Photo: Iramuse · CC BY-SA 3.0A median age of 59.6: Entrelacs is older than 99% of Canadian towns
4.3% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 11% across Canada’s towns. Statistics Canada puts Entrelacs’s population at 1,124 for July 2025. The census found that a fifth of residents said they have no religion here. One-parent families are rarer here than in 91% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Entrelacs
Older than most towns
Half of Entrelacs’s residents are under 59.6 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 34% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Growing faster than most
Entrelacs went from 928 people in 2016 to 1,054 in 2021, +14%: faster growth than in 90% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Many people living alone
43% of households are one person living alone, more than in 92% of Canadian towns; 34% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
Common-law couples
27% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 90% of Canadian towns; 32% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
In Entrelacs, 43% of residents speak English and French, more than in 87% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. 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
4.3% of residents have English as their mother tongue (Canada’s towns: 66%). Across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents is 7.5%.
Entrelacs’s population changed by +14% since 2016, more than in 90% of Canadian towns
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 7% higher again. Across Quebec’s towns the median is +4%, and across Canada’s towns +4%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 97% of Canadian towns: 34%
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Where 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns, Entrelacs has 7.6%. Elsewhere, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women.
Entrelacs sits above 92% of Canadian towns for one-person households (43%)
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
At 1.8 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across Canada’s towns. To put it in context, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
27% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 90% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Here nearly a third of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 46%. For common-law partners, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%.
Above 93% of Canadian towns: 92% of households live in a single-detached house
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
Compared with 25% across Canada’s towns, 14% of households rent their home here. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. The wider picture: 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 24% date from 2001 or later, 23% from before 1961.
Households here have a median income of $57,600 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
At $57,600, the middle household in Entrelacs earned 33% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Quebec’s towns: $74,000. Pandemic benefits reached 27% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 14% in Entrelacs, more than in 72% 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 20%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (46%), then in Asia (46%). Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Across the comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns, against 5.2% in Entrelacs.
79% said they are Christian and 20% that they have no religion
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
2.4% of residents belong to a visible minority (Canada’s towns: 15%). Indigenous residents are rarer here than in 98% of Canadian towns.
Below 68% of Canadian towns: 20% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 9.8% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
A job for 49% 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. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
49% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 34% are 65 or more.
Entrelacs is older than every town around it
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entrelacs | 1,124 | — | 59.6 | 34% | 5.2% |
| Chertsey | 5,678 | 9.0 km | 56 | 28% | 4.6% |
| Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson | 3,842 | 10.1 km | 55.2 | 23% | 4.2% |
| Sainte-Lucie-des-Laurentides | 1,651 | 13.7 km | 52 | 25% | 3.2% |
| Val-David | 5,920 | 19.0 km | 50.4 | 26% | 7.8% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. The middle of Quebec’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
- 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.
Questions about Entrelacs’s residents
What religion are people in Entrelacs?
Christian: 79%. No religion: 20%. Another religion: 1.4%.
Is Entrelacs good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 7.6%. 47% of households are couple families and 5.1% one-parent families. Schools near Entrelacs are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Entrelacs?
$57,600 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Entrelacs (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Entrelacs?
Statistics Canada estimates 1,124 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 1,054 in Entrelacs, 14% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Entrelacs?
59.6 is the median age. Under 15: 7.6%. 65 and over: 34%.
Is Entrelacs bilingual?
43% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 55% speak French only and 1.4% English only. French is the mother tongue of 92%.
How diverse is Entrelacs?
Immigrants make up 5.2% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 2.4% are members of a visible minority, and 0% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
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).