Photo: Bernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0Half of Saint-Vallier is over 49.6, older than 84% of Canadian towns
Residents aged 65 and over make up 24%, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Locally, nearly a quarter of residents said they have no religion. Households in single-detached houses are more common here than in 75% of Canadian towns. With about 1,026 residents in July 2025, Saint-Vallier counted 455 households at the 2021 Census.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Vallier
Fewer people than before
Saint-Vallier went from 1,061 people in 2016 to 1,031 in 2021, −3%: slower growth than in 91% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Common-law couples
27% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 91% of Canadian towns; 32% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A higher share of bilingual residents than 80% of Canadian towns, at 29%
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. 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
Residents whose mother tongue is English: 0.5%, below 99% of Canadian towns. Measured more widely, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
−3% since 2016, a pace below 91% of Canadian towns
Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +4% across Quebec’s towns. The estimate for July 2025 is much the same as the census count.
16% of residents are under 15, fewer than in 56% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
No age band is larger than 55–59: 10% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. Here, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women.
In Saint-Vallier, 32% of households are one person living alone, more than in 69% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The typical household size is 2.3 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, 27% of households are one person living alone. Here, 7.6% of households are one-parent families.
Common-law partners make up 27% in Saint-Vallier, more than in 91% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
In Saint-Vallier, 32% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 46% across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
Renter households make up 19% in Saint-Vallier, less than in 65% 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
57% of homes were built before 1961 and 12% in 2001 or later. On average, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
$72,000 a year: the median household income
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Saint-Vallier’s households had a total income below $72,000, 16% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Quebec’s towns the median is $74,000. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 21% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 57% of Canadian towns: 10%
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
Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. The wider picture: 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Here, 2% of residents are immigrants.
77% said they are Christian and 23% that they have no religion
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. 1% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
Saint-Vallier sits below 54% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (25%)
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 6% (typical 9.5%). For comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 62% of residents aged 15 and over
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 62% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Nearby, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Saint-Vallier
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Vallier | 1,026 | — | 49.6 | 24% | 2% |
| Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans | 1,006 | 6.1 km | 55.6 | 31% | 2.4% |
| Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse | 1,902 | 7.7 km | 49.2 | 28% | 2.2% |
| Berthier-sur-Mer | 1,819 | 9.2 km | 49.6 | 26% | 1.2% |
| Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud | 1,550 | 9.4 km | 42 | 22% | 1.3% |
| Saint-Raphaël | 2,488 | 11.5 km | 47.6 | 22% | 2.1% |
| Beaumont | 3,188 | 15.6 km | 43.2 | 23% | 1.8% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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. 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.
Questions about Saint-Vallier’s residents
What is the average age in Saint-Vallier?
The median age is 49.6. 16% are under 15 and 24% 65 or older.
Is Saint-Vallier bilingual?
English and French: 29% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 0%. French only: 71%. French mother tongue: 98%.
How diverse is Saint-Vallier?
Immigrants: 2% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 0%. Indigenous identity: 1%.
What religion are people in Saint-Vallier?
23% said they have no religion and 77% that they are Christian; 0.5% named another faith.
Is Saint-Vallier good for families?
16% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 53% of households and one-parent families 7.6%. Schools near Saint-Vallier are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Vallier?
Half of Saint-Vallier’s households had more than $72,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Saint-Vallier?
About 1,026, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,031 people in Saint-Vallier, 3% 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).