Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.03% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 99% of Canadian towns
The figure for residents with no religion is 20% in Saint-Wenceslas and 35% across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.5% of the total. More households in single-detached houses than in 92% of Canadian towns: 92%. Its population is much the same as in 2016.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Wenceslas
Common-law couples
34% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 97% of Canadian towns; 34% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Bilingual residents make up 22% in Saint-Wenceslas, more than in 75% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. 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
Against a figure of 66% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents whose mother tongue is English in Saint-Wenceslas comes in at 0.9%. Across Canada’s towns, 7.5% of residents speak English and French.
+1% since 2016, a pace below 71% of Canadian towns
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 3%. Across Canada’s towns, the typical town changed +4%; across Quebec’s towns, +4%.
Saint-Wenceslas sits above 77% of Canadian towns for children under 15 (19%)
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Half of Saint-Wenceslas’s residents are over 42.8, older than in 54% of Canadian towns. To put it in context, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over account for 19%. The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with 9.8% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
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.
One-person households: 26% of the total. 8% of households are one-parent families, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of common-law partners than 97% of Canadian towns, at 34%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Across Canada’s towns, the share of married residents 15 and over is 46%; Saint-Wenceslas has 34%. The share of common-law partners across Canada’s towns is 11%.
In Saint-Wenceslas, 15% of households rent their home, fewer than in 75% of Canadian towns
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. Typically, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Older homes outnumber new: 33% predate 1961, 21% date from 2001 or later.
The midpoint household income is $70,500 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. 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-Wenceslas’s, at $70,500, is 18% lower. The figure for Quebec’s towns: $74,000. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 25% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
2.6% 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
Across Canada’s towns, 17% of residents are immigrants; in Saint-Wenceslas, 2.6%. Add to that, residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns.
80% said they are Christian and 20% 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. Indigenous residents are rarer here than in 98% of Canadian towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 9.9% in Saint-Wenceslas, less than in 96% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 19% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. As a yardstick, 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
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 55% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 19% of residents are 65 or over.
Around Saint-Wenceslas, 2 of 5 towns have a higher median age
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Wenceslas | 1,202 | — | 42.8 | 19% | 2.6% |
| Sainte-Eulalie | 1,056 | 7.8 km | 39.2 | 19% | 0% |
| Saint-Léonard-d'Aston | 2,662 | 7.9 km | 42.4 | 21% | 1.6% |
| Daveluyville | 2,477 | 14.0 km | 46.8 | 23% | 0.6% |
| Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil | 1,950 | 18.6 km | 41.2 | 23% | 0.9% |
| Bécancour | 14,943 | 19.0 km | 44 | 22% | 1.6% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
- 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.
Questions about Saint-Wenceslas’s residents
What is the average age in Saint-Wenceslas?
42.8 is the median age. Under 15: 19%. 65 and over: 19%.
Is Saint-Wenceslas bilingual?
22% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 78% speak French only and 0.4% English only. French is the mother tongue of 98%.
How diverse is Saint-Wenceslas?
Immigrants make up 2.6% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 0% are members of a visible minority, and 0% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Saint-Wenceslas?
Christian: 80%. No religion: 20%. Another religion: 0%.
Is Saint-Wenceslas good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 19%. 61% of households are couple families and 8% one-parent families. Schools near Saint-Wenceslas are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Wenceslas?
$70,500 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Saint-Wenceslas (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Saint-Wenceslas?
Statistics Canada estimates 1,202 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 1,167 in Saint-Wenceslas, about the same as 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).