Photo: Hubert Figuière from Montréal, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0More renter households than 70% of Canadian towns: 37%
27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns, against 32% in Saint-Rémi. Census figures put children under 15 at 18% in the town. With a median age of 40, Saint-Rémi is younger than 63% of Canadian towns. Statistics Canada puts the town’s population at 9,557 for July 2025.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Rémi
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 30% of adults, more than in 94% of Canadian towns, while 28% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Saint-Rémi: 35% of residents speak English and French, above 84% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. 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
Residents whose mother tongue is English: 2.2% here and 66% across Canada’s towns. Typically, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. At home: French 94%, English 2.4%.
Faster growth than 85% of Canadian towns: Saint-Rémi changed by +11% since 2016
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
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 adds another 7%.
9.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 72% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
No age band is larger than 30–34: 7.7% of residents. The highest share aged 65 or over among Quebec’s towns is Centre’s: 46%. The wider picture: 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Saint-Rémi, 40. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
Saint-Rémi: 10% of households are one-parent families, above 78% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
In Saint-Rémi the average household is 2.3 people, beside 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Against that, 8.2% of households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns.
Above 94% of Canadian towns: 30% of residents 15 and over live common-law
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
28% of residents 15 and over are married; across Canada’s towns the figure is 46%. The share of common-law partners across Canada’s towns is 11%.
Only 50% of households live in a single-detached house in Saint-Rémi
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
Just over two in five homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 17% built before 1961. On average, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. At 0.5%, the share of households in buildings of five or more storeys is in line with the figure across Canada’s towns.
$76,000 a year: where the middle household sits
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Saint-Rémi’s households had a total income below $76,000, 12% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Quebec’s towns have a median of $74,000. COVID-19 benefits went to 29% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
Saint-Rémi sits above 57% of Canadian towns for residents who moved in within the year (12%)
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
Most immigrants were born in Europe (30%) or in Africa (30%). Saint-Rémi has fewer immigrants than 88% of Canadian towns, at 3.3%. For comparison, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Recent arrivals, from 2011 to 2021, are nearly two in five immigrants (typical: 27%); non-permanent residents add 1.1% of residents.
A smaller share of residents with no religion than 65% of Canadian towns: 30%
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Here 5.6% of residents belong to a visible minority, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 15%. Across the comparison, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. For Saint-Rémi, the census puts Indigenous residents at 1.8%.
Below 95% of Canadian towns: 11% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 19% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
63% of residents 15 and over were in work
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.
More people work here than in the typical town: 63%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Youngest by rank: 16th of 41 towns of 9,325 to 9,797 people
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Between Oromocto (31.8) and Qualicum Beach (67.5) lies the rest of the group. In age, Saint-Rémi keeps company with Elms-Old Rexdale (38.9), Mount Royale (39), Strathcona (40.2) and Steeles Corners (40.7).
Saint-Rémi is younger than 3 of its 6 nearest neighbours
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Rémi | 9,557 | — | 40 | 19% | 3.3% |
| Saint-Michel | 3,672 | 4.3 km | 39.2 | 14% | 1.6% |
| Saint-Isidore | 2,889 | 5.3 km | 40.4 | 17% | 3% |
| Saint-Urbain-Premier | 1,380 | 9.1 km | 38.8 | 16% | 1.9% |
| Saint-Édouard | 1,438 | 9.4 km | 40.8 | 18% | 1.9% |
| Saint-Mathieu | 2,642 | 10.2 km | 41.2 | 15% | 3.2% |
| Mercier | 16,036 | 11.0 km | 39.2 | 14% | 12% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
- 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.
- 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-Rémi’s residents
How diverse is Saint-Rémi?
Immigrants make up 3.3% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 5.6% are members of a visible minority, and 1.8% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Saint-Rémi?
Christian: 69%. No religion: 30%. Another religion: 0.7%.
Is Saint-Rémi good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 18%. 51% of households are couple families and 10% one-parent families. Schools near Saint-Rémi are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Rémi?
$76,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Saint-Rémi (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Saint-Rémi?
Statistics Canada estimates 9,557 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 8,957 in Saint-Rémi, 11% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Rémi?
40 is the median age, younger than 63% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 18%. 65 and over: 19%.
Is Saint-Rémi bilingual?
35% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 63% speak French only and 0.6% English only. French is the mother tongue of 93%.
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).