Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.091% of households live in a single-detached house, a share 90% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Nearly a quarter of residents said they have no religion; across Canada’s towns the figure is 35%. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 14,602 residents; the 2021 Census found 5,415 households. On the census count, 20% of households are one person living alone. With a median age of 48, Long Sault is older than 80% of Canadian towns. Every figure here is for South Stormont as a whole, the municipality Long Sault belongs to.
Slower than most: +4% since 2016, behind 53% of Canadian towns
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
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 8%.
Long Sault: 23% of residents are 65 or over, above 72% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: 9.2% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. Elsewhere, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. On the census count, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Long Sault, 48. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
2.5 people per household, more than in 58% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Couple families are 65% of households (Canada’s towns 53%) and one-parent families 6.7% (8.2%).
Married residents 15 and over: 56%, a higher share than 83% 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 20% of adults, beside a typical 27%. To put it in context, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. The share of common-law partners stands at 11%.
Only 12% of households rent their home in Long Sault
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
26% of homes were built before 1961 and 22% in 2001 or later. Renter households: 25% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. Households in buildings of five or more storeys make up 0.1%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
The median household brings in $92,000 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run high in Long Sault: half had more than $92,000, 7% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Ontario’s towns have a median of $91,600. 22% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
Only 8.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Long Sault
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
17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns, against 4.8% in Long Sault. As a yardstick, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 1.5% of residents are not Canadian citizens.
3.4% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 57% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Set against 15% across Canada’s towns, 2.6% of residents belong to a visible minority in Long Sault. By way of comparison, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
Long Sault sits above 83% of Canadian towns for bilingual residents (34%)
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
1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns, against 14% in Long Sault. The share of bilingual residents across Canada’s towns is 7.5%. At home: English 93%, French 5%.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 76% of Canadian towns: 17%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 8.7%, beside a typical 9.5%. As a yardstick, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 57% of residents 15 and over had a job
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 57%.
Ranked by age, 7th oldest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The youngest is La Crète (23.4) and the oldest Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy (57). The towns whose median age is nearest to Long Sault’s: Rivière-Gatineau (47.3), Truro (47.6), Mont-Laurier (48.8) and Grand Falls-Windsor (49.2).
Median age: 1 of the 3 towns around Long Sault are older
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are. No closer places have figures: these lie 16–26 km from Long Sault.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Sault | 14,602 | — | 48 | 23% | 4.8% |
| Cornwall | 54,346 | 15.7 km | 46.4 | 25% | 8.4% |
| North Stormont | 7,946 | 21.2 km | 39.6 | 16% | 5.1% |
| South Glengarry | 14,355 | 26.5 km | 50.4 | 25% | 7.6% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
- 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.
Questions about Long Sault’s residents
What religion are people in Long Sault?
Most often Christian (75%) or no religion (23%); other religions make up 1.6%.
Is Long Sault good for families?
Children under 15 are 16% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 65% of households and one-parent families 6.7%. Schools near Long Sault are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Long Sault?
Median total household income in Long Sault was $92,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Long Sault?
The latest figure is an estimate: 14,602 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Long Sault counted 13,570, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Long Sault?
Half the residents are older than 48 and half younger, older than 80% of Canadian towns; 16% are children under 15 and 23% are 65 or over.
Is Long Sault bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 34% are. Another 0.4% speak only French and 66% only English, and French is the first language of 14%.
How diverse is Long Sault?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 4.8%. A visible minority makes up 2.6% and Indigenous residents 3.4%.
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).