Photo: Shhewitt · CC BY-SA 4.0Lewisporte is older than 95% of Canadian towns: a median age of 55.6
16% of residents said they have no religion, against 35% across Canada’s towns. With about 3,405 residents in July 2025, Lewisporte counted 1,430 households at the 2021 Census. Children under 15 account for 12%. Higher than in 71% of Canadian towns: 78% of households live in a single-detached house.
What stands out about the people of Lewisporte
Older than most towns
The middle resident of Lewisporte is 55.6; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 37% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Fewer people than before
Lewisporte went from 3,409 people in 2016 to 3,288 in 2021, −4%: slower growth than in 93% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
From 2016 to 2021, 93% of Canadian towns grew faster than Lewisporte: −4%
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns the median is −2%, and across Canada’s towns +4%.
Lewisporte ranks above 98% of Canadian towns on residents aged 65 and over: 37%
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The largest age band is 70–74: 9.6% of residents, 2 times the share across Canada’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.7% in Lewisporte. The usual figure: 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Lewisporte, 55.6. 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. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Lewisporte households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 74% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families: 7.3% of the total. Just over a quarter of households are one person living alone, against 27% across Canada’s towns.
Lewisporte sits above 88% of Canadian towns for married residents 15 and over (57%)
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
The share of common-law partners is 7.6%, against 11% across Canada’s towns. The usual figure: 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Lewisporte ranks above 60% of Canadian towns on renter households: 31%
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Across the comparison, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Older homes outnumber new: 19% predate 1961, 19% date from 2001 or later.
The median household brings in $60,800 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
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Lewisporte’s, at $60,800, is 29% lower. The figure for Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns: $63,600. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 22% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
Residents who moved in within the year: 9.2%, a lower share than 69% of Canadian towns
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
Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. The benchmark for residents who moved in within the year across Canada’s towns: 11%. For Lewisporte, the census puts immigrants at 0.5%.
Lewisporte: 5.1% of residents have an Indigenous identity, above 71% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Set beside that, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 99%, and 1.7% speak French as well
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
7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns, against 1.7% in Lewisporte. Residents whose mother tongue is French are rarer here than in 97% of Canadian towns.
Lewisporte ranks below 91% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 12%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 15% here, 9.5% in the typical town. As a reference point, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 37% of residents aged 15 and over
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.
37% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 37% are 65 or more.
Oldest by rank: 4th of 41 towns of 3,346 to 3,461 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Median ages climb from 32.8 (Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier) to 59.2 (North Kawartha) across the group. In age, Lewisporte keeps company with Richmond County, Subdivision C (54.8), Shuniah (55.2), Placentia (56.4) and Cumberland County, Subdivision A (57.2).
Among its 5 nearest neighbours, 2 are older than Lewisporte
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page. Distances here run 25–47 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Lewisporte.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewisporte | 3,405 | — | 55.6 | 37% | 0.5% |
| Botwood | 2,884 | 24.7 km | 56.4 | 34% | 0.4% |
| Bishop's Falls | 3,162 | 40.6 km | 53.2 | 28% | 0.8% |
| Gander | 12,707 | 44.7 km | 45.2 | 21% | 2.5% |
| Division No. 8, Subdivision H | 1,798 | 44.9 km | 56 | 32% | 0% |
| Division No. 8, Subdivision L | 2,724 | 47.2 km | 53.6 | 29% | 0% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
- 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 Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Newfoundland and Labrador’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.
Questions about Lewisporte’s residents
What is the median income in Lewisporte?
$60,800 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Lewisporte (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Lewisporte?
Statistics Canada estimates 3,405 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 3,288 in Lewisporte, 4% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Lewisporte?
55.6 is the median age, older than 95% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 12%. 65 and over: 37%.
Is Lewisporte bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 1.7% are. Another 0% speak only French and 98% only English, and French is the first language of 0.3%.
How diverse is Lewisporte?
Immigrants make up 0.5% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 0% are members of a visible minority, and 5.1% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Lewisporte?
Christian: 84%. No religion: 16%. Another religion: 0.2%.
Is Lewisporte good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 12%. 62% of households are couple families and 7.3% one-parent families. Schools near Lewisporte are on its Schools page.
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).