Photo: ChrisStubbs · CC BY-SA 3.0A higher share of households in buildings of five or more storeys than 95% of Canadian towns, at 46%
Set against 5.8% across Canada’s towns, a fifth of residents are not Canadian citizens in Lougheed. Census day 2021: 15,442 residents and 7,010 households in the neighbourhood. In Lougheed, 52% of residents said they have no religion. Compared with other places, one-person households are common here: 33%, more than in 72% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Lougheed
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 46% of residents; the medians are 16% across British Columbia’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (68%) and in Europe (16%), and 28% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A neighbourhood of high-rises
Buildings of five storeys or more hold 46% of households, more than in 95% of Canadian towns, and 61% of homes are condos. Homes ↓
A mix of backgrounds
57% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 89% of Canadian towns; 46% are immigrants. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Only 13% of residents are under 15 in Lougheed
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
No age band is larger than 25–29: nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. To put it in context, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 64% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Lougheed, 40.7. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Smaller households than 74% of Canadian towns: 2.2 people on average
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Shared houses stand out: 6.9% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 86% of Canadian towns. For Lougheed, the census puts one-parent families at 9.4%.
A lower share of common-law partners than 65% of Canadian towns, at 9%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Nearly a third of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. Across Canada’s towns, just over one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law.
Lougheed ranks below 95% of Canadian towns on households in single-detached houses: 4.3%
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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
Renter households: 43% here and 25% across Canada’s towns. The wider picture: 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Nearly a fifth of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 4.1% built before 1961.
Household income at the median: $77,400 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
At $77,400, the middle household in Lougheed earned 10% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $87,000 is the median household income across British Columbia’s towns. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 29% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
Immigrants: 46%, a higher share than 89% of Canadian towns
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 55%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Residents who moved in within the year: 15%, above four fifths of Canadian towns. Immigrants make up 17% across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (68%) and in Europe (16%).
More visible minority residents than 89% of Canadian towns: 57%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (7.2%) and Buddhist (2.1%). As a reference point, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Indigenous residents: 2.8%, near enough the figure across Canada’s towns.
Beyond English and French: 53% grew up with another language
Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home, 31% mostly speak another language; 5.2% speak neither English nor French. 0.8% of residents have French as their mother tongue, fewer than in 81% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents is 7.5%; Lougheed has 5.9%.
Above 77% of Canadian towns: 44% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 5.5% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. Elsewhere, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 60% of residents aged 15 and over
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment here, 60%, matches the middle of Canada’s towns (58%) within a couple of points.
Of 41 towns its size (15,103 to 15,775 people), the 13th youngest
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
They run from Laurel, at 31.2, to Parksville, at 62. Closest in median age to Lougheed are Thorncliffe (40.5), Downtown (40.6), Lairet (40.8) and Limoges (40.8).
Around Lougheed, 4 of 6 towns have a higher median age
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lougheed | 15,442 | — | 40.7 | 16% | 46% |
| Lake City | 3,240 | 2.8 km | 44.7 | 23% | 43% |
| Burnaby Mountain | 9,248 | 3.0 km | 34 | 10% | 36% |
| East Burnaby | 17,233 | 3.2 km | 43 | 20% | 50% |
| Bainbridge | 3,015 | 3.9 km | 43.3 | 21% | 41% |
| Montecito | 10,734 | 4.4 km | 44.4 | 21% | 45% |
| New Westminster | 92,124 | 5.1 km | 40.4 | 16% | 38% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
- Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across British Columbia’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 Lougheed’s residents
Is Lougheed bilingual?
5.9% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 89% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.8%.
How diverse is Lougheed?
46% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 57% belong to a visible minority and 2.8% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Lougheed?
35% are Christian and 52% have no religion; 13% follow another religion.
Is Lougheed good for families?
Under 15: 13% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 46% of households. One-parent families: 9.4%. Schools near Lougheed are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Lougheed?
The median household in Lougheed took in $77,400 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Lougheed?
The 2021 Census counted 15,442 people in Lougheed.
What is the average age in Lougheed?
A median age of 40.7, younger than 59% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 13%, and people 65 and over 16%.
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).