towns, at 25%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
26% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). Elsewhere, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Above 60% of Canadian towns: 30% of households rent their home
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
Older homes outnumber new: 36% predate 1961, 6.1% date from 2001 or later. The benchmark for renter households across Canada’s towns: 25%. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Set against 64% across Canada’s towns, 70% of households live in a single-detached house in Saint-Pascal.
Household income at the median: $61,600 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Saint-Pascal’s median household took in $61,600 before tax, 28% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). For Quebec’s towns, the median household income is $74,000. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 24% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
1.4% 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
Compared with 17% across Canada’s towns, 1.4% of residents are immigrants here. On the census count, 1.2% of residents are not Canadian citizens.
85% said they are Christian and 15% that they have no religion
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
1.5% of residents belong to a visible minority (Canada’s towns: 15%). Here, 0.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 12%, a lower share than 90% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 16% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
In work on census day: 54% of adults
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 54%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 32% are 65 or over.
In its size band (3,452 to 3,581), the 5th oldest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Median ages here range from 33.5 in McMillan to 61.2 in Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap. By median age, Saint-Pascal sits among Horton (48.8), Electoral Area L (Grasslands), Thompson-Nicola (52.8), Wellington (54.4) and Shuniah (55.2).
No nearby town is as young as Saint-Pascal
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Pascal | 3,516 | — | 52.8 | 32% | 1.4% |
| Mont-Carmel | 1,191 | 13.0 km | 54 | 31% | 1.8% |
| Rivière-Ouelle | 1,014 | 17.2 km | 54.8 | 31% | 1% |
| Saint-Pacôme | 1,540 | 17.3 km | 60.8 | 40% | 1% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. Provincial and national yardsticks: Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
Questions about Saint-Pascal’s residents
What is the population of Saint-Pascal?
Saint-Pascal had about 3,516 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 3,530, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Pascal?
A median age of 52.8, older than 91% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 14%, and people 65 and over 32%.
Is Saint-Pascal bilingual?
17% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 83% speak French only and 0% English only. French is the mother tongue of 99%.
How diverse is Saint-Pascal?
1.4% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 1.5% belong to a visible minority and 0.8% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Saint-Pascal?
85% are Christian and 15% have no religion; 0.3% follow another religion.
Is Saint-Pascal good for families?
Under 15: 14% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 54% of households. One-parent families: 7.1%. Schools near Saint-Pascal are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Pascal?
The median household in Saint-Pascal took in $61,600 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
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).