Photo: Gordalmighty · CC BY-SA 3.097% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 99% of Canadian towns
Across Canada’s towns, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier; in Saint-Valère, 0.8%. With about 1,187 residents in July 2025, Saint-Valère counted 505 households at the 2021 Census. The census found that 24% of residents said they have no religion in the town. The median age here is 46, higher than in 72% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Valère
Fewer people than before
Saint-Valère went from 1,263 people in 2016 to 1,188 in 2021, −6%: slower growth than in 97% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 31% of adults, more than in 95% of Canadian towns, while 33% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Saint-Valère ranks above 75% of Canadian towns on bilingual residents: 21%
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Residents whose mother tongue is English: 0.8%, below 97% of Canadian towns. The wider picture: 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Since 2016, Saint-Valère has changed by −6%, slower than 97% of Canadian towns
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, Statistics Canada’s estimate had barely moved. For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +4% across Quebec’s towns.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 82% of Canadian towns, at 8.8%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 11% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. The census found that 16% of residents are under 15 in Saint-Valère. The highest share aged 65 or over among Quebec’s towns is Centre’s: 46%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 119 men for every 100 women.
Fewer one-person households than 58% of Canadian towns: 25%
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Compared with 8.2% across Canada’s towns, 6.9% of households are one-parent families here. Elsewhere, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. There are 2.4 people in the average household.
31% of residents 15 and over live common-law, a share 95% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns, against 33% in Saint-Valère. Common-law partners: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
Saint-Valère sits below 87% of Canadian towns for renter households (11%)
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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
A quarter of homes were built before 1961 and 17% in 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
Households here have a median income of $72,500 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Saint-Valère: half had less than $72,500, 16% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Quebec’s towns have a median of $74,000. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 28% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
3.4% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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
Where 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns, Saint-Valère has 3.4%. Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (86%), then in the Americas (29%).
77% said they are Christian and 24% that they have no religion
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. Across Saint-Valère, 1.7% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 9.4%, a lower share than 97% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 20% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. As a yardstick, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
69% of residents 15 and over were in work
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
69% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
Median age: 1 of the 6 towns around Saint-Valère are older
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Valère | 1,187 | — | 46 | 19% | 3.4% |
| Saint-Albert | 1,744 | 6.9 km | 39.6 | 14% | 0.9% |
| Victoriaville | 49,863 | 8.3 km | 47.2 | 28% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska | 3,307 | 11.8 km | 41.6 | 15% | 2.4% |
| Warwick | 4,939 | 14.0 km | 44.4 | 23% | 3.1% |
| Sainte-Eulalie | 1,056 | 14.8 km | 39.2 | 19% | 0% |
| Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton | 1,647 | 14.9 km | 44.8 | 21% | 2.3% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
- 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.
Questions about Saint-Valère’s residents
What is the average age in Saint-Valère?
46 is the median age. Under 15: 16%. 65 and over: 19%.
Is Saint-Valère bilingual?
21% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 79% speak French only and 0% English only. French is the mother tongue of 99%.
How diverse is Saint-Valère?
Immigrants make up 3.4% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 0% are members of a visible minority, and 1.7% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Saint-Valère?
Christian: 77%. No religion: 24%. Another religion: 0%.
Is Saint-Valère good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 16%. 60% of households are couple families and 6.9% one-parent families. Schools near Saint-Valère are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Valère?
$72,500 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Saint-Valère (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Saint-Valère?
Statistics Canada estimates 1,187 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 1,188 in Saint-Valère, 6% fewer than 2016.
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).