Photo: Roncanada · CC BY 4.0A median age of 50.4: Saint-Paulin is older than 86% of Canadian towns
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.1%, against 11% across Canada’s towns. Saint-Paulin is home to some 1,659 people (July 2025 estimate), in 715 households at the 2021 Census. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 7.6% in the town. Few places have so few immigrants: 0.7% here, fewer than in 99% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Paulin
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 30% of adults, more than in 94% of Canadian towns, while 30% are married. Couples ↓
Older than most towns
Half of Saint-Paulin’s residents are under 50.4 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 26% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Saint-Paulin: 17% of residents speak English and French, above 72% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. 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
At home: French 99%, English 0.3%. 0.7% of residents have English as their mother tongue, a lower share than in 98% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, 7.5% of residents speak English and French.
+3% since 2016, a pace below 58% 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 July 2025 estimate adds another 8%. The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across Quebec’s towns +4%.
26% of residents are 65 or over, a share 83% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
Against a figure of 16% across Canada’s towns, the share of children under 15 in Saint-Paulin comes in at 17%. The usual figure: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
2.1 people per household, fewer than in 83% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Where 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns, Saint-Paulin has 35%. Here, 9.1% of households are one-parent families.
Common-law partners: 30%, a higher share than 94% 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%. Census figures put married residents 15 and over at 30% in Saint-Paulin. Common-law partners make up 11% across Canada’s towns.
79% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 71% of Canadian towns
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 nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Just over two in five homes were built before 1961 and 15% in 2001 or later. For comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. At 25%, the share of renter households is in line with the figure across Canada’s towns.
$58,000 a year: the median household income
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Saint-Paulin: half had less than $58,000, 33% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Quebec’s towns have a median of $74,000. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 28% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
0.7% 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
Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns.
A smaller share of residents with no religion than 74% of Canadian towns: 27%
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Against that, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Here, 1.6% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
11% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 94% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
28% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
55% of adults were employed in May 2021
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 55% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 26% of residents are 65 or over.
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Saint-Paulin
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Paulin | 1,659 | — | 50.4 | 26% | 0.7% |
| Saint-Élie-de-Caxton | 2,062 | 8.7 km | 54.4 | 28% | 1% |
| Charette | 1,178 | 9.3 km | 46 | 24% | 2.3% |
| Saint-Alexis-des-Monts | 3,190 | 11.3 km | 59.2 | 35% | 2% |
| Sainte-Ursule | 1,363 | 12.9 km | 55.6 | 27% | 0% |
| Saint-Barnabé | 1,234 | 14.6 km | 48 | 22% | 1.3% |
| Saint-Boniface | 5,405 | 17.0 km | 41.6 | 20% | 0.9% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. The middle of Quebec’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
- 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.
Questions about Saint-Paulin’s residents
What is the median income in Saint-Paulin?
Half of Saint-Paulin’s households had more than $58,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Saint-Paulin?
About 1,659, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,541 people in Saint-Paulin, 3% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Paulin?
The median age is 50.4. 17% are under 15 and 26% 65 or older.
Is Saint-Paulin bilingual?
English and French: 17% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 0%. French only: 83%. French mother tongue: 99%.
How diverse is Saint-Paulin?
Immigrants: 0.7% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 0%. Indigenous identity: 1.6%.
What religion are people in Saint-Paulin?
27% said they have no religion and 73% that they are Christian; 0.3% named another faith.
Is Saint-Paulin good for families?
17% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 52% of households and one-parent families 9.1%. Schools near Saint-Paulin 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).