Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Residents with no religion: 62%, a higher share than 97% of Canadian towns
14% of residents are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 59,664 residents; the 2021 Census found 19,050 households. On the census count, 35% of households live in a single-detached house. With a median age of 38.4, Langford is younger than 74% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Langford
Growing faster than most
Langford went from 35,342 people in 2016 to 46,584 in 2021, +32%: faster growth than in 99% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
A town people move to
A year before the census, 21% of residents lived elsewhere, 2 times the typical share; over five years, 57% moved. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A +32% change since 2016: Langford grew faster than 99% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across British Columbia’s towns the median is +6%, and across Canada’s towns +4%. The July 2025 estimate adds another 28%.
Langford sits above 63% of Canadian towns for children under 15 (17%)
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 35–39: 8.9% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. The usual figure: 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Langford, 38.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women.
Smaller households than 53% of Canadian towns: 2.4 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.
One-parent families make up 9%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns. Locally, just over a quarter of households are one person living alone.
Common-law partners make up 14% in Langford, more than in 73% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 27% of adults (typical: 27%). Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%. 45% of residents 15 and over are married.
More households in buildings of five or more storeys than 76% of Canadian towns: 6.9%
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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
Across Canada’s towns, 25% of households rent their home; in Langford, 35%. 65% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 4% built before 1961.
$93,000 a year: where the middle household sits
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Langford’s households had a total income above $93,000, 8% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across British Columbia’s towns have a median of $87,000. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 26% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
In Langford, 21% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 95% of Canadian towns
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
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
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (44%) and in Europe (33%). Elsewhere, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Recent arrivals are just over a third of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns.
5.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 74% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
For Langford, the census puts visible minority residents at 17%. As a reference point, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
83% have English as their mother tongue; 7.5% also speak French
English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: English 91%, French 0.5%. 1.6% of residents have French as their mother tongue, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 28%, a higher share than 52% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 7.1% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
In work on census day: 68% of adults
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
More people work here than in the typical town: 68%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Youngest by rank: 8th of 41 towns of 48,118 to 72,180 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The span goes from 34 (Grande Prairie) up to 54.4 (Shawinigan). Next to Langford on this scale come Mirabel (37.2), Bradford (37.6), Fleetwood (39.5) and Alliston (39.6).
Every neighbour of Langford has an older population
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langford | 59,664 | — | 38.4 | 14% | 16% |
| Colwood | 22,794 | 3.2 km | 42.4 | 19% | 13% |
| View Royal | 12,795 | 5.3 km | 44.8 | 21% | 18% |
| New Songhees 1A | 2,052 | 6.7 km | 50 | 28% | 11% |
| Esquimalt | 19,512 | 8.0 km | 43.2 | 21% | 15% |
| Metchosin | 5,207 | 8.7 km | 50.8 | 26% | 14% |
| Highlands | 2,753 | 9.8 km | 45.6 | 18% | 12% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns. The middle of British Columbia’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
- What these tables don’t give. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
Questions about Langford’s residents
What religion are people in Langford?
62% said they have no religion and 31% that they are Christian; 6.8% named another faith.
Is Langford good for families?
17% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 50% of households and one-parent families 9%. Schools near Langford are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Langford?
Half of Langford’s households had more than $93,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Langford?
About 59,664, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 46,584 people in Langford, 32% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Langford?
The median age is 38.4, younger than 74% of Canadian towns. 17% are under 15 and 14% 65 or older.
Is Langford bilingual?
7.5% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0.1% speak French only and 92% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.6%.
How diverse is Langford?
Immigrants: 16% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 17%. Indigenous identity: 5.8%.
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).