Photo: Silver Dovelet · CC BY-SA 4.0Above 78% of Canadian towns: 45% of residents said they have no religion
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (23%), Lakeview is above 70% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census put the neighbourhood’s population at 12,799, in 5,025 households. The census found that 4.8% of households live in a building of five or more storeys locally. Compared with other places, residents who moved in within the year are common here: 12%, more than in 61% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Lakeview
Many graduates
57% of residents aged 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 92% of Canadian towns; 14% have a master’s. Qualifications ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Half of Lakeview is over 45.4, older than 70% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
No age band is larger than 60–64: 7.5% of residents. Lakeview has more children under 15 than nearly two thirds of Canadian towns, at 17%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Lakeview, 45.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women.
25% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 58% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
A household here holds 2.5 people on average. One-parent families make up 8.4%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
Below 74% of Canadian towns: 7.8% of residents 15 and over live common-law
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
In Lakeview, 53% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 46% across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
A higher share of households in single-detached houses than 58% of Canadian towns, at 70%
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
17% of homes were built before 1961 and 5.8% in 2001 or later. Typically, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Against a figure of 25% across Canada’s towns, the share of renter households in Lakeview comes in at 24%.
Before tax, the median household income is $124,600 a year
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
Household incomes run high in Lakeview: half had more than $124,600, 45% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Alberta’s towns have a median of $92,200. COVID-19 benefits went to 24% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
16% of residents are immigrants
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 30%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (43%) and in Asia (28%). Recent arrivals are 29% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns.
3% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 52% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Jewish (2.6%). As a yardstick, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority; in Lakeview, 13%.
A higher share of bilingual residents than 63% of Canadian towns, at 11%
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
The share of residents whose mother tongue is French stands at 1.6%. For comparison, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
57% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 92% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 3.3% (typical 9.5%). The wider picture: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
57% of residents 15 and over were in work
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
57% of residents 15 and over have a job, in line with the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Of 41 towns its size (12,522 to 13,090 people), the 10th oldest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
They run from Thompson, at 31, to North Saanich, at 56.8. Winchester (44.8), Gander (45.2), Rothesay (45.6) and Dakota Crossing (45.8): the towns nearest Lakeview in median age.
Lakeview is younger than 1 of its 6 nearest neighbours
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeview | 12,799 | — | 45.4 | 23% | 16% |
| Currie Barracks | 7,342 | 2.0 km | 40.4 | 20% | 21% |
| Garrison Woods | 3,138 | 2.3 km | 44 | 20% | 16% |
| Altadore | 7,675 | 2.4 km | 37 | 8.5% | 15% |
| Windsor Park | 7,863 | 2.6 km | 40.5 | 17% | 28% |
| Kingsland | 4,700 | 2.8 km | 37.5 | 12% | 35% |
| Oakridge | 5,623 | 3.4 km | 46.2 | 25% | 20% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- The census’s own words. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Alberta’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.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Statistics Canada publishes the census for municipalities, not neighbourhoods, so these figures add up the dissemination areas inside the neighbourhood. Counts are sums of StatCan’s rounded counts; the median age and income are worked out from the published age and income groups; and 2016 areas don’t add up to these, so there is no 2016 count.
Questions about Lakeview’s residents
Is Lakeview bilingual?
English and French: 11% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 88%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 1.6%.
How diverse is Lakeview?
Immigrants: 16% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 13%. Indigenous identity: 3%.
What religion are people in Lakeview?
45% said they have no religion and 49% that they are Christian; 6% named another faith.
Is Lakeview good for families?
17% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 59% of households and one-parent families 8.4%. Schools near Lakeview are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Lakeview?
Half of Lakeview’s households had more than $124,600 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Lakeview?
12,799, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Lakeview alone.
What is the average age in Lakeview?
The median age is 45.4, older than 70% of Canadian towns. 17% are under 15 and 23% 65 or older.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population. 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).