Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Labrador City sits below 89% of Canadian towns for residents aged 65 and over (11%)
Of the immigrants living here, 82% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. The share of Indigenous residents stands at 10%. With a median age of 38.4, Labrador City is younger than nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Some 7,965 people live here, by the estimate for July 2025.
Labrador City changed by +3% from 2016 to 2021, behind 59% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns the median is −2%, and across Canada’s towns +4%. The July 2025 estimate adds another 7%.
18% of residents are under 15, more than in 72% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 (Canada’s towns: 11%). No age band is larger than 40–44: 8.8% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Labrador City, 38.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women.
Labrador City ranks below 57% of Canadian towns on one-person households: 25%
Private households by type and size.
Against Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
A household here has 2.4 people on average; across Canada’s towns, 2.4. Elsewhere, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. 8.6% of households are one-parent families.
A larger share of common-law partners than 81% of Canadian towns: 17%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns, against 48% in Labrador City. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
Above 68% of Canadian towns: 3.1% of households live in a building of five or more storeys
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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
22% of households rent their home; across Canada’s towns the figure is 25%. Compared with other places, households in single-detached houses are scarce here: 51%, fewer than in 68% of Canadian towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 11% date from 2001 or later, 6.2% from before 1961.
Household income at the median: $147,000 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
At $147,000, the middle household in Labrador City out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 71%. The middle household across Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns has $63,600 before tax. Pandemic benefits reached 18% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
Above 63% of Canadian towns: 12% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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 (79%) and in Europe (11%). At 6.2%, the share of immigrants is lower than in 77% of Canadian towns. Residents without Canadian citizenship make up 5.3%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
Residents with no religion: 22%, a lower share than 82% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Nearly one in ten residents belong to a visible minority, against 15% across Canada’s towns. Residents with no religion: 35% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
Bilingual residents make up 12% in Labrador City, more than in 65% of Canadian towns
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: English 94%, French 1.6%. The benchmark for bilingual residents across Canada’s towns: 7.5%. 2.4% of residents have French as their mother tongue, more than in 65% of Canadian towns.
A lower share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 78% of Canadian towns, at 16%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Across Canada’s towns, 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds hold a degree; in Labrador City, 16%, and 54% have a college or trades credential (typical: 29%). Those with no credential make up 5.3%, next to 9.5% in the typical town.
Employment: 69% of residents 15 and over had a job
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 69%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
In its size band (7,830 to 8,100), the 11th youngest of 41 towns
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Median ages climb from 27.4 (Taber) to 59.2 (Haliburton Village) across the group. By median age, Labrador City sits among Drayton Valley (37.6), Bienville (37.7), Talbot (38.6) and Cornwall (38.8).
Every nearby town is younger than Labrador City
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page. Distances here run 6–20 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Labrador City.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
- Against Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Newfoundland and Labrador’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.
Questions about Labrador City’s residents
Is Labrador City bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 12% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 88% speak only English and 0.3% only French; 2.4% grew up with French.
How diverse is Labrador City?
6.2% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 8.1% belong to a visible minority and 10% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Labrador City?
75% are Christian and 22% have no religion; 2.2% follow another religion.
Is Labrador City good for families?
Under 15: 18% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 60% of households. One-parent families: 8.6%. Schools near Labrador City are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Labrador City?
The median household in Labrador City took in $147,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Labrador City?
Labrador City had about 7,965 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 7,412, 3% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Labrador City?
A median age of 38.4, younger than 74% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 18%, and people 65 and over 11%.
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).