Photo: Roncanada · CC BY 4.0In Dollard-Des Ormeaux, 40% of residents are immigrants, more than in 85% of Canadian towns
Set against 35% across Canada’s towns, 16% of residents said they have no religion in Dollard-Des Ormeaux. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 50,246 residents; the 2021 Census found 17,385 households. Residents who moved in within the year account for 7.1%. Few places have as many households in buildings of five or more storeys: 8.2% here, more than in 77% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Dollard-Des Ormeaux
A bilingual town
66% of residents can hold a conversation in both English and French, more than in 97% of Canadian towns; 4.7% speak French only and 27% English only. English & French ↓
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 40% of residents; the medians are 4.2% across Quebec’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (52%), then in Europe (19%), and 19% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
More bilingual residents than 97% of Canadian towns: 66%
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
22% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 2.2% speak neither official language. Few places have so few residents whose mother tongue is English: 38% here, fewer than in just over three quarters of Canadian towns. Bilingual residents make up 7.5% across Canada’s towns.
Dollard-Des Ormeaux’s population moved −1% on 2016, less than in 85% of Canadian towns
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +4% across Quebec’s towns.
Above 80% of Canadian towns: 13% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The median age in Dollard-Des Ormeaux is 43.6, higher than in nearly three fifths of Canadian towns. For comparison, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 21% here. On children under 15, 16% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Dollard-Des Ormeaux, 43.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women.
2.8 people per household, more than in 82% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-person households: 21% here and 27% across Canada’s towns. Census figures put one-parent families at 9.8% in Dollard-Des Ormeaux.
Dollard-Des Ormeaux sits below 89% of Canadian towns for common-law partners (5.5%)
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
The figure for married residents 15 and over is 53% in Dollard-Des Ormeaux and 46% across Canada’s towns. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
Fewer households in single-detached houses than 60% of Canadian towns: 57%
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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
Newer homes outnumber old: 12% date from 2001 or later, 5.6% from before 1961. Across Canada’s towns, 64% of households live in a single-detached house. Renter households: 25%, near enough the figure across Canada’s towns.
Household income, middle of the range: $96,000 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Dollard-Des Ormeaux’s median household took in $96,000 before tax, 12% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Quebec’s towns: $74,000. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 34% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
A larger share of residents without Canadian citizenship than 63% of Canadian towns: 8.8%
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 50%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Most recent wave: nearly a fifth of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%). The share of residents without Canadian citizenship across Canada’s towns is 5.8%.
Dollard-Des Ormeaux ranks above 80% of Canadian towns on visible minority residents: 43%
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Indigenous residents: 0.5% here and 2.8% across Canada’s towns. The wider picture: 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns.
In Dollard-Des Ormeaux, 45% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 78% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 7.4% here, 9.5% in the typical town. Across the comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 57% of residents aged 15 and over
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, much like this 57%.
41 towns of 42,989 to 58,010 people: this is the 15th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The group spans Whalley, youngest at 34.9, to Shawinigan, oldest at 54.4. By median age, Dollard-Des Ormeaux sits among St. Thomas (43.6), Caledonia (43.6), Sault-Saint-Louis (43.8) and Anjou (43.9).
Around Dollard-Des Ormeaux, 3 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dollard-Des Ormeaux | 50,246 | — | 43.6 | 21% | 40% |
| Pierrefonds-Est | 38,928 | 2.0 km | 41.7 | 18% | 43% |
| Pointe-Claire | 37,437 | 3.6 km | 49.2 | 28% | 27% |
| Sainte-Dorothée | 38,183 | 4.3 km | 41.9 | 14% | 31% |
| L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève | 18,885 | 5.1 km | 45 | 19% | 28% |
| Pierrefonds-Ouest | 30,978 | 5.2 km | 42.2 | 15% | 40% |
| Kirkland | 19,696 | 5.9 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. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- 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. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Quebec’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 Dollard-Des Ormeaux’s residents
What religion are people in Dollard-Des Ormeaux?
48% are Christian and 16% have no religion; 36% follow another religion.
Is Dollard-Des Ormeaux good for families?
Under 15: 16% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 60% of households. One-parent families: 9.8%. Schools near Dollard-Des Ormeaux are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Dollard-Des Ormeaux?
The median household in Dollard-Des Ormeaux took in $96,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Dollard-Des Ormeaux?
Dollard-Des Ormeaux had about 50,246 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 48,403, 1% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Dollard-Des Ormeaux?
A median age of 43.6, older than 59% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 16%, and people 65 and over 21%.
Is Dollard-Des Ormeaux bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 66% are. Another 4.7% speak only French and 27% only English, and French is the first language of 15%.
How diverse is Dollard-Des Ormeaux?
40% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 43% belong to a visible minority and 0.5% have an Indigenous identity.
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).