Photo: outofthought · CC BY-SA 3.0Lake Country: 58% of residents said they have no religion, above 95% of Canadian towns
Half of Lake Country’s residents are over 44, older than in 62% of Canadian towns. With about 17,637 residents in July 2025, Lake Country counted 6,205 households at the 2021 Census. For Lake Country, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 16%. Of the immigrants living here, 19% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%.
What stands out about the people of Lake Country
Growing faster than most
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, Lake Country went from 12,922 to 15,817 residents (+22%), faster growth than in 97% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
From 2016 to 2021, Lake Country outgrew 97% of Canadian towns: +22%
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 12%. Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across British Columbia’s towns, by more than +6%.
In Lake Country, 9.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 72% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. The census found that 19% of residents are 65 or over in Lake Country.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Lake Country, 44. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
A smaller share of one-person households than 71% of Canadian towns: 22%
Private households by type and size.
Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families make up 6.8% of households and couple families 59%, against 8.2% and 53% across Canada’s towns. The comparison figure for one-person households is 27% across Canada’s towns. Households average 2.5 people.
Lake Country: 54% of residents 15 and over are married, above 75% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Common-law partners: 12% here and 11% across Canada’s towns. Measured more widely, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Below 59% of Canadian towns: 22% of households rent their home
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
Newer homes outnumber old: 46% date from 2001 or later, 6.5% from before 1961. By way of comparison, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of households in single-detached houses is 64%; Lake Country has 66%.
Half above, half below $98,000 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
Half of Lake Country’s households had a total income above $98,000, 14% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across British Columbia’s towns is $87,000. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 26% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
12% 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
Compared with 17% across Canada’s towns, just over one in ten residents are immigrants here. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (53%) and in Asia (23%).
Lake Country ranks above 76% of Canadian towns on Indigenous residents: 6.2%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents: 6.3% here and 15% across Canada’s towns. Set beside that, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 89%, and 6.8% 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
Census figures put residents whose mother tongue is French at 1.3% in Lake Country.
In Lake Country, 25% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 55% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 7.4%, beside a typical 9.5%. As a reference point, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 61% of residents 15 and over had a job
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 61%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
41 towns of 17,139 to 18,105 people: this is the 9th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
They run from Schmidtville, at 29, to Greater Napanee, at 50.4. Next to Lake Country on this scale come East Burnaby (43), Sainte-Catherine (43.6), Sooke (44.8) and Saint-Michel (45.6).
The towns around Lake Country are all older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Country | 17,637 | — | 44 | 19% | 12% |
| Duck Lake 7 | 2,091 | 4.3 km | 60 | 37% | 12% |
| Central Okanagan West | 3,298 | 11.4 km | 54.8 | 25% | 13% |
| Central Okanagan | 4,784 | 13.9 km | 51.6 | 25% | 12% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for British Columbia’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
- 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.
Questions about Lake Country’s residents
Is Lake Country good for families?
16% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 59% of households and one-parent families 6.8%. Schools near Lake Country are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Lake Country?
Half of Lake Country’s households had more than $98,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Lake Country?
About 17,637, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 15,817 people in Lake Country, 22% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Lake Country?
The median age is 44, older than 62% of Canadian towns. 16% are under 15 and 19% 65 or older.
Is Lake Country bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 6.8% are. Another 0% speak only French and 93% only English, and French is the first language of 1.3%.
How diverse is Lake Country?
Immigrants: 12% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 6.3%. Indigenous identity: 6.2%.
What religion are people in Lake Country?
58% said they have no religion and 39% that they are Christian; 3.1% named another faith.
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).