Photo: ChristianT · CC BY-SA 3.0Saint-Prime: 13% of residents have an Indigenous identity, above 91% of Canadian towns
Immigrants make up 1.5%, against 17% across Canada’s towns. The 2021 Census found 1,180 households in Saint-Prime; by July 2025 the population was about 2,808. Census figures put residents without Canadian citizenship at 0.4% locally. 73% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 63% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Prime
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
13% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 91% of Canadian towns; 8.9% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 31% of adults, more than in 95% of Canadian towns, while 34% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Bilingual residents: 18%, a higher share than 73% of Canadian towns
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 share of residents whose mother tongue is English is 0.4%, against 66% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, bilingual residents come to 7.5%.
Slower than most: ±0% since 2016, behind 75% 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
Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Quebec’s towns, +4%. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 2% higher again.
Saint-Prime sits above 70% of Canadian towns for children under 15 (18%)
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Half of Saint-Prime’s residents are over 43.6, older than in nearly three fifths of Canadian towns. The wider picture: 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. The census found that 20% of residents are 65 or over locally. The largest age band is 60–64: 8.9% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Saint-Prime, 43.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women.
Saint-Prime households average 2.3 people, smaller than in 64% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
29% of households are one person living alone; across Canada’s towns the figure is 27%. The share of one-parent families stands at 7.2%.
A larger share of common-law partners than 95% of Canadian towns: 31%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Across Canada’s towns, the share of married residents 15 and over is 46%; Saint-Prime has 34%. The share of common-law partners across Canada’s towns is 11%.
A smaller share of renter households than 60% of Canadian towns: 21%
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. Across Canada’s towns, the share of renter households is 25%.
Household income at the median: $75,000 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Saint-Prime: half had less than $75,000, 13% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Quebec’s towns the median is $74,000. COVID-19 benefits went to 25% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 60% of Canadian towns, at 10%
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
A quarter of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. The share of residents who moved in within the year across Canada’s towns is 11%.
Residents with no religion: 16%, a lower share than 92% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The share of visible minority residents trails 98% of Canadian towns: 0.5%. By way of comparison, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
Saint-Prime sits below 79% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (16%)
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 14% (typical 9.5%). On average, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 57% of residents 15 and over had a job
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, much like this 57%.
The 17th youngest of 41 towns of 2,766 to 2,849 people
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest of these towns is Kuujjuaq, at 28.8; the oldest, Saint-Michel-des-Saints, is at 58.8. By median age, Saint-Prime sits among Westbrook Estates (43.2), Westcliffe East (43.4), Woodcroft (43.9) and Kildare (44.7).
A younger town than 2 of the 3 around it: Saint-Prime
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Prime | 2,808 | — | 43.6 | 20% | 1.5% |
| Mashteuiatsh | 2,074 | 7.7 km | 43.6 | 19% | 0% |
| Saint-Félicien | 10,143 | 9.8 km | 48.4 | 25% | 1.4% |
| Roberval | 9,828 | 12.6 km | 52.4 | 29% | 0.5% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Saint-Prime’s residents
Is Saint-Prime good for families?
Under 15: 18% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 59% of households. One-parent families: 7.2%. Schools near Saint-Prime are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Prime?
The median household in Saint-Prime took in $75,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Saint-Prime?
Saint-Prime had about 2,808 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 2,760, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Prime?
A median age of 43.6, older than 59% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 18%, and people 65 and over 20%.
Is Saint-Prime bilingual?
English and French: 18% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 0%. French only: 82%. French mother tongue: 98%.
How diverse is Saint-Prime?
1.5% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 0.5% belong to a visible minority and 13% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Saint-Prime?
83% are Christian and 16% have no religion; 0.4% follow another religion.
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).