Photo: Parcours riverain - Ville de Montréal from Canada · CC BY 2.0Fewer renter households than 99% of Canadian towns: 4.2%
Here 15% of households are one person living alone, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 27%. For Baie-D'Urfé, the census puts Indigenous residents at 1%. Some 3,706 people live in the town, by the estimate for July 2025.
What stands out about the people of Baie-D'Urfé
A bilingual town
Both official languages: 74% of residents speak English and French, more than in 99% of Canadian towns. Another 1.6% speak only French and 24% only English. English & French ↓
Many graduates
66% of residents aged 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 97% of Canadian towns; 20% have a master’s. Qualifications ↓
Older than most towns
Baie-D'Urfé’s median age is 50.4; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 26% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Bilingual residents: 74%, a higher share than 99% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. 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
Residents whose mother tongue is English: 51%, below 66% of Canadian towns. The comparison figure for bilingual residents is 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 9.3% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 0.9% speak neither official language.
From 2016 to 2021, 87% of Canadian towns grew faster than Baie-D'Urfé: −2%
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +4% across Quebec’s towns.
Half of Baie-D'Urfé is over 50.4, older than 86% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 55–59: 8.9% of residents. 26% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 84% of Canadian towns. Add to that, across Canada’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Baie-D'Urfé has 15%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Baie-D'Urfé, 50.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Larger households than 82% of Canadian towns: 2.8 people on average
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The share of one-parent families stands at 7.2%.
Baie-D'Urfé: 58% of residents 15 and over are married, above 88% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
25% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). Elsewhere, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Census figures put common-law partners at 6.6% in Baie-D'Urfé.
In Baie-D'Urfé, 93% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 94% of Canadian towns
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
Older homes outnumber new: 50% predate 1961, 5.7% date from 2001 or later. Elsewhere, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys make up 0.4%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
Half above, half below $145,000 a year in household income
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Baie-D'Urfé’s, at $145,000, is 69% higher. The figure for Quebec’s towns: $74,000. In 2020, 26% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
27% of residents are immigrants, a share 67% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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
14% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. The usual figure: 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (55%) and in Asia (21%). A year before the census, 10% lived somewhere else: fewer than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns.
58% said they are Christian and 35% that they have no religion
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (3.7%). 14% of residents belong to a visible minority (Canada’s towns: 15%).
More degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 97% of Canadian towns: 66%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 3.2%, against 9.5%. As a yardstick, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 54%
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. 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%, above this 54%; 26% of residents are 65 or over.
Ranked by age, 7th oldest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The span goes from 31.5 (West Kildonan Industrial) up to 58 (Piedmont). Nearest to Baie-D'Urfé in age: Alpine Place (48.4), Powassan (50.4), Parkland (50.6) and Cowichan Bay (51.6).
Every neighbour of Baie-D'Urfé has a younger population
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baie-D'Urfé | 3,706 | — | 50.4 | 26% | 27% |
| Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue | 5,393 | 2.9 km | 46 | 22% | 20% |
| Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot | 11,716 | 3.5 km | 43.6 | 14% | 17% |
| Senneville | 1,042 | 3.7 km | 49.6 | 25% | 20% |
| Beaconsfield | 19,430 | 4.1 km | 44.8 | 20% | 24% |
| L'Île-Perrot | 11,921 | 4.4 km | 44.4 | 20% | 18% |
| Kirkland | 19,696 | 5.3 km | 46.4 | 20% | 32% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
Questions about Baie-D'Urfé’s residents
How diverse is Baie-D'Urfé?
Immigrants make up 27% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 14% are members of a visible minority, and 1% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Baie-D'Urfé?
Christian: 58%. No religion: 35%. Another religion: 7.1%.
Is Baie-D'Urfé good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 14%. 73% of households are couple families and 7.2% one-parent families. Schools near Baie-D'Urfé are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Baie-D'Urfé?
$145,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Baie-D'Urfé (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Baie-D'Urfé?
Statistics Canada estimates 3,706 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 3,764 in Baie-D'Urfé, 2% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Baie-D'Urfé?
50.4 is the median age, older than 86% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 14%. 65 and over: 26%.
Is Baie-D'Urfé bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 74% are. Another 1.6% speak only French and 24% only English, and French is the first language of 20%.
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).