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Focus on Geography Series, 2011 Census

Census agglomeration of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec

Map of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu

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Population, 2011 and 2006 censuses

Chart A description: Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, CA - Population, 2011 and 2006 censuses

Prov. rank

Nat. rank

In 2011, the population of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu census agglomeration (CA) was 92,394, representing a percentage change of 5.6% from 2006. This compares to the national growth of 5.9% and to the average growth among all CAs of 4.2%.

In Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, the land area is 225.78 square kilometres with a population density of 409.2 persons per square kilometre. This compares to the national land area of 8,965,121.42 square kilometres with a population density of 3.7 persons per square kilometre. The land area of all CAs is 232,264.62 square kilometres with 18.56 persons per square kilometre.

In total, there were 39,283 private dwellings occupied by usual residents in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu in 2011. The change in private dwellings occupied by usual residents from 2006 was 7.0%. For Canada as a whole, the number of private dwellings occupied by usual residents increased 7.1%.

Population and dwelling counts

Census subdivisions in the Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu CA

Table 1 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu CA – Census subdivisions, population change, 2006 to 2011
Census subdivision (CSD) name	Type	Population
Census subdivision (CSD) name	Type	2011	2006	% change
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	V	92,394	87,492	5.6

Census metropolitan areas (CMAs) or census agglomerations (CAs) in Quebec

Table 2 Quebec – Metropolitan areas, population rank and population change, 2006 to 2011
CMA or CA name	Type	Population			Rank
CMA or CA name	Type	2011	2006	% change	Nat.	Prov.
Montréal †	CMA	3,824,221	3,635,556 A	5.2	2	1
Ottawa - Gatineau	CMA	1,236,324	1,133,633 A	9.1	4	···
Ottawa - Gatineau (partie du Québec / Quebec part)		314,501	286,831 A	9.6	···	3
Ottawa - Gatineau (Ontario part / partie de l'Ontario)		921,823	846,802	8.9	···	2
Québec †	CMA	765,706	719,153 A	6.5	7	2
Sherbrooke	CMA	201,890	191,410 A	5.5	19	4
Saguenay	CMA	157,790	156,305 A	1.0	26	5
Trois-Rivières	CMA	151,773	144,713 A	4.9	27	6
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	CA	92,394	87,492	5.6	41	7
Drummondville	CA	88,480	82,949 A	6.7	45	8
Granby	CA	77,077	71,176 A	8.3	48	9
Saint-Hyacinthe	CA	56,794	54,976 A	3.3	57	10
Shawinigan	CA	55,009	56,408 A	-2.5	60	11
Rimouski	CA	50,912	48,918 A	4.1	62	12
Sorel-Tracy	CA	47,772	46,595 A	2.5	64	13
Joliette	CA	46,932	43,306 A	8.4	65	14
Victoriaville	CA	46,354	43,195 A	7.3	66	15
Rouyn-Noranda	CA	41,798	40,650 A	2.8	72	16
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	CA	40,077	39,672	1.0	74	17
Saint-Georges	CA	34,642	32,902 A	5.3	80	18
Val-d'Or	CA	33,265	32,288	3.0	83	19
Alma	CA	33,018	31,864 A	3.6	84	20
Baie-Comeau	CA	28,789	29,674 A	-3.0	88	21
Sept-Îles	CA	28,487	27,827	2.4	89	22
Thetford Mines	CA	27,968	28,110 A	-0.5	91	23
Rivière-du-Loup	CA	27,734	26,423 A	5.0	93	24
Matane	CA	18,368	18,709 A	-1.8	111	25
Campbellton	CA	17,842	17,878 A	-0.2	113	···
Campbellton (New Brunswick part / partie du Nouveau-Brunswick)		14,520	14,816 A	-2.0	···	7
Campbellton (partie du Québec / Quebec part)		3,322	3,062	8.5	···	30
Amos	CA	17,090	17,176 A	-0.5	118	26
Dolbeau-Mistassini	CA	16,019	16,257 A	-1.5	122	27
Lachute	CA	12,551	11,832	6.1	137	28
Cowansville	CA	12,489	12,182 A	2.5	139	29
Hawkesbury	CA	12,128	12,267	-1.1	143	···
Hawkesbury (partie du Québec / Quebec part)		1,577	1,398	12.8	···	31
Hawkesbury (Ontario part / partie de l'Ontario)		10,551	10,869	-2.9	···	43

Age and sex

Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu – Age distribution

Chart C: Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu - Population by broad age groups

Chart C description: Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu - Population by broad age groups

Table 3 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu – Age distributions by broad age groups and sex, 2011 Census
Age groups	Both sexes	Males	Females
0 to 14	16.7%	17.3%	16.1%
15 to 64	68.4%	69.5%	67.5%
65 and over	14.9%	13.2%	16.5%

In 2011, the percentage of the population aged 65 and over in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu was 14.9%, compared with a national percentage of 14.8%. The percentage of the working age population (15 to 64) was 68.4% and the percentage of children aged 0 to 14 was 16.7%. In comparison, the national percentages were 68.5% for the population aged 15 to 64 and 16.7% for the population aged 0 to 14.

Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu – Population by broad age groups and sex

Table 4 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu – Population by broad age groups and sex, and population change between 2006 and 2011, 2006 to 2011 censuses
Broad age groups by sex	Population
Broad age groups by sex	2011	2006	change	% change
Both sexes
Total	92,395	87,490	4,905	5.6
0 to 14	15,420	15,330	90	0.6
15 to 64	63,240	60,235	3,005	5.0
65 and over	13,740	11,925	1,815	15.2
Males
Total	45,205	42,805	2,400	5.6
0 to 14	7,825	7,945	-120	-1.5
15 to 64	31,410	29,855	1,555	5.2
65 and over	5,970	5,000	970	19.4
Females
Total	47,190	44,685	2,505	5.6
0 to 14	7,595	7,385	210	2.8
15 to 64	31,830	30,375	1,455	4.8
65 and over	7,765	6,930	835	12.0

Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu – Population by five-year age groups and sex

Chart D description: Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu - Population by five-year age groups and sex

Table 5 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu – Population by five-year age groups and sex, 2011 Census
Age groups	Both sexes	Males	Females
Total - Age groups	92,395	45,205	47,190
0 to 4 years	5,580	2,835	2,745
5 to 9 years	4,730	2,415	2,315
10 to 14 years	5,105	2,575	2,530
15 to 19 years	6,165	3,215	2,955
20 to 24 years	5,710	2,890	2,820
25 to 29 years	5,505	2,755	2,750
30 to 34 years	6,305	3,145	3,160
35 to 39 years	5,795	2,880	2,915
40 to 44 years	6,090	3,005	3,085
45 to 49 years	7,260	3,610	3,655
50 to 54 years	7,600	3,735	3,870
55 to 59 years	6,730	3,285	3,445
60 to 64 years	6,080	2,905	3,175
65 to 69 years	4,600	2,240	2,365
70 to 74 years	3,255	1,510	1,750
75 to 79 years	2,450	1,085	1,360
80 to 84 years	1,835	690	1,145
85 to 89 years	1,060	320	740
90 to 94 years	425	110	315
95 to 99 years	95	15	80
100 years and over	20	5	15
Median age	41.1	39.8	42.3

Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu – Median age¹ of the population

Chart E: Canada, Quebec and Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu - Median age, 2006 and 2011 censuses

Chart E description: Canada, Quebec and Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu - Median age, 2006 and 2011 censuses

The median age in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu was 41.1 years. In comparison, the median age of Quebec was 41.9 years.

Table 6 Canada, Quebec and Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu – Median age, 2006 and 2011 censuses
	Median age
	2006	2011
Canada	39.5	40.6
Quebec	41.0	41.9
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	40.2	41.1

Families and households

In 2011, the number of census families² in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu was 26,230, which represents a change of 3.8% from 2006. This compares to a growth rate for Canada of 5.5% over the same period.

In Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, 45.6% of census families were married couples in 2011, while 37.3% were common-law-couples and 17.2% were lone-parent families.

Chart F: Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu - Census families by family structure

Chart F description: Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu - Census families by family structure

Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu – Family structure

Table 7 Canada, Quebec, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu – Distribution of census families by family structure, 2011 Census
Geographic name	Total families	Married-couple families		Common-law-couple families		Lone-parent families		% change, census families, 2006 to 2011
Geographic name	Total families	number	%	number	%	number	%	% change, census families, 2006 to 2011
Canada †	9,389,695	6,293,950	67.0	1,567,905	16.7	1,527,840	16.3	5.5
Quebec †	2,203,625	1,143,370	51.9	694,750	31.5	365,515	16.6	3.9
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	26,230	11,950	45.6	9,780	37.3	4,510	17.2	3.8

Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu – Presence of children within couple families

Married couples		Common-law-couples
with children	without children	with children	without children
4,555 (21.0%)	7,390 (34.0%)	5,400 (24.9%)	4,380 (20.2%)

Chart G description: Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu - Presence of children within couple families

Among couples (married and common-law) in the census agglomeration of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, 45.8% were couples with children aged 24 and under at home. In comparison, as a whole, 46.9% of couples in Canada had children aged 24 and under at home.

Among couples with children aged 24 and under at home in the census agglomeration of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, 79.0% were intact families, that is, in which all children were the biological or adopted children of both parents, while 21.1% were stepfamilies, in which there was at least one child was the biological or adopted child of only one married spouse or common-law partner. For Canada as a whole in 2011, 12.6% of couples with children aged 24 and under were stepfamilies.

Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu – Marital status

Chart H description: Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu - Marital status

In Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, 57.2% of the total population aged 15 and over were either married (31.7%) or living with a common-law partner (25.5%).

The remaining 42.8% were not married and not living with a common-law partner, including those who were single (never-married), separated, divorced or widowed.

Note: Percentages may not total 100 percent due to random rounding.

Table 8 Canada, Quebec, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu – Population 15 years and older by marital status, 2011 Census
Marital status	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu		Quebec		Canada
Marital status	number	%	number	%	number	%
Total - Population 15 years and over	76,970	100.0	6,644,380	100.0	27,869,345	100.0
Married or living with a common-law partner	44,025	57.2	3,745,315	56.4	16,084,490	57.7
Married (and not separated)	24,430	31.7	2,353,775	35.4	12,941,965	46.4
Living common-law	19,595	25.5	1,391,545	20.9	3,142,525	11.3
Not married and not living with a common-law partner	32,950	42.8	2,899,060	43.6	11,784,855	42.3
Single (never legally married)	21,675	28.2	1,942,090	29.2	7,816,045	28.0
Separated	1,040	1.4	105,190	1.6	698,245	2.5
Divorced	5,775	7.5	463,830	7.0	1,686,035	6.0
Widowed	4,455	5.8	387,950	5.8	1,584,525	5.7

Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu – Types of private households

There were 39,285 private households³ in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu in 2011, a change of 7.0% from 2006. Of these, 25.0% of households were comprised of couples with children aged 24 and under at home, a change of 1.2% compared with five years earlier.

Table 9 Canada, Quebec, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu – Distribution of households by household type, 2011 Census
Household type⁴	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu		Quebec		Canada
Household type⁴	number	%	number	%	number	%
Total - Private households	39,285	100.0	3,395,345	100.0	13,320,615	100.0
Couple-family households with children aged 24 and under at home⁵	9,805	25.0	811,120	23.9	3,524,915	26.5
Couple-family households without children aged 24 and under at home⁶	11,470	29.2	988,410	29.1	3,935,540	29.5
Lone-parent family households⁷	4,345	11.1	346,305	10.2	1,375,450	10.3
One-person households	12,070	30.7	1,094,410	32.2	3,673,310	27.6
Multiple-family households⁸	305	0.8	28,420	0.8	268,060	2.0
Other households⁹	1,290	3.3	126,680	3.7	543,340	4.1

Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu – Structural type of dwelling

In Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, 51.1% of private households lived in single-detached houses and 0.2% lived in apartments in buildings that have five or more storeys. The rest lived in other types of dwelling structures.

Table 10 Canada, Quebec, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu – Distribution of private households by structural type of dwelling, 2011 Census
Structural type of dwelling	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu		Quebec		Canada
Structural type of dwelling	number	%	number	%	number	%
Total - Structural type of dwelling	39,285	100.0	3,395,345	100.0	13,320,615	100.0
Single-detached house	20,085	51.1	1,560,405	46.0	7,329,150	55.0
Semi-detached house	1,315	3.3	171,435	5.0	646,240	4.9
Row house	930	2.4	86,040	2.5	791,600	5.9
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys	70	0.2	171,110	5.0	1,234,770	9.3
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys	13,940	35.5	1,103,845	32.5	2,397,555	18.0
Apartment, duplex	1,955	5.0	263,860	7.8	704,485	5.3
Other single-attached house¹⁰	315	0.8	15,650	0.5	33,310	0.3
Movable dwelling¹¹	680	1.7	23,000	0.7	183,510	1.4

Language

Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu – Mother tongue

Chart J description: Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu - Mother tongue and language spoken most often at home

Note: Counts for mother tongue as well as those for language spoken most often at home include single responses only.

In Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, 2.6% of the population reported English only as mother tongue, 94.5% reported French only, and 1.7% reported only a non-official language, in 2011. In comparison, the provincial / territorial percentages were 7.7% for English only, 78.1% for French only and 12.3% for only non-official languages.

In 2011, 2.3% of the population spoke only English most often at home, 96.1% spoke only French and 0.6% spoke only a non-official language. In comparison, the provincial / territorial percentages were 9.8% for English only, 80.0% for French only and 7.1% for only a non-official language.

Table 11 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu – Mother tongue and language spoken most often at home, 2011 Census
Selected languages	Mother tongue		Language spoken most often at home
Selected languages	number	%	number	%
Total	91,630	100.0	91,635	100.0
English	2,410	2.6	2,095	2.3
French	86,635	94.5	88,065	96.1
Non-official language	1,590	1.7	515	0.6
Multiple responses	990	1.1	955	1.0

Table 12 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu – Mother-tongue retention, 2011 Census
Mother tongue	Mother-tongue retention¹² (in percentage)
Mother tongue	Total retention; language spoken at home at least on a regular basis	Complete retention; language spoken most often at home	Partial retention; language spoken at home on a regular basis
Note: Counts for mother tongue and home language include single response of a language as well as multiple responses of a language with English and/or French.
English	77.7	55.8	21.9
French	99.8	99.4	0.5
Non-official language	66.7	38.8	27.9

Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu – Non-official languages

In Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, the three most common mother tongues were Spanish (0.5%), Portuguese (0.2%) and Italian (0.2%), in 2011. In comparison, the most common mother tongues at the provincial / territorial level were Arabic (2.1%), Spanish (1.8%) and Italian (1.6%).

Table 13 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu – The most common non-official-language mother tongues, 2011 Census
Mother tongue	Number	Percentage of non-official language mother-tongue population	Percentage of total population
Note: Counts for mother tongue and home language include single response of a language as well as multiple responses of a language with English and/or French.
Spanish	420	23.0	0.5
Portuguese	195	10.7	0.2
Italian	185	10.1	0.2
Arabic	170	9.3	0.2
German	150	8.2	0.2

Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu – Bilingualism

Table 14 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu – Rate of English-French bilingualism by mother tongue and age groups, 2011 Census
Age groups	Mother tongue
Age groups	Total	English	French	Non-official language
Note: Counts for mother tongue include single responses only. Consequently, the total excludes multiple responses.
Total	39.3	79.7	38.0	53.6
0 to 19	18.4	70.7	17.2	33.3
20 to 44	52.9	76.8	51.9	62.8
45 to 64	43.5	87.4	42.0	55.9
65 and over	34.6	81.0	33.1	40.8

Table 15 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu – Knowledge of official languages, 2011 Census
Knowledge of official languages	Number	Percentage
Total	91,630	100.0
English only	560	0.6
French only	54,540	59.5
English and French	36,470	39.8
Neither English nor French	65	0.1

Symbols:

···: not applicable
†: excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements. For further information, refer to Notes.
¶: incompletely enumerated Indian reserve or Indian settlement. For further information, refer to Notes.
A: adjusted figure due to boundary change. For further information, refer to Content considerations.
E: use with caution. For further information, refer to Cautionary note.

Footnotes

Footnote 1

Median age: Age 'x' that divides a population in two groups of the same population size, one group being older than age 'x' and the other group being younger than age 'x'.

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Footnote 2

Census family: Refers to a married couple (with or without children), a common-law couple (with or without children) or a lone parent family.

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Footnote 3

Household, private: Refers to a person or a group of persons (other than foreign residents) who occupy a private dwelling and do not have a usual place of residence elsewhere in Canada.

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Footnote 4

Household type: Refers to the basic division of private households into family and non-family households. Family household refers to a household that contains at least one census family, that is, a married couple with or without children, or a couple living in common-law with or without children or a lone parent living with one or more children.

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Footnote 5

Couple-family households with children: Refers to couple households with at least one child aged 24 and under.

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Footnote 6

Couple-family households without children: Refers to couple households without children aged 24 and under. Includes couple households with all children aged 25 and over.

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Footnote 7

Lone-parent-family households: Refers to all lone-parent family households regardless of age of children.

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Footnote 8

Multiple-family households: Refers to a household in which two or more census families (with or without additional persons) occupy the same private dwelling.

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Footnote 9

Other households: Refers to two or more people who share a private dwelling, but who do not constitute a census family.

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Footnote 10

Other single-attached house: A single dwelling that is attached to another building and that does not fall into any of the other categories, such as a single dwelling attached to a non-residential structure (e.g., a store or a church) or occasionally to another residential structure (e.g., an apartment building).

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Footnote 11

Movable dwelling includes mobile homes and other movable dwellings such as houseboats and railroad cars.

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Footnote 12

Mother-tongue retention: Retention refers to the situation where people speak their mother tongue at home. Retention is defined as 'complete' when the mother tongue is the language spoken most often and 'partial' when it is spoken on a regular basis but not most often. The (complete or partial) retention rate refers to the proportion of the population with a given mother tongue that speaks that language at home most often or on a regular basis. The retention rate provides an indication of a group's linguistic vitality, particularly the importance of transmitting languages between generations.

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Source:

Statistics Canada. 2012. Focus on Geography Series, 2011 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-310-XWE2011004. Ottawa, Ontario. Analytical products, 2011 Census. Last updated October 24, 2012.

Related data:

2011 Census Topic-based tabulations – Census agglomeration of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
2011 Census Highlight tables – Census agglomeration of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
2011 NHS Focus on Geography Series – Census agglomeration of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu

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