Photo: Gaétan Veillette · CC BY-SA 4.0Shawville is older than 92% of Canadian towns: a median age of 53.6
The share of residents with no religion trails 76% of Canadian towns: 25%. Some 1,729 people live in Shawville, by the estimate for July 2025. Across Shawville, nearly two in five households rent their home. Higher than in just over four fifths of Canadian towns: 11% of households are one-parent families.
What stands out about the people of Shawville
Older than most towns
The middle resident of Shawville is 53.6; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 32% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
41% of households are one person living alone, more than in 90% of Canadian towns; 32% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
In Shawville, 34% of residents speak English and French, more than in 83% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. 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, 66% of residents have English as their mother tongue; in Shawville, 83%. For comparison, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. At home: French 7.4%, English 90%.
A growing town: +5% since 2016, faster than 57% of Canadian towns
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Quebec’s towns the median is +4%, and across Canada’s towns +4%.
32% of residents are 65 or over, a share 95% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Across Canada’s towns, 16% of residents are under 15; in Shawville, 13%. By way of comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
One-person households: 41%, a higher share than 90% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
At 2.1 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-person households is 27%.
38% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 72% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 28% of adults (typical: 27%). On common-law partners, Shawville sits lower than 62% of Canadian towns: 9.3%. Against that, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Shawville sits above 65% of Canadian towns for households in single-detached houses (75%)
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
41% of homes were built before 1961 and 10% in 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. The wider picture: 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Household income, middle of the range: $55,200 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 middle household in Shawville had $55,200 before tax, 36% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The provincial yardstick is $74,000, the median across Quebec’s towns. In 2020, 19% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
12% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a share 61% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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
Set against 5.8% across Canada’s towns, 1% of residents are not Canadian citizens in Shawville. What’s more, 3.9% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 85% of Canadian towns. On average, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Europe (42%) or in the Americas (25%).
Indigenous residents make up 7.8% in Shawville, more than in 82% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 15% belong to a visible minority and 2.8% are Indigenous; here, 1.9% and 7.8%.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 11%, a lower share than 93% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 19% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
Employment: 46% of residents 15 and over had a job
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 46%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 32% are 65 or over.
No nearby town is as old as Shawville
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
Questions about Shawville’s residents
Is Shawville bilingual?
34% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0.6% speak French only and 65% English only. French is the mother tongue of 13%.
How diverse is Shawville?
Immigrants: 3.9% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 1.9%. Indigenous identity: 7.8%.
What religion are people in Shawville?
25% said they have no religion and 74% that they are Christian; 1% named another faith.
Is Shawville good for families?
13% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 43% of households and one-parent families 11%. Schools near Shawville are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Shawville?
Half of Shawville’s households had more than $55,200 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Shawville?
About 1,729, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,668 people in Shawville, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Shawville?
The median age is 53.6. 13% are under 15 and 32% 65 or older.
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).