Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 3.0Older than 88% of Canadian towns: half of Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc is over 51.2
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 8.1% in Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc and 11% across Canada’s towns. With about 1,111 residents in July 2025, Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc counted 495 households at the 2021 Census. For Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc, the census puts residents with no religion at 18%. Immigrants are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 34% of adults, more than in 97% of Canadian towns, while 34% are married. Couples ↓
Older than most towns
Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc’s median age is 51.2; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 22% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc sits above 71% of Canadian towns for bilingual residents (16%)
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. 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
Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents whose mother tongue is English is 66%; Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc has 0.9%. The wider picture: 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Faster growth than 55% of Canadian towns: Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc changed by +5% since 2016
The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The estimate for July 2025 is much the same as the census count. Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Quebec’s towns, +4%.
Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc: 22% of residents are 65 or over, above 67% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The largest age band is 55–59: just over one in ten residents, 1.7 times the share across Canada’s towns. As a reference point, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. Children under 15 account for 15%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women.
Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 74% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Where 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns, Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc has 25%. On the census count, 7.1% of households are one-parent families.
In Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc, 34% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 97% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Set against 46% across Canada’s towns, just over a third of residents 15 and over are married in Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc. Common-law partners: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
Only 13% of households rent their home in Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc
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
87% of households live in a single-detached house (Canada’s towns: 64%). Renter households make up 25% across Canada’s towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 20% date from 2001 or later, 18% from before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
Median household income here: $71,500 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
At $71,500, the middle household in Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc earned 17% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The middle household across Quebec’s towns has $74,000 before tax. The pandemic’s benefits: 25% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
In Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc, 9.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 65% of Canadian towns
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
Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. The comparison figure for residents who moved in within the year is 11% across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of Indigenous residents than 73% of Canadian towns: 5.5%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Indigenous residents: 2.8% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
A lower share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 99% of Canadian towns, at 6.6%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 15% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. The usual figure: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 57% of residents 15 and over had a job
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 57% is close to the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
No nearby town is as old as Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page. The nearest places to Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc with figures are 10–33 km away.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc | 1,111 | — | 51.2 | 22% | 0% |
| Dolbeau-Mistassini | 13,581 | 10.4 km | 50.8 | 28% | 0.9% |
| Albanel | 2,191 | 24.2 km | 44.8 | 20% | 0.7% |
| Normandin | 3,065 | 31.6 km | 45.2 | 25% | 0.7% |
| Mashteuiatsh | 2,074 | 32.3 km | 43.6 | 19% | 0% |
| Saint-Félicien | 10,143 | 32.7 km | 48.4 | 25% | 1.4% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc’s residents
What is the median income in Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc?
Median total household income in Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc was $71,500 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc?
The latest figure is an estimate: 1,111 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc counted 1,101, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc?
Half the residents are older than 51.2 and half younger; 15% are children under 15 and 22% are 65 or over.
Is Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 16% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 0% speak only English and 84% only French; 99% grew up with French.
How diverse is Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 0%. A visible minority makes up 0% and Indigenous residents 5.5%.
What religion are people in Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc?
Most often Christian (82%) or no religion (18%); other religions make up 0.5%.
Is Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc good for families?
Children under 15 are 15% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 63% of households and one-parent families 7.1%. Schools near Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc 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).