A higher share of one-parent families than 94% of Canadian towns, at 13%
In Lauderdale, nearly one in ten residents have an Indigenous identity, beside 2.8% across Canada’s towns. Nearly half of households rent their home, more than in 84% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census counted 2,954 residents in 1,160 households. Here, 18% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Younger than 80% of Canadian towns: half of Lauderdale is under 37.4
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Where 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns, Lauderdale has 20%. For Lauderdale, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 13%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Lauderdale, 37.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
One-person households make up 32% in Lauderdale, more than in 69% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The typical household size is 2.5 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, one-person households come to 27%. Shared houses stand out: 7.8% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 91% of Canadian towns.
Lauderdale sits below 79% of Canadian towns for married residents 15 and over (34%)
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: nearly two in five adults (typical: 27%). For comparison, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Census figures put common-law partners at 10% in Lauderdale.
A lower share of households in single-detached houses than 71% of Canadian towns, at 47%
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
10% 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. As a yardstick, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Older homes outnumber new: 40% predate 1961, 3.9% date from 2001 or later.
A median household income of $77,800 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Lauderdale’s median household took in $77,800 before tax, 10% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across Alberta’s towns is $92,200. 38% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
More residents without Canadian citizenship than 84% of Canadian towns: 16%
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 40%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
31% of residents are immigrants; across Canada’s towns the figure is 17%. Elsewhere, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Asia (54%) or in Africa (21%).
Lauderdale: 37% of residents belong to a visible minority, above 75% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (22%). Typically, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Here 36% of residents said they have no religion, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 35%.
English is the mother tongue of 67%, and 4.8% speak French as well
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
16% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 2.9% speak neither official language. On bilingual residents, Lauderdale sits lower than 77% of Canadian towns: 4.8%. Residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.5%, near enough the figure across Canada’s towns.
A lower share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 84% of Canadian towns, at 15%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 17%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. Typically, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 53% of adults
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.
53% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 13% are 65 or more.
7th lowest median age among 41 towns of 2,909 to 3,001
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Median ages climb from 32.3 (Carrington) to 60.4 (Algonquin Highlands) across the group. Nearest to Lauderdale in age: Scott (36.4), Carpenter (36.8), Suder Greens (37.6) and Holliston (37.7).
Lauderdale sits below 4 of its 6 closest neighbours on median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Alberta’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. There is no census profile for a neighbourhood, so we add up the dissemination areas inside it. Each count is a sum of Statistics Canada’s rounded counts, the median age and income come from the published groups, and with 2016’s areas drawn differently there is no 2016 count.
Questions about Lauderdale’s residents
What religion are people in Lauderdale?
Christian: 36%. No religion: 36%. Another religion: 28%.
Is Lauderdale good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 20%. 37% of households are couple families and 13% one-parent families. Schools near Lauderdale are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Lauderdale?
$77,800 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Lauderdale (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Lauderdale?
2,954, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Lauderdale alone.
What is the average age in Lauderdale?
37.4 is the median age, younger than 80% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 20%. 65 and over: 13%.
Is Lauderdale bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 4.8% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 92% speak only English and 0% only French; 1.5% grew up with French.
How diverse is Lauderdale?
Immigrants make up 31% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 37% are members of a visible minority, and 8.7% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
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).