Photo: Richard Mc Neil · CC BY 3.0Children under 15: 20%, a higher share than 83% of Canadian towns
Residents with no religion: 26%, below 75% of Canadian towns. Fewer residents aged 65 and over than in 69% of Canadian towns: 16%. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 126,872 residents; the 2021 Census found 45,250 households. In Terrebonne, one in ten households are one-parent families.
What stands out about the people of Terrebonne
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 27% of adults, more than in 90% of Canadian towns, while 34% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Terrebonne sits above 88% of Canadian towns for bilingual residents (45%)
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. 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
With residents whose mother tongue is English at 2.6%, Terrebonne is behind 91% of Canadian towns on that count. By way of comparison, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Terrebonne’s population changed by +8% since 2016, more than in 70% 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
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 6%. Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Quebec’s towns, +4%.
Terrebonne is younger than 58% of Canadian towns: a median age of 40.8
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
40–44 is the most common age band: 7.8% of residents. Terrebonne has more residents aged 15 to 24 than 62% of Canadian towns, at 12%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Terrebonne, 40.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Terrebonne households average 2.6 people, larger than in 67% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-person households: 23%, below 64% of Canadian towns.
In Terrebonne, 27% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 90% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
34% of residents 15 and over are married, against 46% across Canada’s towns. The benchmark for common-law partners across Canada’s towns: 11%.
2.6% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, more than in 67% 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
38% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 5% built before 1961. Here 24% of households rent their home, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 25%.
The middle household earns $95,000 a year
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
Household incomes run high in Terrebonne: half had more than $95,000, 10% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Quebec’s towns have a median of $74,000. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 32% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
10% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 59% of Canadian towns
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
Most immigrants were born in the Americas (46%) or in Africa (30%). Few places have so few residents without Canadian citizenship: 2.6% here, fewer than in 69% of Canadian towns. The wider picture: just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Here 13% of residents are immigrants, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 17%.
18% of residents belong to a visible minority, a share 53% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (4.3%). To put it in context, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Lower than in three quarters of Canadian towns: 1.3% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
Only 21% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher in Terrebonne
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 12%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. Typically, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
66% of residents 15 and over were in work
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.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 66%.
In its size band (92,544 to 174,469), the 17th youngest of 41 towns
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Median ages here range from 35.6 in Airdrie to 50.4 in Cape Breton. In age, Terrebonne keeps company with Moncton (40.8), Langley (40.8), Kingston (41.2) and Maple Ridge (41.2).
4 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Terrebonne
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrebonne | 126,872 | — | 40.8 | 16% | 13% |
| Mascouche | 56,897 | 4.3 km | 40.4 | 16% | 7.6% |
| Saint-François | 15,338 | 7.9 km | 42.9 | 17% | 24% |
| Bois-des-Filion | 10,666 | 9.0 km | 41.2 | 15% | 14% |
| Lorraine | 9,721 | 10.4 km | 42.4 | 17% | 12% |
| Marc-Aurèle-Fortin | 36,220 | 10.8 km | 46 | 23% | 38% |
| Rivière-des-Prairies | 21,852 | 10.9 km | 40.1 | 13% | 31% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
- 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. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
Questions about Terrebonne’s residents
Is Terrebonne good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 20%. 58% of households are couple families and 10% one-parent families. Schools near Terrebonne are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Terrebonne?
$95,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Terrebonne (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Terrebonne?
Statistics Canada estimates 126,872 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 119,944 in Terrebonne, 8% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Terrebonne?
40.8 is the median age, younger than 58% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 20%. 65 and over: 16%.
Is Terrebonne bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 45% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 0.7% speak only English and 54% only French; 84% grew up with French.
How diverse is Terrebonne?
Immigrants make up 13% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 18% are members of a visible minority, and 1.3% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Terrebonne?
Christian: 69%. No religion: 26%. Another religion: 5.1%.
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).