Photo: Veillg1 · CC0Older than 98% of Canadian towns: half of Sainte-Thècle is over 58.4
A household here has 2 people on average; across Canada’s towns, 2.4. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 6.8%. Sainte-Thècle has fewer residents with no religion than 97% of Canadian towns, at 12%. The 2021 Census found 1,185 households locally; by July 2025 the population was about 2,422.
What stands out about the people of Sainte-Thècle
Older than most towns
Sainte-Thècle’s median age is 58.4; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 35% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Fewer people than before
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, Sainte-Thècle went from 2,484 to 2,415 residents (−3%), slower growth than in 91% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
17% of residents speak English and French, more than in 72% 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
Residents whose mother tongue is English: 0.4%, below 99% of Canadian towns. By way of comparison, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Sainte-Thècle’s population moved −3% on 2016, less than in 91% 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
Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Quebec’s towns, by more than +4%. By July 2025, Statistics Canada’s estimate had barely moved.
Sainte-Thècle: 35% of residents are 65 or over, above 98% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
13% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%). The wider picture: 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.
A higher share of one-person households than 87% of Canadian towns, at 39%
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.
Census figures put one-parent families at 8% in Sainte-Thècle. Across the comparison, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Sainte-Thècle ranks above 87% of Canadian towns on common-law partners: 24%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: just over a quarter of adults (typical: 27%). Elsewhere, just over one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Sainte-Thècle ranks above 65% of Canadian towns on households in single-detached houses: 75%
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. Typically, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. 45% of homes were built before 1961 and 12% in 2001 or later. On renter households, 25% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
The middle household earns $50,800 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
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Sainte-Thècle’s, at $50,800, is 41% lower. The provincial yardstick is $74,000, the median across Quebec’s towns. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 21% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
7.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 85% of Canadian towns
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
In Sainte-Thècle, 0.4% of residents are immigrants, beside 17% across Canada’s towns. As a yardstick, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns.
88% said they are Christian and 12% that they have no religion
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
With Indigenous residents at 1.7%, Sainte-Thècle is behind just over two thirds of Canadian towns on that count. Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns.
14% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, below 85% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
15% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
42% of residents 15 and over were in work
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, above this 42%; 35% of residents are 65 or over.
Around Sainte-Thècle, 1 of 2 towns have a higher median age
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Thècle | 2,422 | — | 58.4 | 35% | 0.4% |
| Lac-aux-Sables | 1,463 | 10.4 km | 61.2 | 38% | 0.7% |
| Saint-Tite | 3,759 | 11.1 km | 57.6 | 36% | 0.8% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
- 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. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
Questions about Sainte-Thècle’s residents
What is the median income in Sainte-Thècle?
$50,800 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Sainte-Thècle (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Sainte-Thècle?
Statistics Canada estimates 2,422 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 2,415 in Sainte-Thècle, 3% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Sainte-Thècle?
58.4 is the median age. Under 15: 13%. 65 and over: 35%.
Is Sainte-Thècle bilingual?
English and French: 17% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 0%. French only: 83%. French mother tongue: 99%.
How diverse is Sainte-Thècle?
Immigrants make up 0.4% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 0% are members of a visible minority, and 1.7% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Sainte-Thècle?
Christian: 88%. No religion: 12%. Another religion: 0%.
Is Sainte-Thècle good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 13%. 48% of households are couple families and 8% one-parent families. Schools near Sainte-Thècle 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).