Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.0Older than 95% of Canadian towns: half of Sainte-Ursule is over 55.6
Compared with 11% across Canada’s towns, 7% of residents are aged 15 to 24 here. The 2021 Census found 650 households in Sainte-Ursule; by July 2025 the population was about 1,363. One-person households: 35% of the total. Residents with no religion are rarer here than in 94% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Sainte-Ursule
Older than most towns
Half of Sainte-Ursule’s residents are under 55.6 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 27% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 31% of adults, more than in 95% of Canadian towns, while 31% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Bilingual residents make up 19% in Sainte-Ursule, more than in 74% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. 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
0.7% of residents have English as their mother tongue, against 66% across Canada’s towns. Set beside that, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
+2% since 2016, a pace below 65% 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
The July 2025 estimate is close to the census count. For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +4% across Quebec’s towns.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 87% of Canadian towns: 27%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns, against 14% in Sainte-Ursule. The wider picture: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women.
Sainte-Ursule households average 2.1 people, smaller than in 83% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families account for 7.7%.
A higher share of common-law partners than 95% of Canadian towns, at 31%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: nearly a quarter of adults, against a typical 27%. The wider picture: just over one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Sainte-Ursule: 79% of households live in a single-detached house, above 72% of Canadian towns
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. To put it in context, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. For Sainte-Ursule, the census puts renter households at 19%.
Half above, half below $50,800 a year in household income
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Sainte-Ursule’s households had a total income below $50,800, 41% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within Quebec’s towns, the household in the middle had $74,000. COVID-19 benefits went to 28% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 58% of Canadian towns: 10%
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. The comparison figure for residents who moved in within the year is 11% across Canada’s towns.
86% said they are Christian and 15% that they have no religion
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. 2.6% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
4.1% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 99% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 22% (typical 9.5%). The wider picture: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 59% of residents 15 and over had a job
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
About as many work here as in the typical town: 59%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Sainte-Ursule sits below 2 of its 6 closest neighbours on median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Ursule | 1,363 | — | 55.6 | 27% | 0% |
| Maskinongé | 2,457 | 9.6 km | 51.2 | 26% | 1.7% |
| Louiseville | 7,570 | 11.1 km | 57.6 | 36% | 1.3% |
| Saint-Paulin | 1,659 | 12.9 km | 50.4 | 26% | 0.7% |
| Saint-Barthélemy | 2,115 | 13.1 km | 48.8 | 23% | 1.9% |
| Yamachiche | 2,801 | 17.7 km | 44.8 | 22% | 1.8% |
| Saint-Alexis-des-Monts | 3,190 | 18.6 km | 59.2 | 35% | 2% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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.
Questions about Sainte-Ursule’s residents
Is Sainte-Ursule good for families?
14% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 52% of households and one-parent families 7.7%. Schools near Sainte-Ursule are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Sainte-Ursule?
Half of Sainte-Ursule’s households had more than $50,800 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Sainte-Ursule?
About 1,363, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,355 people in Sainte-Ursule, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Sainte-Ursule?
The median age is 55.6. 14% are under 15 and 27% 65 or older.
Is Sainte-Ursule bilingual?
English and French: 19% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 0.4%. French only: 81%. French mother tongue: 97%.
How diverse is Sainte-Ursule?
Immigrants: 0% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 0%. Indigenous identity: 2.6%.
What religion are people in Sainte-Ursule?
15% said they have no religion and 86% that they are Christian; 0% named another faith.
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).