Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Lakeshore sits below 93% of Canadian towns for renter households (8.4%)
At 2.8 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Lakeshore had about 45,954 residents in July 2025, by Statistics Canada’s estimate, and 14,385 households at the 2021 Census. Here, 25% of residents said they have no religion. Few places have so few residents who moved in within the year: 6.2% here, fewer than in 95% of Canadian towns.
Lakeshore grew +10% from 2016 to 2021, ahead of 83% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns, the typical town changed +4%; across Ontario’s towns, +6%. The July 2025 estimate adds another 14%.
In Lakeshore, 13% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 81% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns, against 18% in Lakeshore. Residents aged 65 and over account for 17%. The median age here is 42.8, higher than in 54% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Lakeshore, 42.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
In Lakeshore, 17% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 85% of Canadian towns
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
7.4% of households are one-parent families, fewer than in 64% of Canadian towns. Elsewhere, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of married residents 15 and over than 89% of Canadian towns: 58%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Here 7.3% of residents 15 and over live common-law, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 11%. 24% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%).
92% of households live in a single-detached house, a share 92% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Across the comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 34% date from 2001 or later, 19% from before 1961.
The median household brings in $114,000 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Lakeshore’s households had a total income above $114,000, 33% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within Ontario’s towns, the household in the middle had $91,600. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 29% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
14% 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 35%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (39%) and in Asia (38%). 2.7% of residents are not Canadian citizens, a lower share than in 68% of Canadian towns. Recent arrivals are a fifth of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns.
3.4% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 57% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Set against 15% across Canada’s towns, 11% of residents belong to a visible minority in Lakeshore. On average, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns. Among other religions: Sikh (2.2%) and Muslim (2%).
Lakeshore ranks above 71% of Canadian towns on residents whose mother tongue is French: 4.9%
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
Here 16% of residents speak English and French, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 7.5%. The benchmark for residents whose mother tongue is French across Canada’s towns: 1.5%. 5.7% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 0.8% speak neither official language.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 29%, a higher share than 54% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 7.4% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
57% of residents 15 and over were in work
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. 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 57%.
The 18th oldest of 41 towns of 39,668 to 52,642 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Median ages here range from 34.9 in Whalley to 54.4 in Shawinigan. Hurontario (42.2), Fabreville (42.8), St. Thomas (43.6) and Dollard-Des Ormeaux (43.6): the towns nearest Lakeshore in median age.
A younger town than 3 of the 4 around it: Lakeshore
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore | 45,954 | — | 42.8 | 17% | 14% |
| Tecumseh | 25,554 | 12.9 km | 47.6 | 23% | 18% |
| East Riverside | 15,758 | 16.0 km | 46.5 | 25% | 33% |
| Forest Glade | 21,328 | 16.3 km | 40.4 | 19% | 36% |
| Riverside | 21,828 | 18.9 km | 47.5 | 26% | 19% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- 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.
Questions about Lakeshore’s residents
What is the average age in Lakeshore?
The median age is 42.8, older than 54% of Canadian towns. 18% are under 15 and 17% 65 or older.
Is Lakeshore bilingual?
16% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0.1% speak French only and 83% English only. French is the mother tongue of 4.9%.
How diverse is Lakeshore?
Immigrants: 14% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 11%. Indigenous identity: 3.4%.
What religion are people in Lakeshore?
25% said they have no religion and 70% that they are Christian; 5.3% named another faith.
Is Lakeshore good for families?
18% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 68% of households and one-parent families 7.4%. Schools near Lakeshore are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Lakeshore?
Half of Lakeshore’s households had more than $114,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Lakeshore?
About 45,954, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 40,410 people in Lakeshore, 10% more than 2016.
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).