Photo: essede · CC BY-SA 3.0Lac-Etchemin is older than 97% of Canadian towns: a median age of 56.8
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.2% here and 11% across Canada’s towns. One-person households: 37% of the total. 1.5% of residents are immigrants, a lower share than in 96% of Canadian towns. Statistics Canada puts Lac-Etchemin’s population at 4,089 for July 2025.
What stands out about the people of Lac-Etchemin
Older than most towns
The middle resident of Lac-Etchemin is 56.8; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 36% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
More bilingual residents than 76% of Canadian towns: 24%
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says 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 Lac-Etchemin comes in at 0.7%. Across the comparison, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
A +5% change since 2016: Lac-Etchemin grew faster than 58% 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
The July 2025 estimate adds another 2%. Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +4% across Quebec’s towns.
36% of residents are 65 or over, a share 98% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: 9.4% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. Children under 15 account for 12%. On average, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Lac-Etchemin, 56.8. 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.
Lac-Etchemin households average 2.1 people, smaller than in 83% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
In Lac-Etchemin, 7.7% of households are one-parent families.
20% of residents 15 and over live common-law, a share 84% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
In Lac-Etchemin, 35% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 46% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, common-law partners come to 11%.
Lac-Etchemin sits above 65% of Canadian towns for households in single-detached houses (75%)
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 third of homes were built before 1961 and 15% in 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Measured more widely, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Against a figure of 25% across Canada’s towns, the share of renter households in Lac-Etchemin comes in at 27%.
Median household income: $63,600 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Lac-Etchemin’s households had a total income below $63,600, 26% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The provincial yardstick is $74,000, the median across Quebec’s towns. COVID-19 benefits went to 24% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
In Lac-Etchemin, 10% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 56% of Canadian towns
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
The share of residents without Canadian citizenship trails 85% of Canadian towns: 1.3%. For comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
Lac-Etchemin ranks below 97% of Canadian towns on residents with no religion: 11%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
2.4% of residents belong to a visible minority; across Canada’s towns the figure is 15%. As a reference point, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 1.3% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
A lower share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 85% of Canadian towns, at 14%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 18%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. Across Canada’s towns, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.
In work on census day: 53% of adults
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. 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; 36% are 65 or more.
The 5th oldest of 41 towns of 4,026 to 4,151 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
They run from Mistissini, at 29, to Barry's Bay, at 58.4. Nearest to Lac-Etchemin in age: Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs (53.2), Kirkfield (54.1), Electoral Area C, Okanagan-Similkameen (57.6) and Lake of Bays (58.4).
A younger town than 1 of the 4 around it: Lac-Etchemin
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lac-Etchemin | 4,089 | — | 56.8 | 36% | 1.5% |
| Sainte-Justine | 1,822 | 11.1 km | 45.6 | 24% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne | 1,460 | 13.1 km | 44.8 | 25% | 0% |
| Saint-Léon-de-Standon | 1,033 | 13.5 km | 57.6 | 33% | 1% |
| Saint-Benjamin | 1,267 | 18.4 km | 40.4 | 17% | 0% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
- 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-Etchemin’s residents
What is the population of Lac-Etchemin?
Statistics Canada estimates 4,089 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 4,028 in Lac-Etchemin, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Lac-Etchemin?
56.8 is the median age, older than 97% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 12%. 65 and over: 36%.
Is Lac-Etchemin bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 24% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 0.1% speak only English and 76% only French; 98% grew up with French.
How diverse is Lac-Etchemin?
Immigrants make up 1.5% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 2.4% are members of a visible minority, and 1.3% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Lac-Etchemin?
Christian: 88%. No religion: 11%. Another religion: 0.7%.
Is Lac-Etchemin good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 12%. 52% of households are couple families and 7.7% one-parent families. Schools near Lac-Etchemin are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Lac-Etchemin?
$63,600 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Lac-Etchemin (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
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).