Photo: Gordalmighty · CC BY-SA 3.0Sainte-Perpétue is older than 95% of Canadian towns: a median age of 54.8
Set against 11% across Canada’s towns, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Sainte-Perpétue. There are 5% more residents than in 2016. 7.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24. On residents with no religion, Sainte-Perpétue sits lower than 99% of Canadian towns: 6.2%.
What stands out about the people of Sainte-Perpétue
Older than most towns
Line Sainte-Perpétue’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 54.8; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 30% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Common-law couples
28% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 91% of Canadian towns; 29% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
9.8% of residents speak English and French, a share 60% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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
0.3% of residents have English as their mother tongue (Canada’s towns: 66%). Across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents is 7.5%.
Since 2016, Sainte-Perpétue has grown +5%, faster than 53% 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
Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +4% across Quebec’s towns. The estimate for July 2025 is much the same as the census count.
Residents aged 65 and over: 30%, a higher share than 92% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Children under 15: 14% here and 16% across Canada’s towns. Measured more widely, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
In Sainte-Perpétue, 36% of households are one person living alone, more than in 80% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and 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-Perpétue, 2.1. 7.3% of households are one-parent families, fewer than in 65% of Canadian towns. Set beside that, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
In Sainte-Perpétue, 28% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 91% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: a quarter of adults, against a typical 27%. 29% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 89% of Canadian towns. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%.
76% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 67% 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
Across Canada’s towns, a quarter of households rent their home; in Sainte-Perpétue, 22%. The comparison figure for households in single-detached houses is 64% across Canada’s towns. 47% of homes were built before 1961 and 5.3% in 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
Median household income here: $58,000 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. 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; Sainte-Perpétue’s, at $58,000, is 33% lower. Across Quebec’s towns the median is $74,000. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 25% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
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.
93% said they are Christian and 6.2% 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
Visible minority residents: 0.6% here and 15% across Canada’s towns. Indigenous residents are rarer here than in 98% of Canadian towns.
A smaller share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 99% of Canadian towns: 4.5%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 33% 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.
An employment rate of 50%
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.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 50%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 30% of residents are 65 or over.
Of the 5 towns nearest Sainte-Perpétue, 1 are older
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page. Sainte-Perpétue has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 15–34 km out.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Perpétue | 1,698 | — | 54.8 | 30% | 0% |
| Saint-Pamphile | 2,391 | 15.1 km | 55.2 | 29% | 0% |
| Saint-Aubert | 1,387 | 23.3 km | 52.4 | 29% | 1.1% |
| Saint-Jean-Port-Joli | 3,330 | 30.7 km | 54 | 31% | 0.5% |
| L'Islet | 3,874 | 33.7 km | 52 | 28% | 1.4% |
| Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière | 1,635 | 33.9 km | 50.4 | 25% | 0% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. For each measure we take the median of Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
Questions about Sainte-Perpétue’s residents
Is Sainte-Perpétue bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 9.8% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 0% speak only English and 90% only French; 99% grew up with French.
How diverse is Sainte-Perpétue?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 0%. A visible minority makes up 0.6% and Indigenous residents 0%.
What religion are people in Sainte-Perpétue?
Most often Christian (93%) or no religion (6.2%); other religions make up 0.7%.
Is Sainte-Perpétue good for families?
Children under 15 are 14% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 52% of households and one-parent families 7.3%. Schools near Sainte-Perpétue are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Sainte-Perpétue?
Median total household income in Sainte-Perpétue was $58,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Sainte-Perpétue?
The latest figure is an estimate: 1,698 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Sainte-Perpétue counted 1,715, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Sainte-Perpétue?
Half the residents are older than 54.8 and half younger; 14% are children under 15 and 30% are 65 or over.
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).