Photo: Municipalitelapeche · CC BY-SA 4.0La Pêche sits below 89% of Canadian towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (8.2%)
With a median age of 46.4, La Pêche is older than 74% of Canadian towns. The town had about 9,379 residents in July 2025, by Statistics Canada’s estimate, and 3,670 households at the 2021 Census. Households in single-detached houses: 87% of the total. Nearly one in ten immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns.
What stands out about the people of La Pêche
A bilingual town
Both official languages: 61% of residents speak English and French, more than in 95% of Canadian towns. Another 20% speak only French and 19% only English. English & French ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Bilingual residents: 61%, a higher share than 95% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Against a figure of 66% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents whose mother tongue is English in La Pêche comes in at 37%. Across Canada’s towns, bilingual residents come to 7.5%.
La Pêche’s population changed by +10% since 2016, more than in 81% 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
Across Canada’s towns, the typical town changed +4%; across Quebec’s towns, +4%. The July 2025 estimate adds another 9%.
Above 62% of Canadian towns: 21% of residents are 65 or over
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents. By way of comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. The share of children under 15 is 17%, against 16% across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ La Pêche, 46.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
2.3 people per household, fewer than in 64% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Against a figure of 27% across Canada’s towns, the share of one-person households in La Pêche comes in at 29%. On one-parent families, La Pêche sits lower than 61% of Canadian towns: 7.6%.
A higher share of common-law partners than 87% of Canadian towns, at 24%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Where 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns, La Pêche has 39%. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
La Pêche ranks below 77% of Canadian towns on renter households: 14%
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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. The comparison figure for renter households is 25% across Canada’s towns. 30% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 18% built before 1961.
Half of households earn more than $87,000 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
La Pêche’s median household took in $87,000 before tax, about the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The provincial yardstick is $74,000, the median across Quebec’s towns. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 25% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
4.4% of residents are immigrants
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
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
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (57%) and in the Americas (28%). Fewer residents without Canadian citizenship than in 95% of Canadian towns: 0.6%. What’s more, 17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns, against 4.4% in La Pêche.
In La Pêche, 5% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 70% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
By its share of residents with no religion (40%), La Pêche is above two thirds of Canadian towns. Elsewhere, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns. Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 78% of Canadian towns.
29% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 55% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 14% (typical 9.5%). The wider picture: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 61% of residents 15 and over had a job
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, below this 61%.
Of 41 towns its size (9,186 to 9,557 people), the 5th oldest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Oromocto is the youngest of them at 31.8; Vankleek Hill, at 52.4, the oldest. In age, La Pêche keeps company with Castlegar (45.6), Plympton-Wyoming (45.6), Hawkwood (47.1) and Manor Park (47.8).
La Pêche and its 2 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- 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. Each comparison is its own median: over Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
Questions about La Pêche’s residents
What is the average age in La Pêche?
46.4 is the median age, older than 74% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 17%. 65 and over: 21%.
Is La Pêche bilingual?
English and French: 61% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 19%. French only: 20%. French mother tongue: 57%.
How diverse is La Pêche?
Immigrants make up 4.4% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 2.8% are members of a visible minority, and 5% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in La Pêche?
Christian: 58%. No religion: 40%. Another religion: 2.1%.
Is La Pêche good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 17%. 56% of households are couple families and 7.6% one-parent families. Schools near La Pêche are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in La Pêche?
$87,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in La Pêche (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of La Pêche?
Statistics Canada estimates 9,379 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 8,636 in La Pêche, 10% more than 2016.
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).