Photo: Judicieux · CC BY-SA 4.0A larger share of children under 15 than 94% of Canadian towns: 23%
Immigrants are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Some 1,550 people live in Sainte-Hénédine, by the estimate for July 2025. The census found that 22% of residents are 65 or over here. The share of households in single-detached houses is 83%, against 64% across Canada’s towns.
What stands out about the people of Sainte-Hénédine
A town of families
Children under 15 are 23% of residents, more than in 94% of Canadian towns. Households average 2.5 people, and 7.3% are one-parent families. Ages ↓
Common-law couples
38% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 99% of Canadian towns; 26% are married. Couples ↓
Growing faster than most
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, Sainte-Hénédine went from 1,271 to 1,440 residents (+13%), faster growth than in 90% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
20% of residents speak English and French, more than in 74% of Canadian towns
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
Nearly two thirds of residents have English as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns, against 0.4% in Sainte-Hénédine. To put it in context, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
A growing town: +13% since 2016, faster than 90% 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
The July 2025 estimate adds another 8%. Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Quebec’s towns, +4%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 93% of Canadian towns, at 7.6%
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The median age in Sainte-Hénédine is 40.4, lower than in just over three fifths of Canadian towns. For comparison, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. No age band is larger than 5–9: 8.3% of residents, 1.5 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.
Larger households than 58% of Canadian towns: 2.5 people on average
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
7.3% of households are one-parent families, a lower share than in 65% of Canadian towns. Here, 27% of households are one person living alone.
Sainte-Hénédine ranks above 99% of Canadian towns on common-law partners: 38%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up just over a fifth of adults, beside a typical 27%. Just over a quarter of residents 15 and over are married. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
Sainte-Hénédine sits below 73% of Canadian towns for renter households (16%)
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. For comparison, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. 39% of homes were built before 1961 and 22% in 2001 or later.
The middle household earns $77,500 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Sainte-Hénédine’s median household took in $77,500 before tax, 10% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The provincial yardstick is $74,000, the median across Quebec’s towns. 27% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
0% of residents are immigrants
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 are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. On the census count, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
26% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 74% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. As a yardstick, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. For Sainte-Hénédine, the census puts Indigenous residents at 0.7%.
Sainte-Hénédine sits below 81% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (15%)
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
8.4% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%). Against that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 67% of adults
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 67% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Sainte-Hénédine sits below 3 of its 6 closest neighbours on median age
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Hénédine | 1,550 | — | 40.4 | 22% | 0% |
| Sainte-Marguerite | 1,297 | 6.5 km | 40 | 19% | 0% |
| Saint-Anselme | 4,534 | 7.4 km | 41.2 | 20% | 3.8% |
| Sainte-Claire | 3,724 | 8.3 km | 45.2 | 22% | 1% |
| Saint-Isidore | 3,550 | 10.4 km | 40.4 | 19% | 1.5% |
| Scott | 2,938 | 11.4 km | 36.4 | 14% | 1.4% |
| Sainte-Marie | 13,873 | 13.9 km | 44 | 23% | 2.5% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past 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. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Quebec’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
Questions about Sainte-Hénédine’s residents
How diverse is Sainte-Hénédine?
0% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 0% belong to a visible minority and 0.7% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Sainte-Hénédine?
73% are Christian and 26% have no religion; 0.7% follow another religion.
Is Sainte-Hénédine good for families?
Under 15: 23% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 62% of households. One-parent families: 7.3%. Schools near Sainte-Hénédine are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Sainte-Hénédine?
The median household in Sainte-Hénédine took in $77,500 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Sainte-Hénédine?
Sainte-Hénédine had about 1,550 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 1,440, 13% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Sainte-Hénédine?
A median age of 40.4. Children under 15 make up 23%, and people 65 and over 22%.
Is Sainte-Hénédine bilingual?
English and French: 20% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 0%. French only: 80%. French mother tongue: 99%.
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).