Lisgar is older than 81% of Canadian towns: a median age of 48.3
Across Canada’s towns, 17% of residents are immigrants; in Lisgar, 33%. On the census count, just over one in ten households are one-parent families. The neighbourhood has more residents aged 65 and over than 84% of Canadian towns, at 26%. At the 2021 Census, 3,945 people lived locally, in 1,510 households.
14% of residents are under 15, below 77% 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.
Against a figure of 11% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Lisgar comes in at 12%. 55–59 is the most common age band: 8% of residents.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Lisgar, 48.3. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
2.6 people per household, more than in 67% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Lisgar, 26% of households are one person living alone.
Fewer common-law partners than 86% of Canadian towns: 6%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Where 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns, Lisgar has 48%. The share of common-law partners across Canada’s towns is 11%.
A higher share of households in buildings of five or more storeys than 85% of Canadian towns, at 17%
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
59% of households live in a single-detached house (Canada’s towns: 64%). Renter households are more common here than in 63% of Canadian towns. Older homes outnumber new: 9.3% predate 1961, 7% date from 2001 or later.
The median household brings in $86,700 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Lisgar had $86,700 before tax, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Ontario’s towns, half of households had more than $91,600 before tax. In 2020, 27% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
More residents without Canadian citizenship than 58% of Canadian towns: 7.6%
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 40%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Most immigrants were born in Europe (46%) or in Asia (41%). A year before the census, 11% lived somewhere else: fewer than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns. As a yardstick, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns. 23% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns.
29% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 69% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canada’s towns, the share of Indigenous residents is 2.8%; Lisgar has 1%. The usual figure: 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. The share of visible minority residents stands at 26%.
66% have English as their mother tongue; 4.4% also speak French
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
Across Canada’s towns, 7.5% of residents speak English and French; in Lisgar, 4.4%. 14% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 1.6% speak neither official language.
26% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 52% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
13% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
An employment rate of 47%
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
47% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 26% are 65 or more.
Ranked by age, 12th oldest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
At one end is Maple (30.9), at the other Okanagan Falls (59.2). The towns whose median age is nearest to Lisgar’s: Electoral Area J, Central Kootenay (46.8), Lamont County (47.6), Kentley (48.4) and Pasadena (49.2).
The towns around Lisgar are all younger
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lisgar | 3,945 | — | 48.3 | 26% | 33% |
| Berrisfield | 3,773 | 0.6 km | 39.8 | 19% | 24% |
| Quinndale | 3,621 | 1.2 km | 37.5 | 15% | 33% |
| Huntington | 5,024 | 1.3 km | 42.5 | 19% | 21% |
| Hampton Heights | 3,498 | 1.5 km | 43.8 | 23% | 22% |
| Lawfield | 6,021 | 1.8 km | 45.3 | 25% | 30% |
| Templemead | 4,188 | 1.8 km | 37.5 | 12% | 31% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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 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.
Questions about Lisgar’s residents
What is the population of Lisgar?
Lisgar had 3,945 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Lisgar?
Half the residents are older than 48.3 and half younger, older than 81% of Canadian towns; 14% are children under 15 and 26% are 65 or over.
Is Lisgar bilingual?
English and French: 4.4% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 94%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 1.3%.
How diverse is Lisgar?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 33%. A visible minority makes up 26% and Indigenous residents 1%.
What religion are people in Lisgar?
Most often Christian (61%) or no religion (29%); other religions make up 10%.
Is Lisgar good for families?
Children under 15 are 14% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 53% of households and one-parent families 11%. Schools near Lisgar are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Lisgar?
Median total household income in Lisgar was $86,700 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
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).