Photo: Michael Santschi · Public domain4.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 99% of Canadian towns
Households in single-detached houses: 94% here and 64% across Canada’s towns. Statistics Canada puts Sainte-Sabine’s population at 1,123 for July 2025. A fifth of households are one person living alone. Residents with no religion are rarer here than in just over three quarters of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Sainte-Sabine
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 31% of adults, more than in 95% of Canadian towns, while 37% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
More bilingual residents than 83% of Canadian towns: 33%
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. 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
The figure for residents whose mother tongue is English is 3.6% in Sainte-Sabine and 66% across Canada’s towns. The share of bilingual residents across Canada’s towns is 7.5%.
A +2% change since 2016: slower than 66% of Canadian towns
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns, the typical town changed +4%; across Quebec’s towns, +4%.
Sainte-Sabine: 19% of residents are under 15, above 75% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
17% of residents are 65 or over (Canada’s towns: 19%). With a median age of 42.8, Sainte-Sabine is older than 54% of Canadian towns. The usual figure: 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. No age band is larger than 55–59: nearly one in ten residents.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women.
Bigger households than 67% of Canadian towns: 2.6 people each on average
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The share of one-parent families is 5.9%, against 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
31% of residents 15 and over live common-law, a share 95% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 23% of adults, beside a typical 27%. In Sainte-Sabine, 37% of residents 15 and over are married. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%.
Sainte-Sabine sits below 78% of Canadian towns for renter households (14%)
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
Newer homes outnumber old: 22% date from 2001 or later, 18% from before 1961. Across Canada’s towns, a quarter of households rent their home. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
Median household income: $87,000 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Sainte-Sabine had $87,000 before tax, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Quebec’s towns, half of households had more than $74,000 before tax. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 26% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
2.3% of residents are immigrants
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. On top of that, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns, against 2.3% in Sainte-Sabine.
74% said they are Christian and 26% 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
Across Canada’s towns, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity; in Sainte-Sabine, 0.9%. Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns.
Below 96% of Canadian towns: 9.8% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 14% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. Across Canada’s towns, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.
Employment: 67% of residents 15 and over had a job
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
67% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
Older than Sainte-Sabine: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Sabine | 1,123 | — | 42.8 | 17% | 2.3% |
| Farnham | 11,315 | 5.3 km | 40.4 | 20% | 2.8% |
| Saint-Alexandre | 2,685 | 8.9 km | 37.2 | 14% | 4.1% |
| Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville | 1,540 | 9.6 km | 38.8 | 15% | 3.8% |
| Bedford | 2,845 | 13.6 km | 50.4 | 28% | 3.5% |
| Ange-Gardien | 3,100 | 14.4 km | 36.8 | 15% | 0.9% |
| Mont-Saint-Grégoire | 3,158 | 16.3 km | 42.4 | 17% | 4.1% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. 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-Sabine’s residents
How diverse is Sainte-Sabine?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 2.3%. A visible minority makes up 0% and Indigenous residents 0.9%.
What religion are people in Sainte-Sabine?
Most often Christian (74%) or no religion (26%); other religions make up 0%.
Is Sainte-Sabine good for families?
Children under 15 are 19% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 67% of households and one-parent families 5.9%. Schools near Sainte-Sabine are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Sainte-Sabine?
Median total household income in Sainte-Sabine was $87,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Sainte-Sabine?
The latest figure is an estimate: 1,123 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Sainte-Sabine counted 1,105, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Sainte-Sabine?
Half the residents are older than 42.8 and half younger; 19% are children under 15 and 17% are 65 or over.
Is Sainte-Sabine bilingual?
33% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 66% speak French only and 0.9% English only. French is the mother tongue of 94%.
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).