Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 3.0Yamachiche sits below 87% of Canadian towns for residents with no religion (20%)
Recent arrivals are 40% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. Across Yamachiche, 1.8% of residents are immigrants. Half of the town’s residents are over 44.8, older than in nearly two thirds of Canadian towns. Its population is much the same as in 2016.
What stands out about the people of Yamachiche
Common-law couples
32% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 96% of Canadian towns; 30% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
22% of residents speak English and French, a share 76% of Canadian towns don’t reach
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. 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
At home: French 99%, English 0.4%. Across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents is 7.5%. 0.7% of residents have English as their mother tongue, fewer than in 98% of Canadian towns.
Since 2016, Yamachiche has changed by −1%, slower than 82% 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
By July 2025, Statistics Canada’s estimate had barely moved. Across Canada’s towns, the typical town changed +4%; across Quebec’s towns, +4%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 69% of Canadian towns: 22%
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (9.1%), Yamachiche is below 79% of Canadian towns. On average, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. No age band is larger than 60–64: nearly one in ten residents.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Yamachiche, 44.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women.
Households here average 2.3 people, below 64% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Compared with 8.2% across Canada’s towns, 7% of households are one-parent families here. 30% of households are one person living alone.
More common-law partners than 96% of Canadian towns: 32%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 26% of adults, against a typical 27%. Across the comparison, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Yamachiche: 73% of households live in a single-detached house, above 63% 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 are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Against that, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 30% of households rent their home.
A median household income of $68,000 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Yamachiche’s households had a total income below $68,000, 21% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Quebec’s towns the median is $74,000. 31% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
Yamachiche sits below 76% of Canadian towns for residents who moved in within the year (8.7%)
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
With residents without Canadian citizenship at 0.5%, Yamachiche is behind 96% of Canadian towns on that count. The benchmark for residents who moved in within the year across Canada’s towns: 11%.
79% said they are Christian and 20% that they have no religion
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The figure for Indigenous residents is 1.3% in Yamachiche and 2.8% across Canada’s towns. Across Yamachiche, 2.3% of residents belong to a visible minority.
Yamachiche sits below 93% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (11%)
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
26% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%). Measured more widely, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 58% of residents aged 15 and over
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.
About as many work here as in the typical town: 58%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Oldest by rank: 21st of 41 towns of 2,761 to 2,842 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Median ages climb from 28.8 (Kuujjuaq) to 58.8 (Saint-Michel-des-Saints) across the group. The closest ages to Yamachiche’s belong to Woodcroft (43.9), Kildare (44.7), Vars (45.5) and Lacolle (45.6).
Yamachiche sits below 5 of its 6 closest neighbours on median age
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yamachiche | 2,801 | — | 44.8 | 22% | 1.8% |
| Louiseville | 7,570 | 8.9 km | 57.6 | 36% | 1.3% |
| Saint-Barnabé | 1,234 | 10.4 km | 48 | 22% | 1.3% |
| Maskinongé | 2,457 | 15.3 km | 51.2 | 26% | 1.7% |
| Saint-Étienne-des-Grès | 4,675 | 16.7 km | 42 | 19% | 1.1% |
| Sainte-Ursule | 1,363 | 17.7 km | 55.6 | 27% | 0% |
| Charette | 1,178 | 18.7 km | 46 | 24% | 2.3% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
- 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.
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
Questions about Yamachiche’s residents
What religion are people in Yamachiche?
Most often Christian (79%) or no religion (20%); other religions make up 0.9%.
Is Yamachiche good for families?
Children under 15 are 17% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 55% of households and one-parent families 7%. Schools near Yamachiche are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Yamachiche?
Median total household income in Yamachiche was $68,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Yamachiche?
The latest figure is an estimate: 2,801 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Yamachiche counted 2,813, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Yamachiche?
Half the residents are older than 44.8 and half younger, older than 66% of Canadian towns; 17% are children under 15 and 22% are 65 or over.
Is Yamachiche bilingual?
English and French: 22% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 0%. French only: 78%. French mother tongue: 97%.
How diverse is Yamachiche?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 1.8%. A visible minority makes up 2.3% and Indigenous residents 1.3%.
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).