Photo: This image is Image Number 937549 at Mushroom Observer , a source for mycological images. · CC BY-SA 3.0Lantzville is older than 87% of Canadian towns: a median age of 50.8
Compared with 64% across Canada’s towns, 94% of households live in a single-detached house here. The 2021 Census found 1,520 households in Lantzville; by July 2025 the population was about 4,276. In Lantzville, 5.9% of residents have an Indigenous identity. On one-person households, Lantzville sits lower than 74% of Canadian towns: 21%.
What stands out about the people of Lantzville
Older than most towns
Lantzville’s median age is 50.8; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 26% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Lantzville’s population changed by +6% since 2016, more than in 62% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 12%. Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across British Columbia’s towns, +6%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 83% of Canadian towns: 26%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 60–64: one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.9% in Lantzville. As a yardstick, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Lantzville, 50.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Larger households than 58% of Canadian towns: 2.5 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.
The figure for one-parent families is 5.6% in Lantzville and 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
Married residents 15 and over: 56%, a higher share than 85% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up nearly a fifth of adults, beside a typical 27%. Just over one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 61% of Canadian towns.
Only 13% of households rent their home in Lantzville
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. For comparison, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
Half of households earn more than $99,000 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
At $99,000, the middle household in Lantzville out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 15%. The figure for British Columbia’s towns: $87,000. Pandemic benefits reached 23% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
Lantzville: 12% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, above 59% 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
13% of residents are immigrants, against 16% across British Columbia’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Lantzville has fewer residents without Canadian citizenship than 73% of Canadian towns, at 2.2%. Elsewhere, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (56%) and in Asia (19%).
Residents with no religion make up 64% in Lantzville, more than in 98% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents: 4.7% here and 15% across Canada’s towns. By way of comparison, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 93%, and 6.8% speak French as well
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
On residents whose mother tongue is French, 0.9% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
A university degree: 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 6.5% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%.
In work on census day: 53% of adults
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 53%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 26% of residents are 65 or over.
Ranked by age, 10th oldest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The span goes from 33.6 (Fraipont) up to 56.8 (Claresholm). La Pocatière (50.4), Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast (50.8), Electoral Area E, Central Kootenay (51.2) and Downtown (51.4): the towns nearest Lantzville in median age.
A younger town than 2 of the 4 around it: Lantzville
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lantzville | 4,276 | — | 50.8 | 26% | 13% |
| Fairwinds | 7,125 | 7.6 km | 61.6 | 41% | 18% |
| Electoral Area C, Nanaimo | 3,733 | 7.7 km | 46.8 | 20% | 11% |
| Nanaimo | 111,845 | 9.9 km | 45.2 | 25% | 16% |
| Parksville | 15,371 | 18.8 km | 62 | 44% | 17% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. 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 Lantzville’s residents
Is Lantzville good for families?
15% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 62% of households and one-parent families 5.6%. Schools near Lantzville are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Lantzville?
Half of Lantzville’s households had more than $99,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Lantzville?
About 4,276, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 3,817 people in Lantzville, 6% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Lantzville?
The median age is 50.8, older than 87% of Canadian towns. 15% are under 15 and 26% 65 or older.
Is Lantzville bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 6.8% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 93% speak only English and 0% only French; 0.9% grew up with French.
How diverse is Lantzville?
Immigrants: 13% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 4.7%. Indigenous identity: 5.9%.
What religion are people in Lantzville?
64% said they have no religion and 34% that they are Christian; 2.5% 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).