Photo: Reg Natarajan from Vancouver, Canada · CC BY 2.0A lower share of households in single-detached houses than 89% of Canadian towns, at 21%
Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%; Langley has 15%. At 36%, the share of one-person households is higher than in nearly four fifths of Canadian towns. Some 35,444 people live locally, by the estimate for July 2025. The share of Indigenous residents stands at 5.7%.
What stands out about the people of Langley
Growing faster than most
Langley went from 25,888 people in 2016 to 28,963 in 2021, +12%: faster growth than in 87% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Since 2016, Langley has grown +12%, faster than 87% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns, the typical town changed +4%; across British Columbia’s towns, +6%. The July 2025 estimate adds another 22%.
Only 9.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Langley
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Half of Langley’s residents are under 41.2, younger than in 55% of Canadian towns. On average, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. Across Langley, a fifth of residents are 65 or over. The largest age band is 30–34: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Langley, 41.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women.
Langley households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 74% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Nearly one in ten households are one-parent families; across Canada’s towns the figure is 8.2%.
A smaller share of married residents 15 and over than 62% of Canadian towns: 43%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
27% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). On the census count, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law.
Renter households: 37%, a higher share than 71% of Canadian towns
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
The share of households in buildings of five or more storeys tops 63% of Canadian towns: 1.7%. For comparison, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Median household income: $77,000 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Langley: half had less than $77,000, 10% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across British Columbia’s towns have a median of $87,000. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 27% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
9.7% of residents are not Canadian citizens, more than in 67% of Canadian towns
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
Most immigrants were born in Asia (52%) or in Europe (26%). 23% of residents are immigrants, a higher share than in 61% of Canadian towns. The benchmark for residents without Canadian citizenship across Canada’s towns: 5.8%. Recent arrivals are 36% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns.
More residents with no religion than 86% of Canadian towns: 49%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Sikh (3.7%) and Muslim (2.9%). Across the comparison, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. A quarter of residents belong to a visible minority, a higher share than in 61% of Canadian towns.
77% have English as their mother tongue; 4.5% also speak French
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
Against a figure of 7.5% across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents in Langley comes in at 4.5%. 11% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 1.6% speak neither official language. At 1%, the share of residents whose mother tongue is French is lower than in 71% of Canadian towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 21% in Langley, less than in 63% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 11% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. Across Canada’s towns, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.
An employment rate of 61%
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, below this 61%.
In its size band (33,229 to 37,891), the 19th oldest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Median ages here range from 35.1 in Sainte-Marie to 53.2 in Sorel-Tracy. The closest ages to Langley’s belong to Central Erin Mills (41.2), Sainte-Rose (41.2), Moose Jaw (41.6) and Hastings-Sunrise (41.7).
Median age: 1 of the 6 towns around Langley are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langley | 35,444 | — | 41.2 | 20% | 23% |
| Sunrise Estates | 4,292 | 2.7 km | 41.2 | 19% | 35% |
| Langley | 163,885 | 3.1 km | 40.8 | 17% | 23% |
| Rosewood Park | 9,004 | 3.3 km | 42.1 | 19% | 27% |
| Aloha Estates | 13,194 | 3.5 km | 34.5 | 7.2% | 31% |
| Clayton Heights | 8,961 | 4.6 km | 35 | 6.9% | 31% |
| Cloverdale | 13,615 | 4.9 km | 39.6 | 15% | 30% |
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. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
- 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.
Questions about Langley’s residents
Is Langley good for families?
Children under 15 are 15% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 44% of households and one-parent families 9.2%. Schools near Langley are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Langley?
Median total household income in Langley was $77,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Langley?
The latest figure is an estimate: 35,444 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Langley counted 28,963, 12% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Langley?
Half the residents are older than 41.2 and half younger, younger than 55% of Canadian towns; 15% are children under 15 and 20% are 65 or over.
Is Langley bilingual?
4.5% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0.1% speak French only and 94% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1%.
How diverse is Langley?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 23%. A visible minority makes up 25% and Indigenous residents 5.7%.
What religion are people in Langley?
Most often Christian (41%) or no religion (49%); other religions make up 10%.
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).