Photo: MTLskyline · CC BY-SA 3.0Half of Lac-Brome is over 58, older than 98% of Canadian towns
Children under 15: 11%, below 92% of Canadian towns. Locally, just over four in five households live in a single-detached house. 34% of households are one person living alone, more than in 75% of Canadian towns. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 6,307 residents; the 2021 Census found 2,830 households.
What stands out about the people of Lac-Brome
A bilingual town
Both official languages: 67% of residents speak English and French, more than in 97% of Canadian towns. Another 16% speak only French and 18% only English. English & French ↓
Older than most towns
Half of Lac-Brome’s residents are under 58 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 35% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
67% of residents speak English and French, more than in 97% of Canadian towns
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. 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
Residents whose mother tongue is English: 40% here and 66% across Canada’s towns. On average, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Growth of +8% since 2016 puts Lac-Brome ahead of 72% of Canadian towns
The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 6%. Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Quebec’s towns, +4%.
35% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 98% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Lac-Brome has 6.8%. Typically, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Lac-Brome, 58. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women.
Smaller households than 83% of Canadian towns: 2.1 people on average
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
By its share of one-parent families (6.4%), Lac-Brome is below nearly four fifths of Canadian towns.
Lac-Brome ranks above 86% of Canadian towns on common-law partners: 23%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Just over two in five residents 15 and over are married, against 46% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
Lac-Brome sits below 66% of Canadian towns for renter households (18%)
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 nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Older homes outnumber new: 28% predate 1961, 24% date from 2001 or later. By way of comparison, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
The median household brings in $75,000 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Lac-Brome’s, at $75,000, is 13% lower. Within Quebec’s towns, the household in the middle had $74,000. Pandemic benefits reached 26% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
Lac-Brome ranks above 62% of Canadian towns on residents who moved in within the year: 12%
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
5.9% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%). As a reference point, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Residents without Canadian citizenship account for 1.4%.
34% of residents said they have no religion, below 53% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Set against 15% across Canada’s towns, 1.8% of residents belong to a visible minority in Lac-Brome. By way of comparison, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Census figures put Indigenous residents at 1.5% in the town.
Lac-Brome: 29% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, above 54% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 12%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. For comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 50% of residents aged 15 and over
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, above this 50%; 35% of residents are 65 or over.
Of 41 towns its size (6,197 to 6,411 people), the 2nd oldest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The youngest is The Orchards At Ellerslie (31.3) and the oldest Peachland (60). Turnball (50.8), Lanark Highlands (52) and Peachland (60): the towns nearest Lac-Brome in median age.
Lac-Brome sits below 2 of its 6 closest neighbours on median age
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lac-Brome | 6,307 | — | 58 | 35% | 5.9% |
| Waterloo | 5,714 | 12.5 km | 42.8 | 21% | 3.4% |
| Bromont | 12,413 | 12.9 km | 47.6 | 22% | 5.4% |
| Bolton-Est | 1,337 | 15.8 km | 59.2 | 33% | 6.2% |
| Shefford | 7,704 | 16.1 km | 47.2 | 20% | 3.4% |
| Sutton | 4,775 | 16.3 km | 60.4 | 39% | 9.1% |
| Stukely-Sud | 1,242 | 16.7 km | 49.6 | 23% | 3.5% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- What these tables don’t give. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- 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-Brome’s residents
How diverse is Lac-Brome?
Immigrants: 5.9% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 1.8%. Indigenous identity: 1.5%.
What religion are people in Lac-Brome?
34% said they have no religion and 63% that they are Christian; 2.5% named another faith.
Is Lac-Brome good for families?
11% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 55% of households and one-parent families 6.4%. Schools near Lac-Brome are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Lac-Brome?
Half of Lac-Brome’s households had more than $75,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Lac-Brome?
About 6,307, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 5,923 people in Lac-Brome, 8% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Lac-Brome?
The median age is 58, older than 98% of Canadian towns. 11% are under 15 and 35% 65 or older.
Is Lac-Brome bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 67% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 18% speak only English and 16% only French; 54% grew up with French.
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).