Photo: Richard Coté · CC BY-SA 4.0Lac-Drolet is older than 92% of Canadian towns: a median age of 53.6
Where 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns, Lac-Drolet has 23%. Here, 7.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24. One-person households are more common here than in 77% of Canadian towns. With about 1,066 residents in July 2025, Lac-Drolet counted 490 households at the 2021 Census.
What stands out about the people of Lac-Drolet
Older than most towns
Lac-Drolet’s median age is 53.6; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 27% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Common-law couples
25% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 89% of Canadian towns; 39% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
23% of residents speak English and French, more than in 76% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says 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
By its share of residents whose mother tongue is English (0.5%), Lac-Drolet is below 99% of Canadian towns. The usual figure: 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
A +5% change since 2016: Lac-Drolet grew faster than 53% of Canadian towns
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across Quebec’s towns, by more than +4%. The estimate for July 2025 is much the same as the census count.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 85% of Canadian towns, at 27%
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: 12% of residents, 1.7 times the share across Canada’s towns. The share of children under 15 stands at 15%. Elsewhere, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
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.
The share of one-parent families trails 91% of Canadian towns: 5.1%.
In Lac-Drolet, 25% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 89% 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
Singles who have never married make up 23% of adults, beside a typical 27%. 39% of residents 15 and over are married, a lower share than in 71% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
Households in single-detached houses: 79%, a higher share than 71% of Canadian towns
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. For comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Here, 22% of households rent their home.
A median household income of $61,600 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. 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-Drolet’s, at $61,600, is 28% lower. $74,000 is the median household income across Quebec’s towns. In 2020, 33% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 7.8% in Lac-Drolet, less than in 84% of Canadian towns
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
Immigrants are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. For comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
76% said they are Christian and 23% that they have no religion
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. 1% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
Lac-Drolet ranks below 89% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 13%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 28%, beside a typical 9.5%. Set beside that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 64% of adults
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.
At 64%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Lac-Drolet is older than every town around it
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lac-Drolet | 1,066 | — | 53.6 | 27% | 0% |
| Saint-Ludger | 1,091 | 11.0 km | 53.2 | 32% | 0% |
| Nantes | 1,412 | 17.4 km | 46 | 19% | 1.4% |
| Lac-Mégantic | 5,947 | 18.3 km | 53.6 | 33% | 1.9% |
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. 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.
Questions about Lac-Drolet’s residents
What is the median income in Lac-Drolet?
Median total household income in Lac-Drolet was $61,600 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Lac-Drolet?
The latest figure is an estimate: 1,066 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Lac-Drolet counted 1,067, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Lac-Drolet?
Half the residents are older than 53.6 and half younger; 15% are children under 15 and 27% are 65 or over.
Is Lac-Drolet bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 23% are. Another 78% speak only French and 0% only English, and French is the first language of 99%.
How diverse is Lac-Drolet?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 0%. A visible minority makes up 0% and Indigenous residents 1%.
What religion are people in Lac-Drolet?
Most often Christian (76%) or no religion (23%); other religions make up 0.5%.
Is Lac-Drolet good for families?
Children under 15 are 15% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 57% of households and one-parent families 5.1%. Schools near Lac-Drolet are on its Schools page.
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).