Photo: DrBeetrootCa · CC BY-SA 4.0A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 97% of Canadian towns: 5.6%
Children under 15: 20%, above 85% of Canadian towns. Lorne had about 3,022 residents in July 2025, by Statistics Canada’s estimate, and 1,105 households at the 2021 Census. Indigenous residents account for 6.5%. With a median age of 44.4, Lorne is older than 64% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Lorne
Fewer people than before
Lorne went from 3,041 people in 2016 to 2,904 in 2021, −5%: slower growth than in 96% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Lorne: 41% of residents speak English and French, above 86% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. 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
At home, 11% mostly speak another language; 0.5% speak neither English nor French. On residents whose mother tongue is French, Lorne sits higher than nearly four fifths of Canadian towns: 28%. Typically, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Slower growth than 96% of Canadian towns: Lorne changed by −5% since 2016
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.
Lorne: 23% of residents are 65 or over, above 72% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
No age band is larger than 60–64: 7.9% of residents. Against that, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 are about as common here as across Canada’s towns: 11%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Lorne, 44.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
Lorne ranks above 61% of Canadian towns on one-person households: 30%
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
5% of households are one-parent families (Canada’s towns: 8.2%). Households average 2.4 people. As a reference point, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of married residents 15 and over than 85% of Canadian towns: 56%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
By its share of common-law partners (7.8%), Lorne is below nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. On average, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
More households in single-detached houses than 85% of Canadian towns: 88%
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
Across Canada’s towns, a typical a quarter of households rent; here, 16%. On average, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Older homes outnumber new: 33% predate 1961, 14% date from 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
$69,000 a year: the median household income
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
At $69,000, the middle household in Lorne earned 20% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across Manitoba’s towns is $83,000. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 17% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
6.7% 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 25%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
The share of residents without Canadian citizenship is 3.4%, against 5.8% across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (60%) and in Europe (34%). Immigrants are rarer here than in 75% of Canadian towns.
A lower share of residents with no religion than 86% of Canadian towns, at 20%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
5.4% of residents belong to a visible minority, against 15% across Canada’s towns. The wider picture: just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
Lorne ranks below 68% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 20%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 10% here, 9.5% in the typical town. The wider picture: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 66% of residents 15 and over had a job
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 66% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Among 41 towns of 2,980 to 3,065 people, the 18th youngest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The group spans Albany, youngest at 29.9, to Electoral Area C, Strathcona, oldest at 58.4. In age, Lorne keeps company with Kirkendall South (42.9), Bainbridge (43.3), Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil (45.2) and Markstay-Warren (45.2).
The towns around Lorne are all younger
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page. The nearest places to Lorne with figures are 22–29 km away.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lorne | 3,022 | — | 44.4 | 23% | 6.7% |
| Pembina | 2,502 | 21.7 km | 40.8 | 21% | 6.5% |
| Norfolk-Treherne | 1,960 | 23.2 km | 43.6 | 24% | 2% |
| Thompson | 1,440 | 28.8 km | 35.6 | 16% | 10% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Manitoba’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Manitoba’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Lorne’s residents
Is Lorne good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 20%. 61% of households are couple families and 5% one-parent families. Schools near Lorne are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Lorne?
$69,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Lorne (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Lorne?
Statistics Canada estimates 3,022 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 2,904 in Lorne, 5% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Lorne?
44.4 is the median age, older than 64% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 20%. 65 and over: 23%.
Is Lorne bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 41% are. Another 0.5% speak only French and 59% only English, and French is the first language of 28%.
How diverse is Lorne?
Immigrants make up 6.7% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 5.4% are members of a visible minority, and 6.5% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Lorne?
Christian: 80%. No religion: 20%. Another religion: 0%.
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).