Photo: Félix Mathieu-Bégin · CC BY-SA 4.0A median age of 50.4: La Sarre is older than 86% of Canadian towns
Residents with no religion: 22% here and 35% across Canada’s towns. Compared with other places, residents without Canadian citizenship are scarce here: 0.4%, fewer than in 97% of Canadian towns. Some 7,199 people live in La Sarre, by the estimate for July 2025. On the census count, 14% of residents are under 15.
What stands out about the people of La Sarre
Older than most towns
The middle resident of La Sarre is 50.4; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 29% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
41% of households are one person living alone, more than in 90% of Canadian towns; 29% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 25% of adults, more than in 88% of Canadian towns, while 30% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
19% of residents speak English and French, a share 73% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. 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
Against a figure of 66% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents whose mother tongue is English in La Sarre comes in at 0.5%. Across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents is 7.5%.
A +1% change since 2016: slower than 71% 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
The July 2025 estimate is down 2% on the census. Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Quebec’s towns, by more than +4%.
La Sarre: 29% of residents are 65 or over, above 89% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. On average, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 11%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ La Sarre, 50.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Above 90% of Canadian towns: 41% of households are one person living alone
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
A household here has 2 people on average; across Canada’s towns, 2.4. One-parent families account for 7.7%. Across Canada’s towns, 27% of households are one person living alone.
More common-law partners than 88% of Canadian towns: 25%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Across Canada’s towns, 46% of residents 15 and over are married; in La Sarre, 30%. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
Above 71% of Canadian towns: 37% of households rent their home
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
Just over a quarter of homes were built before 1961 and 7.9% in 2001 or later. Elsewhere, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of households in single-detached houses is 64%; La Sarre has 58%.
The median household brings in $59,600 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
At $59,600, the middle household in La Sarre earned 31% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $74,000 is the median household income across Quebec’s towns. In 2020, 25% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
0.9% of residents are immigrants
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 20%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Across Canada’s towns, 17% of residents are immigrants; in La Sarre, 0.9%. Locally, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
3.1% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 53% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
With visible minority residents at 1%, La Sarre is behind 95% of Canadian towns on that count. For comparison, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
14% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, below 87% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
21% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
53% of adults were employed in May 2021
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
53% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 29% are 65 or more.
Ranked by age, 6th oldest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Fairwinds is the oldest at 61.6, Shannon the youngest at 32.4. The towns whose median age is nearest to La Sarre’s: Merritt (49.2), Colborne (49.2), Rhatigan Ridge (50.9) and Hope (54.8).
The towns around La Sarre are all younger
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Sarre | 7,199 | — | 50.4 | 29% | 0.9% |
| Macamic | 2,698 | 15.8 km | 43.6 | 22% | 0% |
| Palmarolle | 1,425 | 16.4 km | 43.6 | 20% | 0.7% |
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. Two medians frame each figure: one for Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
Questions about La Sarre’s residents
Is La Sarre bilingual?
English and French: 19% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 0.4%. French only: 81%. French mother tongue: 98%.
How diverse is La Sarre?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 0.9%. A visible minority makes up 1% and Indigenous residents 3.1%.
What religion are people in La Sarre?
Most often Christian (78%) or no religion (22%); other religions make up 0.3%.
Is La Sarre good for families?
Children under 15 are 14% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 46% of households and one-parent families 7.7%. Schools near La Sarre are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in La Sarre?
Median total household income in La Sarre was $59,600 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of La Sarre?
The latest figure is an estimate: 7,199 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, La Sarre counted 7,358, 1% more than 2016.
What is the average age in La Sarre?
Half the residents are older than 50.4 and half younger, older than 86% of Canadian towns; 14% are children under 15 and 29% are 65 or over.
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).