Photo: Mario Hains · CC BY-SA 3.0Stoke sits below 82% of Canadian towns for renter households (13%)
Nearly a fifth of residents are under 15, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Stoke has fewer immigrants than 90% of Canadian towns, at 3%. The 2021 Census found 1,220 households here; by July 2025 the population was about 3,272. Here, 0.8% of residents belong to a visible minority.
What stands out about the people of Stoke
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 35% of adults, more than in 98% of Canadian towns, while 33% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Stoke ranks above 84% of Canadian towns on bilingual residents: 36%
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
At home: French 98%, English 0.5%. 1.5% of residents have English as their mother tongue, fewer than in 93% of Canadian towns. The usual figure: 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
A change of +2% since 2016 leaves Stoke behind 64% of Canadian towns
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 9% higher again. Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +4% across Quebec’s towns.
Stoke ranks below 79% of Canadian towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 9.1%
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The largest age band is 55–59: 8.3% of residents. The highest share aged 65 or over among Quebec’s towns is Centre’s: 46%. Set beside that, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Stoke, 43.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women.
A lower share of one-person households than 67% of Canadian towns, at 23%
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Couple families are 64% of households (Canada’s towns 53%) and one-parent families 7% (8.2%). The share of one-person households across Canada’s towns is 27%. Households average 2.5 people.
Stoke sits above 98% of Canadian towns for common-law partners (35%)
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Married residents 15 and over: 33% here and 46% across Canada’s towns. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
Households in single-detached houses make up 87% in Stoke, more than in 84% of Canadian towns
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Set beside that, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Just over a fifth of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 16% built before 1961.
Household income, middle of the range: $88,000 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Stoke’s median household took in $88,000 before tax, about the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Quebec’s towns have a median of $74,000. COVID-19 benefits went to 24% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
Stoke ranks below 68% of Canadian towns on residents who moved in within the year: 9.3%
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
Against a figure of 5.8% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents without Canadian citizenship in Stoke comes in at 0.5%. Across Canada’s towns, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Stoke ranks below 63% of Canadian towns on residents with no religion: 31%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Where 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns, Stoke has 1.3%. The benchmark for residents with no religion across Canada’s towns: 35%.
In Stoke, 21% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 63% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 9.3%, beside a typical 9.5%. Across Canada’s towns, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.
61% of adults were employed in May 2021
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
More people work here than in the typical town: 61%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Among 41 towns of 3,223 to 3,322 people, the 20th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The youngest is Coalhurst (32) and the oldest Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast (61.2). The closest ages to Stoke’s belong to Marathon (43.2), Normanhurst (43.4), Rosslyn (43.9) and Hampton (44.4).
Every neighbour of Stoke has a younger population
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stoke | 3,272 | — | 43.6 | 18% | 3% |
| Ascot Corner | 3,725 | 4.0 km | 40 | 16% | 2.7% |
| Sherbrooke | 184,135 | 12.2 km | 41.2 | 21% | 8.8% |
| East Angus | 4,261 | 12.9 km | 43.6 | 24% | 0.7% |
| Westbury | 1,207 | 14.7 km | 39.2 | 18% | 3.7% |
| Val-Joli | 1,787 | 15.3 km | 43.2 | 17% | 1.5% |
| Cookshire-Eaton | 5,491 | 15.5 km | 43.2 | 21% | 2.7% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Stoke’s residents
How diverse is Stoke?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 3%. A visible minority makes up 0.8% and Indigenous residents 1.3%.
What religion are people in Stoke?
Most often Christian (68%) or no religion (31%); other religions make up 1%.
Is Stoke good for families?
Children under 15 are 19% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 64% of households and one-parent families 7%. Schools near Stoke are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Stoke?
Median total household income in Stoke was $88,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Stoke?
The latest figure is an estimate: 3,272 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Stoke counted 3,014, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Stoke?
Half the residents are older than 43.6 and half younger, older than 59% of Canadian towns; 19% are children under 15 and 18% are 65 or over.
Is Stoke bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 36% are. Another 64% speak only French and 0% only English, and French is the first language of 97%.
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).