Photo: Jasonbook99 · CC BY-SA 4.0Lakeshore sits above 98% of Canadian towns for Indigenous residents (25%)
Households in single-detached houses make up 92%, against 64% across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 8.9%. Higher than in just over three fifths of Canadian towns: 30% of households are one person living alone. About 1,344 people lived in Lakeshore in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates.
What stands out about the people of Lakeshore
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
An Indigenous identity is reported by 25% of residents, more than in 98% of Canadian towns, and 4.6% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Fewer people than before
Lakeshore went from 1,363 people in 2016 to 1,186 in 2021, −13%: slower growth than in 99% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Older than most towns
The middle resident of Lakeshore is 51.6; 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.
Lakeshore changed by −13% from 2016 to 2021, slower than 99% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +4% across Manitoba’s towns.
A median age of 51.6: Lakeshore is older than 89% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The share of children under 15 is 17%, against 16% across Canada’s towns. On the census count, just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Lakeshore households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 74% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
6.6% of households are one-parent families; across Canada’s towns the figure is 8.2%.
More married residents 15 and over than 90% of Canadian towns: 58%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: a fifth of adults, against a typical 27%. As a yardstick, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners: 8.1% of the total.
Lakeshore sits below 77% of Canadian towns for renter households (14%)
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 nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. By way of comparison, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. 24% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 20% built before 1961.
$66,500 a year: the median household income
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Lakeshore’s median household took in $66,500 before tax, 23% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $83,000 is the median household income across Manitoba’s towns. COVID-19 benefits went to 17% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
Residents who moved in within the year make up 12% in Lakeshore, more than in 62% 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 25%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Most immigrants were born in Africa (54%) or in Europe (23%). Across Canada’s towns, residents who moved in within the year come to 11%. Fewer immigrants than in 80% of Canadian towns: 5.5%. Against a figure of 5.8% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents without Canadian citizenship in Lakeshore comes in at 3.8%.
A higher share of residents with no religion than 85% of Canadian towns, at 49%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The figure for visible minority residents is 3% in Lakeshore and 15% across Canada’s towns. The comparison figure for residents with no religion is 35% across Canada’s towns.
Residents whose mother tongue is French: 3.4%, a higher share than 69% of Canadian towns
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
Set against 7.5% across Canada’s towns, one in ten residents speak English and French in Lakeshore. Across Canada’s towns, 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 80% of Canadian towns: 16%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 14%, against 9.5%. The wider picture: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
58% of residents 15 and over were in work
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.
58% of residents 15 and over have a job, in line with the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Lakeshore is younger than 1 of its 3 nearest neighbours
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page. Lakeshore has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 15–31 km out.
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 Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Manitoba’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.
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
Questions about Lakeshore’s residents
What is the average age in Lakeshore?
51.6 is the median age. Under 15: 17%. 65 and over: 26%.
Is Lakeshore bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 10% are. Another 0% speak only French and 90% only English, and French is the first language of 3.4%.
How diverse is Lakeshore?
Immigrants make up 5.5% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 3% are members of a visible minority, and 25% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Lakeshore?
Christian: 51%. No religion: 49%. Another religion: 0.9%.
Is Lakeshore good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 17%. 59% of households are couple families and 6.6% one-parent families. Schools near Lakeshore are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Lakeshore?
$66,500 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Lakeshore (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Lakeshore?
Statistics Canada estimates 1,344 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 1,186 in Lakeshore, 13% fewer than 2016.
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).