Photo: Stéphane Batigne · CC BY 3.0Older than 90% of Canadian towns: half of Saint-Urbain is over 52
Residents aged 15 to 24: 6.8%, below 97% of Canadian towns. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 1,431 residents; the 2021 Census found 585 households. Locally, just over one in ten residents said they have no religion. Few places have so few residents who moved in within the year: 6.1% here, fewer than in 95% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Urbain
Fewer people than before
Saint-Urbain went from 1,373 people in 2016 to 1,320 in 2021, −4%: slower growth than in 94% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Older than most towns
Saint-Urbain’s median age is 52; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 27% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Common-law couples
30% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 94% of Canadian towns; 32% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
14% of residents speak English and French, a share 69% of Canadian towns don’t reach
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. 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
Across Canada’s towns, 66% of residents have English as their mother tongue; in Saint-Urbain, 0.8%. The usual figure: 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Slower growth than 94% of Canadian towns: Saint-Urbain changed by −4% since 2016
Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 8% higher again.
27% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 86% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Against a figure of 16% across Canada’s towns, the share of children under 15 in Saint-Urbain comes in at 15%. As a reference point, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 111 men for every 100 women.
Saint-Urbain 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.
Here a third of households are one person living alone, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 27%. Across Saint-Urbain, 6% of households are one-parent families.
Saint-Urbain ranks above 94% of Canadian towns on common-law partners: 30%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
The share of married residents 15 and over trails 84% of Canadian towns: 32%. Common-law partners make up 11% across Canada’s towns.
Saint-Urbain sits above 71% of Canadian towns for households in single-detached houses (79%)
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. 41% of homes were built before 1961 and 11% in 2001 or later. Set beside that, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. The share of renter households is 21%, against 25% across Canada’s towns.
The median household brings in $68,000 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
At $68,000, the middle household in Saint-Urbain earned 21% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among Quebec’s towns, the typical figure is $74,000. The pandemic’s benefits: 24% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
2.3% of residents are immigrants
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
Compared with 17% across Canada’s towns, 2.3% of residents are immigrants here. Add to that, residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns.
87% said they are Christian and 12% that they have no religion
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Where 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns, Saint-Urbain has 0.8%. Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns.
14% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 84% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 16% (typical 9.5%). As a yardstick, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 53% of adults
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 53%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 27% of residents are 65 or over.
A younger town than 2 of the 3 around it: Saint-Urbain
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Urbain | 1,431 | — | 52 | 27% | 2.3% |
| Saint-Hilarion | 1,221 | 8.7 km | 45.2 | 21% | 0.9% |
| Baie-Saint-Paul | 7,760 | 12.7 km | 54.8 | 33% | 2.2% |
| Les Éboulements | 1,661 | 18.2 km | 52.8 | 30% | 0.7% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Saint-Urbain’s residents
What is the population of Saint-Urbain?
About 1,431, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,320 people in Saint-Urbain, 4% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Urbain?
The median age is 52. 15% are under 15 and 27% 65 or older.
Is Saint-Urbain bilingual?
English and French: 14% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 0%. French only: 86%. French mother tongue: 99%.
How diverse is Saint-Urbain?
Immigrants: 2.3% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 0%. Indigenous identity: 0.8%.
What religion are people in Saint-Urbain?
12% said they have no religion and 87% that they are Christian; 0.7% named another faith.
Is Saint-Urbain good for families?
15% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 55% of households and one-parent families 6%. Schools near Saint-Urbain are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Urbain?
Half of Saint-Urbain’s households had more than $68,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
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).