Photo: Laceoflight Louis-Philippe Rousselle-Brosseau · CC BY-SA 3.0Saint-Placide is older than 89% of Canadian towns: a median age of 51.6
Compared with 64% across Canada’s towns, 87% of households live in a single-detached house here. There are 6% more residents than in 2016. The share of children under 15 stands at 14%. One-person households are more common here than in 73% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Placide
A bilingual town
46% of residents can hold a conversation in both English and French, more than in 88% of Canadian towns; 52% speak French only and 1.1% English only. English & French ↓
Older than most towns
The middle resident of Saint-Placide is 51.6; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 24% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 28% of adults, more than in 91% of Canadian towns, while 32% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Bilingual residents: 46%, a higher share than 88% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. 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
Where nearly two thirds of residents have English as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns, Saint-Placide has 2.8%. As a yardstick, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. At home: French 95%, English 3.1%.
A growing town: +6% since 2016, faster than 61% of Canadian towns
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Quebec’s towns, by more than +4%. The July 2025 estimate is down 2% on the census.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.4% in Saint-Placide, less than in 87% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Against a figure of 19% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Saint-Placide comes in at 24%. No age band is larger than 60–64: just over one in ten residents, 1.6 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women.
Saint-Placide households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 74% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
5.8% of households are one-parent families (Canada’s towns: 8.2%).
A larger share of common-law partners than 91% of Canadian towns: 28%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
With married residents 15 and over at 32%, Saint-Placide is behind 83% of Canadian towns on that count. Common-law partners make up 11% across Canada’s towns.
Saint-Placide ranks below 55% of Canadian towns on renter households: 23%
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 74% of Canadian towns. Older homes outnumber new: 31% predate 1961, 16% date from 2001 or later. Set beside that, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Household income at the median: $71,500 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. 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; Saint-Placide’s, at $71,500, is 17% lower. The middle household across Quebec’s towns has $74,000 before tax. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 31% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
Residents who moved in within the year: 7.5%, a lower share than 87% 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
Across Canada’s towns, 17% of residents are immigrants; in Saint-Placide, 5%. What’s more, on residents without Canadian citizenship, Saint-Placide sits lower than 91% of Canadian towns: 0.9%. Measured more widely, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
Residents with no religion make up 29% in Saint-Placide, less than in 68% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Here 2.4% of residents belong to a visible minority, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 15%. Against that, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
In Saint-Placide, 16% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 79% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 18%, against 9.5%. Against that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 56% of residents 15 and over had a job
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.
Employment here, 56%, matches the middle of Canada’s towns (58%) within a couple of points.
A younger town than 1 of the 5 around it: Saint-Placide
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Placide | 1,751 | — | 51.6 | 24% | 5% |
| Rigaud | 8,187 | 8.8 km | 46.4 | 21% | 7.6% |
| Kanesatake | 1,872 | 9.0 km | — | — | — |
| Hudson | 5,533 | 9.2 km | 54 | 31% | 18% |
| Saint-André-d'Argenteuil | 3,300 | 11.6 km | 49.2 | 25% | 3.5% |
| Oka | 4,312 | 12.3 km | 46.4 | 21% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Lazare | 22,895 | 14.8 km | 40.8 | 13% | 12% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- 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.
Questions about Saint-Placide’s residents
What is the average age in Saint-Placide?
Half the residents are older than 51.6 and half younger; 14% are children under 15 and 24% are 65 or over.
Is Saint-Placide bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 46% are. Another 52% speak only French and 1.1% only English, and French is the first language of 94%.
How diverse is Saint-Placide?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 5%. A visible minority makes up 2.4% and Indigenous residents 2.4%.
What religion are people in Saint-Placide?
Most often Christian (71%) or no religion (29%); other religions make up 0%.
Is Saint-Placide good for families?
Children under 15 are 14% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 54% of households and one-parent families 5.8%. Schools near Saint-Placide are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Placide?
Median total household income in Saint-Placide was $71,500 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Saint-Placide?
The latest figure is an estimate: 1,751 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Saint-Placide counted 1,784, 6% more than 2016.
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).