Photo: Nicogag · CC BY-SA 3.0In Sainte-Marguerite, 20% of residents are under 15, more than in 86% of Canadian towns
Residents with no religion: 22%, below 83% of Canadian towns. About 1,297 people lived in Sainte-Marguerite in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates. Census figures put households in single-detached houses at 80% locally. Immigrants are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Sainte-Marguerite
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 32% of adults, more than in 96% of Canadian towns, while 30% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Bilingual residents make up 20% in Sainte-Marguerite, more than in 74% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
The figure for residents whose mother tongue is English is 0.9% in Sainte-Marguerite and 66% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents is 7.5%.
A +9% change since 2016: faster than 77% of Canadian towns
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across Quebec’s towns +4%. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 10%.
A median age of 40: Sainte-Marguerite is younger than 63% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
55–59 is the most common age band: 7.7% of residents. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 10% here, fewer than in 61% of Canadian towns. At 19%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is in line with the figure across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women.
A larger share of one-parent families than 78% of Canadian towns: 10%
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The average household has 2.4 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. One-person households account for 29%. Across Canada’s towns, nearly one in ten households are one-parent families.
A larger share of common-law partners than 96% of Canadian towns: 32%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 27% of adults, against a typical 27%. Across the comparison, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of renter households than 52% of Canadian towns: 26%
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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
27% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 24% built before 1961. For renter households, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 25%. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
Half above, half below $74,500 a year in household income
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Sainte-Marguerite’s, at $74,500, is 13% lower. Household incomes across Quebec’s towns have a median of $74,000. Pandemic benefits reached 29% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
A higher share of residents who moved in within the year than 66% of Canadian towns, at 13%
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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. Set beside that, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
79% said they are Christian and 22% 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
Indigenous residents are rarer here than in 98% of Canadian towns. Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 98% of Canadian towns: 8.2%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 14% here, 9.5% in the typical town. As a reference point, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
72% of adults were employed in May 2021
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 72%.
Among its 6 nearest neighbours, 5 are older than Sainte-Marguerite
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Marguerite | 1,297 | — | 40 | 19% | 0% |
| Sainte-Hénédine | 1,550 | 6.5 km | 40.4 | 22% | 0% |
| Frampton | 1,374 | 9.2 km | 50.8 | 25% | 2.7% |
| Sainte-Claire | 3,724 | 10.4 km | 45.2 | 22% | 1% |
| Sainte-Marie | 13,873 | 10.8 km | 44 | 23% | 2.5% |
| Saint-Malachie | 1,755 | 11.6 km | 49.2 | 28% | 1% |
| Scott | 2,938 | 12.3 km | 36.4 | 14% | 1.4% |
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. 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.
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
Questions about Sainte-Marguerite’s residents
How diverse is Sainte-Marguerite?
0% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 0% belong to a visible minority and 0% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Sainte-Marguerite?
79% are Christian and 22% have no religion; 0% follow another religion.
Is Sainte-Marguerite good for families?
Under 15: 20% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 57% of households. One-parent families: 10%. Schools near Sainte-Marguerite are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Sainte-Marguerite?
The median household in Sainte-Marguerite took in $74,500 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Sainte-Marguerite?
Sainte-Marguerite had about 1,297 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 1,175, 9% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Sainte-Marguerite?
A median age of 40. Children under 15 make up 20%, and people 65 and over 19%.
Is Sainte-Marguerite bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 20% are. Another 80% speak only French and 0% only English, and French is the first language of 98%.
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).