Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.0More children under 15 than 90% of Canadian towns: 22%
With a median age of 38, Saint-Paul is younger than 77% of Canadian towns. Some 7,208 people live locally, by the estimate for July 2025. Across Saint-Paul, just over four in five households live in a single-detached house. Residents without Canadian citizenship make up 1%, against 5.8% across Canada’s towns.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Paul
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 37% of adults, more than in 99% of Canadian towns, while 28% are married. Couples ↓
A town of families
22% of residents are under 15, more than in 90% of Canadian towns; 9.4% of households are one-parent families and households average 2.4 people. Ages ↓
Growing faster than most
Saint-Paul went from 5,891 people in 2016 to 6,566 in 2021, +12%: faster growth than in 86% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Saint-Paul ranks above 80% of Canadian towns on bilingual residents: 29%
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. 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 figure for residents whose mother tongue is English is 0.8% in Saint-Paul and 66% across Canada’s towns. Elsewhere, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
A +12% change since 2016: faster than 86% of Canadian towns
Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across Quebec’s towns +4%. The July 2025 estimate adds another 10%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.3% in Saint-Paul, less than in 88% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 15%, against 19% across Canada’s towns. More residents are 30–34 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Saint-Paul, 38. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
9.4% of households are one-parent families, more than in 67% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
In Saint-Paul, 25% of households are one person living alone, beside 27% across Canada’s towns. There are 2.4 people in the average household. To put it in context, nearly one in ten households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns.
Saint-Paul sits above 99% of Canadian towns for common-law partners (37%)
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Set against 46% across Canada’s towns, 28% of residents 15 and over are married in Saint-Paul. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
Fewer renter households than 67% of Canadian towns: 18%
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. Newer homes outnumber old: 50% date from 2001 or later, 9.4% from before 1961. Renter households make up 25% across Canada’s towns.
Median household income: $86,000 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000, and Saint-Paul’s, at $86,000, is close to it. The median across Quebec’s towns is $74,000. 31% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
Residents who moved in within the year make up 12% in Saint-Paul, more than in 58% of Canadian towns
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
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Africa (42%) and in the Americas (27%). Typically, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. At 4.1%, the share of immigrants is lower than in 85% of Canadian towns.
More residents with no religion than 63% of Canadian towns: 39%
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Compared with 2.8% across Canada’s towns, 1.6% of residents have an Indigenous identity here. 4.2% of residents belong to a visible minority, a lower share than in 71% of Canadian towns. On average, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
13% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, below 87% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 12% (typical 9.5%). The wider picture: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 67% of residents 15 and over had a job
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 67%.
The 13th youngest of 41 towns of 7,086 to 7,342 people
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Median ages climb from 32.4 (Shannon) to 61.6 (Fairwinds) across the group. Nearest to Saint-Paul in age: Erin Woods (38), Fernie (38), Cavanagh (38.5) and Inglewood (38.7).
Saint-Paul is younger than every town around it
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Paul | 7,208 | — | 38 | 15% | 4.1% |
| Joliette | 22,408 | 3.0 km | 46.8 | 26% | 6.2% |
| Crabtree | 4,237 | 4.0 km | 40.4 | 20% | 1.8% |
| Saint-Charles-Borromée | 16,904 | 6.5 km | 57.2 | 39% | 2.6% |
| Notre-Dame-des-Prairies | 9,622 | 6.8 km | 50.4 | 28% | 2.3% |
| Saint-Thomas | 3,477 | 7.3 km | 42 | 20% | 0.4% |
| Sainte-Marie-Salomé | 1,296 | 8.8 km | 44.4 | 20% | 0.8% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond 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. 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.
Questions about Saint-Paul’s residents
Is Saint-Paul good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 22%. 58% of households are couple families and 9.4% one-parent families. Schools near Saint-Paul are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Paul?
$86,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Saint-Paul (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Saint-Paul?
Statistics Canada estimates 7,208 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 6,566 in Saint-Paul, 12% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Paul?
38 is the median age, younger than 77% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 22%. 65 and over: 15%.
Is Saint-Paul bilingual?
English and French: 29% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 0.2%. French only: 70%. French mother tongue: 96%.
How diverse is Saint-Paul?
Immigrants make up 4.1% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 4.2% are members of a visible minority, and 1.6% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Saint-Paul?
Christian: 59%. No religion: 39%. Another religion: 1.6%.
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).