Photo: Michaël Dumais · Public domainA median age of 59.2: Lac-Bouchette is older than 99% of Canadian towns
Against a figure of 35% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents with no religion in Lac-Bouchette comes in at 14%. About 1,191 people lived locally in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates. In Lac-Bouchette, one in ten residents are under 15. On households in single-detached houses, Lac-Bouchette sits higher than nearly two thirds of Canadian towns: 76%.
What stands out about the people of Lac-Bouchette
Older than most towns
Lac-Bouchette’s median age is 59.2; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 34% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
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 ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A higher share of bilingual residents than 67% of Canadian towns, at 13%
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. 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
Residents whose mother tongue is English: 0.4% here and 66% across Canada’s towns. Bilingual residents make up 7.5% across Canada’s towns.
Lac-Bouchette’s population moved −1% on 2016, less than in 85% 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 estimate for July 2025 is much the same as the census count.
Lac-Bouchette ranks above 96% of Canadian towns on residents aged 65 and over: 34%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Set against 11% across Canada’s towns, 7.2% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Lac-Bouchette. Measured more widely, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 116 men for every 100 women.
More one-person households than 92% of Canadian towns: 43%
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Households average 1.8 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. The wider picture: 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. The share of one-parent families stands at 6.3%.
Above 85% of Canadian towns: 21% of residents 15 and over live common-law
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Against a figure of 46% across Canada’s towns, the share of married residents 15 and over in Lac-Bouchette comes in at 38%. Across Canada’s towns, common-law partners come to 11%.
27% of households rent their home, a share 54% of Canadian towns don’t reach
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. The comparison figure for renter households is 25% across Canada’s towns. Older homes outnumber new: 28% predate 1961, 14% date from 2001 or later. 9.4% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%.
Before tax, the median household income is $50,400 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
At $50,400, the middle household in Lac-Bouchette earned 41% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). For Quebec’s towns, the median household income is $74,000. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 24% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
Below 62% of Canadian towns: 9.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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
Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, residents who moved in within the year come to 11%.
5.5% of residents have an Indigenous identity, a share 73% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns, against 0.8% in Lac-Bouchette. Typically, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
10% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, below 95% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 26% (typical 9.5%). On average, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 40%
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.
At 40%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 34% are 65 or over.
Lac-Bouchette is older than every town around it
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page. Distances here run 22–30 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Lac-Bouchette.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
Questions about Lac-Bouchette’s residents
What is the population of Lac-Bouchette?
Lac-Bouchette had about 1,191 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 1,183, 1% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Lac-Bouchette?
A median age of 59.2. Children under 15 make up 9.7%, and people 65 and over 34%.
Is Lac-Bouchette bilingual?
English and French: 13% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 0%. French only: 87%. French mother tongue: 99%.
How diverse is Lac-Bouchette?
0% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 0.8% belong to a visible minority and 5.5% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Lac-Bouchette?
86% are Christian and 14% have no religion; 0.4% follow another religion.
Is Lac-Bouchette good for families?
Under 15: 9.7% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 48% of households. One-parent families: 6.3%. Schools near Lac-Bouchette are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Lac-Bouchette?
The median household in Lac-Bouchette took in $50,400 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
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).