Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0In Lakeshore, 60% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, more than in 97% of Canadian towns
A household here has 1.9 people on average; across Canada’s towns, 2.4. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 6.4% in Lakeshore. Half of the neighbourhood’s residents are over 45.7, older than in 71% of Canadian towns. There were 1,580 households in the neighbourhood at the 2021 Census, home to 3,127 people.
What stands out about the people of Lakeshore
A neighbourhood of high-rises
60% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, more than in 97% of Canadian towns; 78% of homes are condominiums. Homes ↓
Many people living alone
One-person households make up 46%, more than in 94% of Canadian towns, and 27% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
Many older residents
27% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 85% of Canadian towns; 8.6% are 80 or over, and 46% of households are one person living alone. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
In Lakeshore, 11% of residents are under 15, fewer than in 93% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
Across Canada’s towns, 19% of residents are 65 or over; in Lakeshore, 27%. Measured more widely, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Lakeshore, 45.7. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 82 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
46% of households are one person living alone, more than in 94% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
8.2% of households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns, against 6.6% in Lakeshore. As a reference point, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Lakeshore ranks below 60% of Canadian towns on married residents 15 and over: 43%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
25% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). Set beside that, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Census figures put common-law partners at 9.7% in Lakeshore.
Lakeshore sits below 90% of Canadian towns for households in single-detached houses (19%)
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
Across Canada’s towns, the share of renter households is 25%; Lakeshore has 27%. Nearly half of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 4.4% built before 1961. Set beside that, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
The median household brings in $79,800 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
Half of Lakeshore’s households had a total income below $79,800, 7% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Ontario’s towns have a median of $91,600. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 27% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
A higher share of residents who moved in within the year than 86% of Canadian towns, at 17%
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 35%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Most immigrants were born in Europe (51%) or in Asia (34%). Across Canada’s towns, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Lakeshore has more immigrants than two thirds of Canadian towns, at 27%. At 6.1%, the share of residents without Canadian citizenship is in line with the figure across Canada’s towns.
31% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 62% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The figure for visible minority residents is 20% in Lakeshore and 15% across Canada’s towns. Other faiths: Muslim (3.8%) and Sikh (2.4%). 1.4% of residents have an Indigenous identity, fewer than in 73% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, just over a third of residents said they have no religion.
English is the mother tongue of 72%, and 5.4% 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
At home, 10% mostly speak another language; 0.8% speak neither English nor French. Lower than in 70% of Canadian towns: 5.4% of residents speak English and French. On residents whose mother tongue is French, 1.3% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
More degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 68% of Canadian towns: 38%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 5.6%, against 9.5%. For comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 58% 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.
58% of residents 15 and over have a job, in line with the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Of 41 towns its size (3,074 to 3,178 people), the 20th oldest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The youngest of these towns is La Loche, at 25.6; the oldest, Valhalla, is at 66. Closest in median age to Lakeshore are Minburn County No. 27 (45.2), Admaston/Bromley (45.2), Kingsclear (46) and Enniskillen (47.2).
Of the 6 towns nearest Lakeshore, 2 are older
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore | 3,127 | — | 45.7 | 27% | 27% |
| Eastdale | 2,703 | 1.6 km | 44.2 | 22% | 34% |
| Poplar Park | 3,031 | 1.7 km | 50.3 | 31% | 34% |
| Guernsey | 3,808 | 1.8 km | 43 | 19% | 36% |
| Riverdale East | 3,416 | 2.1 km | 43.2 | 22% | 42% |
| Westmeria | 2,646 | 2.4 km | 42.4 | 17% | 35% |
| Highway Valley | 4,469 | 2.9 km | 49.2 | 27% | 30% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. The middle of Ontario’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Lakeshore’s residents
What religion are people in Lakeshore?
60% are Christian and 31% have no religion; 8.5% follow another religion.
Is Lakeshore good for families?
Under 15: 11% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 42% of households. One-parent families: 6.6%. Schools near Lakeshore are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Lakeshore?
The median household in Lakeshore took in $79,800 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Lakeshore?
3,127, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Lakeshore alone.
What is the average age in Lakeshore?
A median age of 45.7, older than 71% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 11%, and people 65 and over 27%.
Is Lakeshore bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 5.4% are. Another 0% speak only French and 94% only English, and French is the first language of 1.3%.
How diverse is Lakeshore?
27% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 20% belong to a visible minority and 1.4% have an Indigenous identity.
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).