Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval is younger than 91% of Canadian towns: a median age of 34.8
7.2% of households rent their home (Canada’s towns: 25%). The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 9,084 residents; the 2021 Census found 3,205 households. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 6.4%. Lower than in 93% of Canadian towns: 1.2% of residents belong to a visible minority.
What stands out about the people of Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval
Common-law couples
50% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 99% of Canadian towns; 24% are married. Couples ↓
Younger than most towns
Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval’s median age is 34.8; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 28% are under 15 and 9.3% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Growing faster than most
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval went from 7,348 to 8,468 residents (+15%), faster growth than in 92% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A higher share of bilingual residents than 83% of Canadian towns, at 33%
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
0.8% of residents have English as their mother tongue, against 66% across Canada’s towns. Elsewhere, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. At home: French 99%, English 0.5%.
A +15% change since 2016: Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval grew faster than 92% of Canadian towns
The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 7%. Across Quebec’s towns the median is +4%, and across Canada’s towns +4%.
Children under 15 make up 28% in Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval, more than in 99% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
35–39 is the most common age band: just over one in ten residents, 1.7 times the share across Canada’s towns. Here, nearly one in ten residents are 65 or over. For comparison, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval, 34.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women.
One-person households make up 20% in Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval, less than in 75% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Canada’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval, 2.6. The usual figure: 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. In Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval, 7.5% of households are one-parent families.
Above 99% of Canadian towns: 50% of residents 15 and over live common-law
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Just over a fifth of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. At 24%, the share of married residents 15 and over is lower than in 97% of Canadian towns. The share of common-law partners across Canada’s towns is 11%.
Households in single-detached houses: 76%, a higher share than 66% of Canadian towns
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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
Newer homes outnumber old: 60% date from 2001 or later, 10% from before 1961. Across the comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
$103,000 a year: where the middle household sits
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run high in Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval: half had more than $103,000, 20% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). For Quebec’s towns, the median household income is $74,000. COVID-19 benefits went to 31% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
A higher share of residents who moved in within the year than 64% of Canadian towns, at 13%
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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: 0.8%, below 92% of Canadian towns. Elsewhere, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Immigrants: 2.3% of the total.
A larger share of residents with no religion than 56% of Canadian towns: 37%
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
By its share of Indigenous residents (1.1%), Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval is below 79% of Canadian towns. The benchmark for residents with no religion across Canada’s towns: 35%.
Only 20% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher in Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 7% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Measured more widely, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 75% of adults
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 75% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
4th lowest median age among 41 towns of 8,932 to 9,254
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
At one end is Hampton Village (32.3), at the other Fish Creek Park (50.3). Nearest to Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval in age: Burnaby Mountain (34), Corktown (34.6), Clayton Heights (35) and North Central (35.1).
No nearby town is as young as Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval | 9,084 | — | 34.8 | 9.3% | 2.3% |
| Lac-Beauport | 8,524 | 10.0 km | 42.4 | 13% | 4.9% |
| Sainte-Thérèse-de-Lisieux | 17,558 | 10.9 km | 42 | 15% | 4.4% |
| Château-Richer | 4,732 | 11.0 km | 43.6 | 21% | 2.7% |
| Boischatel | 9,250 | 11.1 km | 40.8 | 17% | 3.8% |
| L'Ange-Gardien | 4,106 | 12.0 km | 42 | 17% | 1.7% |
| Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury | 10,147 | 12.2 km | 39.2 | 12% | 3.1% |
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. 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.
- 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 Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval’s residents
What is the median income in Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval?
$103,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval?
Statistics Canada estimates 9,084 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 8,468 in Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval, 15% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval?
34.8 is the median age, younger than 91% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 28%. 65 and over: 9.3%.
Is Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 33% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 0.2% speak only English and 67% only French; 97% grew up with French.
How diverse is Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval?
Immigrants make up 2.3% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 1.2% are members of a visible minority, and 1.1% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval?
Christian: 63%. No religion: 37%. Another religion: 0.4%.
Is Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 28%. 68% of households are couple families and 7.5% one-parent families. Schools near Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval are on its Schools page.
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).