Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainSaint-René is younger than 91% of Canadian towns: a median age of 34.8
Households in single-detached houses make up 93%, against 64% across Canada’s towns. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 6.4% in Saint-René. The town has fewer one-person households than 65% of Canadian towns, at 23%. With about 1,035 residents in July 2025, Saint-René counted 350 households at the 2021 Census.
What stands out about the people of Saint-René
Growing faster than most
Saint-René went from 745 people in 2016 to 946 in 2021, +27%: faster growth than in 98% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Common-law couples
41% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 99% of Canadian towns; 28% are married. Couples ↓
Younger than most towns
The middle resident of Saint-René is 34.8; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 25% are under 15 and 10% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Saint-René: 24% of residents speak English and French, above 76% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. 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: 0.5% here and 66% across Canada’s towns. Typically, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Faster growth than 98% of Canadian towns: Saint-René changed by +27% since 2016
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Quebec’s towns the median is +4%, and across Canada’s towns +4%. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 9%.
A higher share of children under 15 than 97% of Canadian towns, at 25%
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The biggest five-year age group is 0–4, with nearly one in ten residents, 1.9 times the share across Canada’s towns. One in ten residents are 65 or over. At 12%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is higher than in 63% of Canadian towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women.
Larger households than 76% of Canadian towns: 2.7 people on average
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
In Saint-René, 5.7% of households are one-parent families, beside 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
Above 99% of Canadian towns: 41% 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
Single and never married: nearly a quarter of adults, against a typical 27%. 28% of residents 15 and over are married, a lower share than in 92% of Canadian towns. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
Renter households: 8.6%, a lower share than 93% of Canadian towns
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 nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Renter households: 25% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. Newer homes outnumber old: 47% date from 2001 or later, 26% from before 1961.
$93,000 a year: where the middle household sits
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Saint-René’s, at $93,000, is 8% higher. The middle household across Quebec’s towns has $74,000 before tax. The pandemic’s benefits: 36% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
4.2% of residents are immigrants
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
17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns, against 4.2% in Saint-René.
A lower share of residents with no religion than 91% of Canadian towns, at 17%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
4.8% of residents belong to a visible minority; across Canada’s towns the figure is 15%. The benchmark for residents with no religion across Canada’s towns: 35%. Indigenous residents: 2.1% of the total.
Saint-René ranks below 72% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 18%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 17%, against 9.5%. Across Canada’s towns, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.
In work on census day: 70% of adults
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. 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%, below this 70%.
Every neighbour of Saint-René has an older population
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-René | 1,035 | — | 34.8 | 10% | 4.2% |
| Saint-Côme--Linière | 3,435 | 7.9 km | 42.8 | 20% | 1.4% |
| Saint-Martin | 2,687 | 8.2 km | 42.8 | 20% | 0.4% |
| Saint-Georges | 33,881 | 10.7 km | 45.6 | 23% | 1.8% |
| Saint-Benoît-Labre | 1,655 | 13.4 km | 42.4 | 18% | 0.9% |
| Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley | 1,610 | 17.0 km | 41.2 | 19% | 1% |
| Notre-Dame-des-Pins | 1,935 | 18.4 km | 42 | 23% | 1.8% |
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. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
- 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-René’s residents
Is Saint-René good for families?
Children under 15 are 25% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 69% of households and one-parent families 5.7%. Schools near Saint-René are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-René?
Median total household income in Saint-René was $93,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Saint-René?
The latest figure is an estimate: 1,035 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Saint-René counted 946, 27% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-René?
Half the residents are older than 34.8 and half younger; 25% are children under 15 and 10% are 65 or over.
Is Saint-René bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 24% are. Another 76% speak only French and 0% only English, and French is the first language of 98%.
How diverse is Saint-René?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 4.2%. A visible minority makes up 4.8% and Indigenous residents 2.1%.
What religion are people in Saint-René?
Most often Christian (84%) or no religion (17%); other religions make up 0%.
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).