Photo: Hayden Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.1%, a lower share than 96% of Canadian towns
The typical household size is 2.1 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. The census found that 82% of households live in a single-detached house in Lac-des-Écorces. Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. About 3,005 people lived locally in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates.
What stands out about the people of Lac-des-Écorces
Common-law couples
32% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 96% of Canadian towns; 31% are married. Couples ↓
Older than most towns
Lac-des-Écorces’s median age is 50; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 25% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Lac-des-Écorces: 22% of residents speak English and French, above 76% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. 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
The share of residents whose mother tongue is English trails 96% of Canadian towns: 0.9%. Across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents is 7.5%. At home: French 98%, English 0.5%.
From 2016 to 2021, Lac-des-Écorces outgrew 59% of Canadian towns: +6%
Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 4%.
Older than 85% of Canadian towns: half of Lac-des-Écorces is over 50
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
Where nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns, Lac-des-Écorces has 25%. The census found that 16% of residents are under 15 here.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Lac-des-Écorces, 50. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women.
A larger share of one-person households than 77% of Canadian towns: 35%
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Against a figure of 8.2% across Canada’s towns, the share of one-parent families in Lac-des-Écorces comes in at 7%. On average, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Common-law partners make up 32% in Lac-des-Écorces, more than in 96% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Set against 46% across Canada’s towns, 31% of residents 15 and over are married in Lac-des-Écorces. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
Fewer renter households than 54% of Canadian towns: 23%
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. As a yardstick, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
$60,800 a year: where the middle household sits
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
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Lac-des-Écorces’s, at $60,800, is 29% lower. Among Quebec’s towns, the typical figure is $74,000. The pandemic’s benefits: 28% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
0.7% 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
17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns, against 0.7% in Lac-des-Écorces. Across Lac-des-Écorces, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Lac-des-Écorces sits above 72% of Canadian towns for Indigenous residents (5.4%)
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
0.3% of residents belong to a visible minority (Canada’s towns: 15%). On top of that, on residents with no religion, Lac-des-Écorces sits lower than 69% of Canadian towns: 29%. Indigenous residents make up 2.8% across Canada’s towns.
9.5% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 96% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
22% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%).
A job for 49% of residents aged 15 and over
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.
At 49%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 25% are 65 or over.
Oldest by rank: 8th of 41 towns of 2,963 to 3,049 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Albany is the youngest of them at 29.9; Electoral Area C, Strathcona, at 58.4, the oldest. The closest ages to Lac-des-Écorces’s belong to Vanscoy No. 345 (49.2), Huntingdon (49.6), Poplar Park (50.3) and Cocagne (51.6).
Lac-des-Écorces sits below 2 of its 3 closest neighbours on median age
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lac-des-Écorces | 3,005 | — | 50 | 25% | 0.7% |
| Mont-Laurier | 14,598 | 13.7 km | 48.8 | 26% | 1.2% |
| Chute-Saint-Philippe | 1,154 | 18.6 km | 58 | 33% | 1.4% |
| Ferme-Neuve | 2,816 | 19.1 km | 53.2 | 28% | 0.4% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
Questions about Lac-des-Écorces’s residents
What is the population of Lac-des-Écorces?
The latest figure is an estimate: 3,005 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Lac-des-Écorces counted 2,885, 6% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Lac-des-Écorces?
Half the residents are older than 50 and half younger, older than 85% of Canadian towns; 16% are children under 15 and 25% are 65 or over.
Is Lac-des-Écorces bilingual?
English and French: 22% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 0.2%. French only: 78%. French mother tongue: 98%.
How diverse is Lac-des-Écorces?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 0.7%. A visible minority makes up 0.3% and Indigenous residents 5.4%.
What religion are people in Lac-des-Écorces?
Most often Christian (71%) or no religion (29%); other religions make up 0.5%.
Is Lac-des-Écorces good for families?
Children under 15 are 16% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 53% of households and one-parent families 7%. Schools near Lac-des-Écorces are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Lac-des-Écorces?
Median total household income in Lac-des-Écorces was $60,800 in 2020, against a median of $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).