Photo: Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec · Public domainAbove 94% of Canadian towns: 94% of households live in a single-detached house
Set against 11% across Canada’s towns, 8% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Saint-Robert. There are about as many residents as in 2016. In Saint-Robert, 6.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Half of the town’s residents are over 47.2, older than in 77% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Robert
Common-law couples
33% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 97% of Canadian towns; 33% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
In Saint-Robert, 20% of residents speak English and French, more than in 74% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. 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
With residents whose mother tongue is English at 1.1%, Saint-Robert is behind 95% of Canadian towns on that count. On average, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Slower growth than 73% of Canadian towns: Saint-Robert changed by +1% since 2016
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 2%. Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +4% across Quebec’s towns.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 21% in Saint-Robert, more than in 63% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
Children under 15: 15% here and 16% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, 19% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 121 men for every 100 women.
2.3 people per household, fewer than in 64% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
25% of households are one person living alone; across Canada’s towns the figure is 27%. On one-parent families, Saint-Robert sits lower than 61% of Canadian towns: 7.6%.
Saint-Robert sits above 97% of Canadian towns for common-law partners (33%)
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Where 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns, Saint-Robert has 33%. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
Renter households: 14%, a lower share than 78% 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. Elsewhere, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. 28% of homes were built before 1961 and 15% in 2001 or later.
Household income, middle of the range: $78,500 a year
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-Robert’s, at $78,500, is 9% lower. Among Quebec’s towns, the typical figure is $74,000. Pandemic benefits reached 25% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
0.6% 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
The share of immigrants trails 99% of Canadian towns: 0.6%.
Saint-Robert ranks below 80% of Canadian towns on residents with no religion: 24%
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. The usual figure: 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. The census found that 2.2% of residents have an Indigenous identity in Saint-Robert.
In Saint-Robert, 7% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 99% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 24%, against 9.5%. To put it in context, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 55% of residents aged 15 and over
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 55%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 21% of residents are 65 or over.
No nearby town is as young as Saint-Robert
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Robert | 1,846 | — | 47.2 | 21% | 0.6% |
| Yamaska | 1,815 | 4.7 km | 49.2 | 27% | 1.5% |
| Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel | 2,770 | 9.6 km | 54 | 30% | 2% |
| Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel | 2,599 | 9.7 km | 50 | 23% | 1.6% |
| Sorel-Tracy | 36,537 | 11.9 km | 53.2 | 31% | 2.6% |
| Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel | 1,602 | 13.1 km | 50.8 | 25% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola | 2,170 | 14.3 km | 52.4 | 29% | 1.2% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- The census’s own words. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
Questions about Saint-Robert’s residents
Is Saint-Robert bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 20% are. Another 79% speak only French and 0.3% only English, and French is the first language of 96%.
How diverse is Saint-Robert?
Immigrants make up 0.6% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 0% are members of a visible minority, and 2.2% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Saint-Robert?
Christian: 77%. No religion: 24%. Another religion: 0%.
Is Saint-Robert good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 15%. 62% of households are couple families and 7.6% one-parent families. Schools near Saint-Robert are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Robert?
$78,500 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Saint-Robert (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Saint-Robert?
Statistics Canada estimates 1,846 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 1,813 in Saint-Robert, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Robert?
47.2 is the median age. Under 15: 15%. 65 and over: 21%.
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).