Photo: Utcursch · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in buildings of five or more storeys: 31%, a higher share than 91% of Canadian towns
Compared with 11% across Canada’s towns, 8.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier here. Lakeview counted 21,789 residents and 8,840 households at the 2021 Census. Here, just over a third of residents are immigrants. A quarter of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 77% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Lakeview
A neighbourhood of high-rises
31% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, more than in 91% of Canadian towns; 21% of homes are condominiums. Homes ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Lakeview is older than 65% of Canadian towns: a median age of 44.7
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
Where 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns, Lakeview has 9.6%. 55–59 is the most common age band: 8.6% of residents.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Lakeview, 44.7. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women.
Lakeview: 10% of households are one-parent families, above 80% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Each household has 2.5 people on average. One-person households are about as common here as across Canada’s towns, at 27%.
Below 68% of Canadian towns: 8.6% of residents 15 and over live common-law
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
48% of residents 15 and over are married; across Canada’s towns the figure is 46%. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
A lower share of households in single-detached houses than 66% of Canadian towns, at 52%
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
32% of homes were built before 1961 and 12% in 2001 or later. The share of households in single-detached houses across Canada’s towns is 64%. Across Canada’s towns, a quarter of households rent their home; in Lakeview, 28%.
$101,500 a year is the median household income here
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
At $101,500, the middle household in Lakeview out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 18%. The provincial yardstick is $91,600, the median across Ontario’s towns. Pandemic benefits reached 29% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
Above 58% of Canadian towns: 7.4% of residents are not Canadian citizens
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (56%) and in Asia (29%). The usual figure: 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns. Recent arrivals are 15% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of visible minority residents than 63% of Canadian towns, at 26%
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (3.5%). On Indigenous residents, Lakeview sits lower than 91% of Canadian towns: 0.4%. Elsewhere, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns.
62% have English as their mother tongue; 6.8% also speak French
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: English 80%, French 0.3%. 1.1% of residents have French as their mother tongue, fewer than in 67% of Canadian towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 38% in Lakeview, more than in 68% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 8.8% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. As a yardstick, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 56% of residents aged 15 and over
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 56% is close to the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Oldest by rank: 9th of 41 towns of 21,307 to 22,242 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The youngest of these towns is Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver, at 31.4; the oldest, Port Colborne, is at 50.4. Closest in median age to Lakeview are Parcours-du-Cerf - Du Tremblay (43.8), Heights (44.2), Red Deer County (46) and Ile-des-Soeurs (46.7).
Lakeview sits below 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeview | 21,789 | — | 44.7 | 20% | 34% |
| Cooksville NHD (East) | 9,313 | 2.4 km | 44 | 19% | 43% |
| Mineola | 9,849 | 2.7 km | 44.4 | 18% | 32% |
| Long Branch | 11,400 | 3.1 km | 39.8 | 15% | 33% |
| Alderwood | 12,596 | 3.1 km | 43 | 18% | 34% |
| Port Credit | 7,606 | 3.2 km | 48.6 | 25% | 31% |
| DT Hospital | 12,384 | 3.3 km | 38 | 14% | 61% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Built up from dissemination areas: Statistics Canada stops at the municipality. Rounded counts are added together and medians estimated from the published groups. The 2016 areas don’t line up with these, so the change since 2016 isn’t shown.
- 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.
- 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. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Ontario’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
Questions about Lakeview’s residents
What is the average age in Lakeview?
A median age of 44.7, older than 65% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 15%, and people 65 and over 20%.
Is Lakeview bilingual?
6.8% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 91% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.1%.
How diverse is Lakeview?
34% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 26% belong to a visible minority and 0.4% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Lakeview?
65% are Christian and 25% have no religion; 9.4% follow another religion.
Is Lakeview good for families?
Under 15: 15% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 52% of households. One-parent families: 10%. Schools near Lakeview are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Lakeview?
The median household in Lakeview took in $101,500 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Lakeview?
The 2021 Census counted 21,789 people in Lakeview.
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).