Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0Upton ranks below 79% of Canadian towns on residents with no religion: 24%
Here 80% of households live in a single-detached house, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 64%. About 2,149 people lived in Upton in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates. For Upton, the census puts immigrants at 2.7%. Fewer residents without Canadian citizenship than in just over four fifths of Canadian towns: 1.5%.
What stands out about the people of Upton
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 29% of adults, more than in 93% of Canadian towns, while 32% are married. Couples ↓
Fewer people than before
Upton went from 2,092 people in 2016 to 2,046 in 2021, −2%: slower growth than in 89% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Bilingual residents make up 22% in Upton, more than in 75% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. 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
The share of residents whose mother tongue is English trails 99% of Canadian towns: 0.5%. Measured more widely, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Slower growth than 89% of Canadian towns: Upton changed by −2% since 2016
The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across Quebec’s towns +4%. The July 2025 estimate adds another 5%.
Upton ranks above 69% of Canadian towns on children under 15: 18%
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Half of Upton’s residents are over 43.6, older than in nearly three fifths of Canadian towns. Set beside that, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. Across Upton, 19% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
Upton households average 2.3 people, smaller than in 64% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns, against 29% in Upton. One-parent families: 8% of the total.
A larger share of common-law partners than 93% of Canadian towns: 29%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Where 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns, Upton has 32%. For common-law partners, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%.
Below 57% of Canadian towns: 22% of households rent their home
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 nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Older homes outnumber new: 32% predate 1961, 22% date from 2001 or later.
Half above, half below $70,500 a year in household income
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
At $70,500, the middle household in Upton earned 18% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Quebec’s towns, half of households had more than $74,000 before tax. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 27% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
2.7% of residents are immigrants
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
Residents who moved in within the year: just over a tenth of the total.
76% said they are Christian and 24% that they have no religion
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 2.8% across Canada’s towns, the share of Indigenous residents in Upton comes in at 1.5%. On top of that, 1.2% of residents belong to a visible minority, fewer than in 93% of Canadian towns.
A smaller share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 98% of Canadian towns: 8.6%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 23% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Against that, 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.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, below this 66%.
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Upton
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upton | 2,149 | — | 43.6 | 19% | 2.7% |
| Saint-Liboire | 3,123 | 5.9 km | 38.4 | 13% | 2% |
| Acton Vale | 7,945 | 8.9 km | 49.6 | 27% | 1.5% |
| Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot | 1,887 | 9.9 km | 39.2 | 17% | 0.9% |
| Saint-Valérien-de-Milton | 1,794 | 10.7 km | 41.6 | 16% | 2.6% |
| Saint-Théodore-d'Acton | 1,650 | 11.3 km | 40.4 | 18% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Simon | 1,474 | 13.9 km | 38.8 | 15% | 1.4% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- The census’s own words. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
- 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 Upton’s residents
What is the median income in Upton?
The median household in Upton took in $70,500 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Upton?
Upton had about 2,149 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 2,046, 2% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Upton?
A median age of 43.6. Children under 15 make up 18%, and people 65 and over 19%.
Is Upton bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 22% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 0% speak only English and 78% only French; 97% grew up with French.
How diverse is Upton?
2.7% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 1.2% belong to a visible minority and 1.5% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Upton?
76% are Christian and 24% have no religion; 0.5% follow another religion.
Is Upton good for families?
Under 15: 18% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 55% of households. One-parent families: 8%. Schools near Upton 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).