Lisgar sits above 94% of Canadian towns for immigrants (52%)
The share of one-person households is 6.8%, against 27% across Canada’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 91% of Canadian towns. At the 2021 Census, 31,627 people lived in Lisgar, in 8,980 households. In Lisgar, 7.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
What stands out about the people of Lisgar
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 52% of residents; the medians are 26% across Ontario’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (63%) and in Europe (15%), and 24% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A mix of backgrounds
64% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 91% of Canadian towns; 52% are immigrants. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A higher share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 96% of Canadian towns, at 16%
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
With a median age of 39.3, Lisgar is younger than 68% of Canadian towns. More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 8.9% of residents. On average, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Lisgar, 39.3. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Bigger households than 98% of Canadian towns: 3.5 people each on average
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Census figures put one-parent families at 7.4% in Lisgar.
Below 97% of Canadian towns: 3.2% of residents 15 and over live common-law
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns, against 58% in Lisgar. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
Lisgar ranks below 96% of Canadian towns on renter households: 6.9%
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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 74% of Canadian towns. Renter households: 25% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. Newer homes outnumber old: 24% date from 2001 or later, 0.1% from before 1961. Set against 64% across Canada’s towns, 62% of households live in a single-detached house in Lisgar.
$148,200 a year is the median household income here
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Lisgar had $148,200 before tax, 72% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within Ontario’s towns, the household in the middle had $91,600. In 2020, 33% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
Residents without Canadian citizenship: 12%, a higher share than 74% of Canadian towns
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 60%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
24% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. The usual figure: 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (63%) and in Europe (15%).
Lisgar: 64% of residents belong to a visible minority, above 91% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (19%) and Hindu (8.2%). 15% of residents said they have no religion, a lower share than in 93% of Canadian towns. What’s more, the figure for Indigenous residents is 0.2% in Lisgar and 2.8% across Canada’s towns.
50% have English as their mother tongue; 8.2% also speak French
Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: English 67%, French 0.5%. Fewer residents whose mother tongue is French than in 62% of Canadian towns: 1.2%.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 52% in Lisgar, more than in 87% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 4.5% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Set beside that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
61% of adults were employed in May 2021
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, below this 61%.
Youngest by rank: 16th of 41 towns of 29,830 to 33,482 people
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The group spans Centretown, youngest at 34.8, to Magog, oldest at 54.4. In age, Lisgar keeps company with Des Explorateurs (39), Okotoks (39.2), Chambly (39.6) and Elmira (39.6).
Among its 6 nearest neighbours, 5 are older than Lisgar
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lisgar | 31,627 | — | 39.3 | 11% | 52% |
| Meadowvale | 37,821 | 1.8 km | 40.9 | 16% | 44% |
| Churchill Meadows | 48,872 | 3.6 km | 35.9 | 9.2% | 65% |
| Streetsville | 13,535 | 4.6 km | 43.9 | 19% | 40% |
| Central Erin Mills | 36,393 | 4.8 km | 41.2 | 16% | 59% |
| Barbertown | 9,209 | 5.9 km | 45.3 | 20% | 55% |
| Roseborough | 54,539 | 6.9 km | 40 | 14% | 62% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. The figures sum the neighbourhood’s dissemination areas, since the census is published for municipalities only. Medians are estimated from the age and income groups, counts carry Statistics Canada’s rounding, and no 2016 count matches these boundaries.
- 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. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
- 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 Lisgar’s residents
What is the median income in Lisgar?
$148,200 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Lisgar (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Lisgar?
31,627, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Lisgar alone.
What is the average age in Lisgar?
39.3 is the median age, younger than 68% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 17%. 65 and over: 11%.
Is Lisgar bilingual?
8.2% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 90% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.2%.
How diverse is Lisgar?
Immigrants make up 52% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 64% are members of a visible minority, and 0.2% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Lisgar?
Christian: 54%. No religion: 15%. Another religion: 31%.
Is Lisgar good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 17%. 69% of households are couple families and 7.4% one-parent families. Schools near Lisgar are on its Schools page.
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).