Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0More one-person households than 90% of Canadian towns: 41%
With a median age of 47.2, Trois-Rivières is older than 77% of Canadian towns. Statistics Canada puts the town’s population at 149,934 for July 2025. Renter households account for 46%. Recent arrivals are 48% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns.
What stands out about the people of Trois-Rivières
Many people living alone
41% of households are one person living alone, more than in 90% of Canadian towns; 26% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
Common-law couples
26% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 90% of Canadian towns; 27% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
33% of residents speak English and French, more than in 83% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Compared with 66% across Canada’s towns, 1.2% of residents have English as their mother tongue here. Across Canada’s towns, 7.5% of residents speak English and French.
Trois-Rivières changed by +4% from 2016 to 2021, behind 53% 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
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 8% higher again.
Trois-Rivières: 26% of residents are 65 or over, above 84% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
60–64 is the most common age band: 8.1% of residents. Few places have so few children under 15: 14% here, fewer than in 71% of Canadian towns. Set beside that, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Trois-Rivières, 47.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Trois-Rivières households average 2 people, smaller than in 90% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
In Trois-Rivières, nearly one in ten households are one-parent families.
More common-law partners than 90% of Canadian towns: 26%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
The figure for married residents 15 and over is 27% in Trois-Rivières and 46% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
42% of households live in a single-detached house, fewer than in 76% of Canadian towns
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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: 1.7%, above 63% of Canadian towns. Typically, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Just over a fifth of homes were built before 1961 and 21% in 2001 or later.
The middle household earns $60,400 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Trois-Rivières: half had less than $60,400, 30% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The provincial yardstick is $74,000, the median across Quebec’s towns. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 27% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
13% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 65% of Canadian towns
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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
4.5% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%). Locally, 3.5% of residents are not Canadian citizens. The usual figure: just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
27% of residents said they have no religion, below 74% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns, against 6% in Trois-Rivières. The usual figure: 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 1.9% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
25% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 54% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
11% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%). Across the comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 55% of adults
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, above this 55%; 26% of residents are 65 or over.
Of 41 towns its size (102,378 to 222,031 people), the 2nd oldest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Cape Breton is the oldest at 50.4, Milton the youngest at 36. By median age, Trois-Rivières sits among Saguenay (46), Chatham (46.4) and Cape Breton (50.4).
Of the 6 towns nearest Trois-Rivières, 2 are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trois-Rivières | 149,934 | — | 47.2 | 26% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Maurice | 3,804 | 11.6 km | 38 | 17% | 1.5% |
| Bécancour | 14,943 | 11.7 km | 44 | 22% | 1.6% |
| Nicolet | 8,737 | 13.7 km | 52.4 | 31% | 1.5% |
| Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel | 6,613 | 15.9 km | 42.4 | 19% | 1.4% |
| Champlain | 1,957 | 17.0 km | 54 | 28% | 1.1% |
| Saint-Étienne-des-Grès | 4,675 | 17.3 km | 42 | 19% | 1.1% |
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. 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. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
Questions about Trois-Rivières’s residents
What is the average age in Trois-Rivières?
A median age of 47.2, older than 77% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 14%, and people 65 and over 26%.
Is Trois-Rivières bilingual?
English and French: 33% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 0.3%. French only: 66%. French mother tongue: 94%.
How diverse is Trois-Rivières?
4.5% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 6% belong to a visible minority and 1.9% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Trois-Rivières?
71% are Christian and 27% have no religion; 2.2% follow another religion.
Is Trois-Rivières good for families?
Under 15: 14% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 45% of households. One-parent families: 8.4%. Schools near Trois-Rivières are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Trois-Rivières?
The median household in Trois-Rivières took in $60,400 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Trois-Rivières?
Trois-Rivières had about 149,934 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 139,163, 4% more than 2016.
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).