Photo: Sarbelito Avila · CC BY-SA 3.07.2% of households rent their home, below 95% of Canadian towns
Across Canada’s towns, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier; in Lake Echo, 5.8%. At the 2021 Census, 5,223 people lived here, in 2,145 households. For Lake Echo, the census puts one-person households at 23%. Residents with no religion are more common here than in 67% of Canadian towns.
Half of Lake Echo is over 43.6, older than 59% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
55–59 is the most common age band: 8.4% of residents. At 17%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is lower than in 62% of Canadian towns. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 10%, against 11% across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Lake Echo, 43.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
A higher share of one-parent families than 71% of Canadian towns, at 9.6%
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Nova Scotia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
A household here holds 2.4 people on average. For comparison, 8.2% of households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns.
Common-law partners make up 16% in Lake Echo, more than in 79% 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 23% of adults, beside a typical 27%. As a yardstick, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Lake Echo: 95% of households live in a single-detached house, above 96% of Canadian towns
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
Newer homes outnumber old: 23% date from 2001 or later, 5.2% from before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. As a yardstick, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Before tax, the median household income is $92,700 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
Half of Lake Echo’s households had a total income above $92,700, 8% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The middle household across Nova Scotia’s towns has $69,100 before tax. 25% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
3.2% of residents are immigrants
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
Compared with 5.8% across Canada’s towns, 0.6% of residents are not Canadian citizens here. Most immigrants were born in Europe (71%) or in Asia (15%). Immigrants are rarer here than in 89% of Canadian towns.
Lake Echo sits above 72% of Canadian towns for Indigenous residents (5.4%)
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Here 5.6% of residents belong to a visible minority, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 15%. Indigenous residents: 2.8% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
A larger share of bilingual residents than 63% of Canadian towns: 11%
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
At home: English 98%, French 0.8%. The usual figure: 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. 2.8% of residents have French as their mother tongue, a higher share than in 67% of Canadian towns.
In Lake Echo, 19% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 71% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 6.1%, against 9.5%. On average, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 58% of adults
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, much like this 58%.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The span goes from 32.9 (Rundle Heights) up to 58 (Oliver). By median age, Lake Echo sits among Rushdale (42.8), Montréal-Ouest (43.2), Mount Royal (44.1) and Normand Park (44.7).
Lake Echo sits below 5 of its 6 closest neighbours on median age
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Echo | 5,223 | — | 43.6 | 17% | 3.2% |
| East Preston | 2,573 | 5.3 km | 50.7 | 25% | 1% |
| Lawrencetown | 3,509 | 7.6 km | 46.5 | 17% | 4.4% |
| Gaetz Brook | 4,473 | 8.9 km | 46.4 | 21% | 3.7% |
| Westphal | 4,201 | 9.9 km | 44.8 | 16% | 5.5% |
| East Lawrencetown | 4,020 | 10.0 km | 44.4 | 18% | 5.7% |
| Cole Harbour | 21,627 | 12.1 km | 43 | 18% | 6.5% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Against Nova Scotia’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: Nova Scotia’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Statistics Canada publishes the census for municipalities, not neighbourhoods, so these figures add up the dissemination areas inside the neighbourhood. Counts are sums of StatCan’s rounded counts; the median age and income are worked out from the published age and income groups; and 2016 areas don’t add up to these, so there is no 2016 count.
- What these tables don’t give. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
Questions about Lake Echo’s residents
What is the median income in Lake Echo?
The median household in Lake Echo took in $92,700 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Lake Echo?
5,223, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Lake Echo alone.
What is the average age in Lake Echo?
A median age of 43.6, older than 59% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 16%, and people 65 and over 17%.
Is Lake Echo bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 11% are. Another 0% speak only French and 89% only English, and French is the first language of 2.8%.
How diverse is Lake Echo?
3.2% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 5.6% belong to a visible minority and 5.4% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Lake Echo?
58% are Christian and 41% have no religion; 1.7% follow another religion.
Is Lake Echo good for families?
Under 15: 16% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 58% of households. One-parent families: 9.6%. Schools near Lake Echo are on its Schools page.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population. 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).