Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Older than 95% of Canadian towns: half of Senneterre is over 55.2
Across Canada’s towns, 25% of households rent their home; in Senneterre, 12%. This Quebec town had about 1,189 residents in July 2025, by Statistics Canada’s estimate, and 560 households at the 2021 Census. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 7.5% in the town. Higher than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns: 5.9% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
What stands out about the people of Senneterre
Older than most towns
Senneterre’s median age is 55.2; 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 35% of adults, more than in 98% of Canadian towns, while 36% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Senneterre sits above 75% of Canadian towns for bilingual residents (21%)
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. 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
Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents whose mother tongue is English is 66%; Senneterre has 0.8%. The share of bilingual residents across Canada’s towns is 7.5%.
Slower than most: +1% since 2016, behind 72% 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
Across Canada’s towns, the typical town changed +4%; across Quebec’s towns, +4%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 86% of Canadian towns: 27%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Across Canada’s towns, the share of children under 15 is 16%; Senneterre has 12%. Set beside that, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women.
Smaller households than 83% of Canadian towns: 2.1 people on average
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.
One-parent families: 4.5%, below 95% of Canadian towns. On the census count, 27% of households are one person living alone.
In Senneterre, 35% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 98% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Against a figure of 46% across Canada’s towns, the share of married residents 15 and over in Senneterre comes in at 36%. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%.
Households in single-detached houses: 92%, a higher share than 92% 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 nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. On average, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. 23% of homes were built before 1961 and 15% in 2001 or later.
The median household brings in $74,500 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. 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; Senneterre’s, at $74,500, is 13% lower. $74,000 is the median household income across Quebec’s towns. In 2020, 27% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 9.7% in Senneterre, less than in 63% of Canadian towns
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. Typically, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. The share of immigrants stands at 0.8%.
Senneterre sits below 64% of Canadian towns for residents with no religion (31%)
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 35%.
Only 5.6% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher in Senneterre
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Across Canada’s towns, 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds hold a degree; in Senneterre, 5.6%, and 42% have a college or trades credential (typical: 29%). Those with no credential make up 24%, next to 9.5% in the typical town.
Employment: 52% of residents 15 and over had a job
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
52% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 27% are 65 or more.
Senneterre is older than every town around it
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page. No closer places have figures: these lie 15–29 km from Senneterre.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senneterre | 1,189 | — | 55.2 | 27% | 0.8% |
| Senneterre | 2,832 | 15.0 km | 48.8 | 24% | 0.6% |
| Lac Simon | 1,403 | 22.8 km | 24.8 | 3.1% | 0% |
| Barraute | 1,939 | 29.4 km | 46.8 | 23% | 1.8% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. The middle of Quebec’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
- 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 Senneterre’s residents
What is the median income in Senneterre?
Median total household income in Senneterre was $74,500 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Senneterre?
The latest figure is an estimate: 1,189 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Senneterre counted 1,202, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Senneterre?
Half the residents are older than 55.2 and half younger; 12% are children under 15 and 27% are 65 or over.
Is Senneterre bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 21% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 0.4% speak only English and 79% only French; 98% grew up with French.
How diverse is Senneterre?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 0.8%. A visible minority makes up 0% and Indigenous residents 5.9%.
What religion are people in Senneterre?
Most often Christian (69%) or no religion (31%); other religions make up 0.5%.
Is Senneterre good for families?
Children under 15 are 12% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 65% of households and one-parent families 4.5%. Schools near Senneterre 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).