Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.0Older than 83% of Canadian towns: half of Yamaska is over 49.2
With residents who moved in within the year at 7.1%, Yamaska is behind 90% of Canadian towns on that count. The town has more households in single-detached houses than 73% of Canadian towns, at 80%. There are 3% more residents than in 2016. The census found that a quarter of residents said they have no religion in the town.
What stands out about the people of Yamaska
Many older residents
27% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 86% of Canadian towns; 4.9% are 80 or over, and 33% of households are one person living alone. Ages ↓
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 28% of adults, more than in 91% of Canadian towns, while 32% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Above 76% of Canadian towns: 24% of residents speak English and French
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. 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 is 1.2%, against 66% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents is 7.5%.
Yamaska’s population moved +3% on 2016, less than in 58% of Canadian towns
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Quebec’s towns the median is +4%, and across Canada’s towns +4%. The July 2025 estimate adds another 5%.
In Yamaska, 27% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 86% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.2% in Yamaska and 11% across Canada’s towns. To put it in context, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women.
33% of households are one person living alone, a share 73% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
With one-parent families at 6.9%, Yamaska is behind 71% of Canadian towns on that count. Each household has 2.2 people on average. The benchmark for one-person households across Canada’s towns: 27%.
Yamaska: 28% of residents 15 and over live common-law, above 91% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
27% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. Set beside that, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Single-detached houses: 80% of homes
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
12% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Renter households account for 25%.
Half above, half below $61,200 a year in household income
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
The middle household in Yamaska had $61,200 before tax, 29% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The provincial yardstick is $74,000, the median across Quebec’s towns. In 2020, 26% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
1.5% 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 without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Add to that, across Canada’s towns, the share of immigrants is 17%; Yamaska has 1.5%.
75% said they are Christian and 25% that they have no religion
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
In Yamaska, 0.6% of residents have an Indigenous identity, beside 2.8% across Canada’s towns. Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 98% of Canadian towns.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 98% of Canadian towns: 8%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 23%, beside a typical 9.5%. The usual figure: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
57% of adults were employed in May 2021
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment here, 57%, matches the middle of Canada’s towns (58%) within a couple of points.
Around Yamaska, 5 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yamaska | 1,815 | — | 49.2 | 27% | 1.5% |
| Saint-Robert | 1,846 | 4.7 km | 47.2 | 21% | 0.6% |
| Saint-François-du-Lac | 1,927 | 9.8 km | 53.2 | 28% | 0.5% |
| Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel | 2,770 | 11.3 km | 54 | 30% | 2% |
| Pierreville | 2,154 | 11.4 km | 51.6 | 28% | 0.7% |
| Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel | 2,599 | 14.3 km | 50 | 23% | 1.6% |
| Sorel-Tracy | 36,537 | 15.5 km | 53.2 | 31% | 2.6% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
Questions about Yamaska’s residents
What religion are people in Yamaska?
25% said they have no religion and 75% that they are Christian; 0% named another faith.
Is Yamaska good for families?
15% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 53% of households and one-parent families 6.9%. Schools near Yamaska are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Yamaska?
Half of Yamaska’s households had more than $61,200 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Yamaska?
About 1,815, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,736 people in Yamaska, 3% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Yamaska?
The median age is 49.2. 15% are under 15 and 27% 65 or older.
Is Yamaska bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 24% are. Another 76% speak only French and 0% only English, and French is the first language of 97%.
How diverse is Yamaska?
Immigrants: 1.5% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 0.6%. Indigenous identity: 0.6%.
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).