Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 4.0Dorval: 38% of households are one person living alone, above 85% of Canadian towns
Set against 25% across Canada’s towns, 40% of households rent their home in Dorval. This Quebec town had about 21,062 residents in July 2025, by Statistics Canada’s estimate, and 8,720 households at the 2021 Census. In Dorval, 27% of residents are immigrants. Half of the town’s residents are over 45.2, older than in 69% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Dorval
A bilingual town
71% of residents can hold a conversation in both English and French, more than in 98% of Canadian towns; 7% speak French only and 21% English only. English & French ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A larger share of bilingual residents than 98% of Canadian towns: 71%
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. 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
Here 41% of residents have English as their mother tongue, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 66%. 13% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 1.3% speak neither official language. Typically, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Dorval changed by +2% from 2016 to 2021, slower than 66% of Canadian towns
Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 9% higher again. Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Quebec’s towns, by more than +4%.
Only 14% of residents are under 15 in Dorval
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Where 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns, Dorval has 21%. By way of comparison, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 8% of residents.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Dorval, 45.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Households here average 2.2 people, below 74% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
At 9.1%, one-parent families sit close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
41% of residents 15 and over are married, below 67% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 32% of adults, beside a typical 27%. 12% of residents 15 and over live common-law.
Dorval sits above 79% of Canadian towns for households in buildings of five or more storeys (10%)
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
46% of households live in a single-detached house (Canada’s towns: 64%). Older homes outnumber new: 44% predate 1961, 17% date from 2001 or later.
$77,500 a year: where the middle household sits
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Dorval’s, at $77,500, is 10% lower. The median across Quebec’s towns is $74,000. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 30% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
9.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 69% of Canadian towns
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 35%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Against a figure of 5.8% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents without Canadian citizenship in Dorval comes in at 7.7%. Most immigrants were born in Asia (36%) or in Europe (29%). The share of residents who moved in within the year across Canada’s towns is 11%.
Dorval ranks above 65% of Canadian towns on visible minority residents: 28%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion: 29% here and 35% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority. Indigenous residents account for 0.9%.
42% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 74% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
6.6% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%). Against that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
60% of adults were employed in May 2021
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 60%.
Among 41 towns of 20,584 to 21,578 people, the 11th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The span goes from 32.4 (Saddle Ridge) up to 52 (Bridgenorth). Dunbar-Southlands (44.3), West Rouge (44.4), Ile-des-Soeurs (46.7) and L'Amoreaux West (47.6): the towns nearest Dorval in median age.
Around Dorval, 2 of 6 towns have a higher median age
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorval | 21,062 | — | 45.2 | 21% | 27% |
| Lachine-Ouest | 15,315 | 3.8 km | 45.5 | 22% | 21% |
| Pointe-Claire | 37,437 | 4.9 km | 49.2 | 28% | 27% |
| Vieux-Lachine - Saint-Pierre | 31,113 | 6.1 km | 40 | 17% | 25% |
| Dollard-Des Ormeaux | 50,246 | 6.9 km | 43.6 | 21% | 40% |
| Côte-Saint-Luc | 37,901 | 7.4 km | 44.8 | 29% | 43% |
| Bois-Francs | 35,858 | 7.6 km | 39.9 | 16% | 46% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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 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 Dorval’s residents
What religion are people in Dorval?
29% said they have no religion and 61% that they are Christian; 9.9% named another faith.
Is Dorval good for families?
14% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 46% of households and one-parent families 9.1%. Schools near Dorval are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Dorval?
Half of Dorval’s households had more than $77,500 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Dorval?
About 21,062, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 19,302 people in Dorval, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Dorval?
The median age is 45.2, older than 69% of Canadian towns. 14% are under 15 and 21% 65 or older.
Is Dorval bilingual?
English and French: 71% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 21%. French only: 7%. French mother tongue: 27%.
How diverse is Dorval?
Immigrants: 27% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 28%. Indigenous identity: 0.9%.
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).