Photo: Hayden Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Half of Lacolle is over 45.6, older than 71% of Canadian towns
Recent arrivals are 19% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. 1.3% of residents belong to a visible minority. Lower than in 77% of Canadian towns: 9.2% of residents are aged 15 to 24. The 2021 Census found 1,190 households in Lacolle; by July 2025 the population was about 2,806.
What stands out about the people of Lacolle
A bilingual town
47% of residents can hold a conversation in both English and French, more than in 89% of Canadian towns; 50% speak French only and 2.2% English only. English & French ↓
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 29% of adults, more than in 92% of Canadian towns, while 33% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Lacolle sits above 89% of Canadian towns for bilingual residents (47%)
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Residents whose mother tongue is English: 8.7%, below 85% of Canadian towns. The share of bilingual residents across Canada’s towns is 7.5%. At home: French 87%, English 9%.
A growing town: +4% since 2016, faster than 51% of Canadian towns
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Residents aged 65 and over: 21%, a higher share than 64% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Children under 15: 17%, above 63% of Canadian towns. To put it in context, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. No age band is larger than 55–59: 9.1% of residents.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Lacolle, 45.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Households here average 2.3 people, below 64% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-person households: 30%, above 61% of Canadian towns. Here, 8% of households are one-parent families.
In Lacolle, 29% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 92% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
A third of residents 15 and over are married (Canada’s towns: 46%). The share of common-law partners across Canada’s towns is 11%.
70% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 59% of Canadian towns
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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. Across Canada’s towns, the share of households in single-detached houses is 64%. Older homes outnumber new: 34% predate 1961, 21% date from 2001 or later. On renter households, 25% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
The median household brings in $72,000 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Lacolle’s households had a total income below $72,000, 16% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across Quebec’s towns is $74,000. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 30% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 12% in Lacolle, more than in 58% of Canadian towns
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
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
Here 3.9% of residents are immigrants, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 17%. To put it in context, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Locally, 0.6% of residents are not Canadian citizens.
28% of residents said they have no religion, below 70% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Indigenous residents: 2% of the total. Elsewhere, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
Lacolle ranks below 98% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 8.6%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 17%, beside a typical 9.5%. For comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 60% of residents 15 and over had a job
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
More people work here than in the typical town: 60%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
41 towns of 2,764 to 2,845 people: this is the 20th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The youngest is Kuujjuaq (28.8) and the oldest Saint-Michel-des-Saints (58.8). The closest ages to Lacolle’s belong to Yamachiche (44.8), Vars (45.5), Léry (46) and Turner Valley (46).
2 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Lacolle
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lacolle | 2,806 | — | 45.6 | 21% | 3.9% |
| Noyan | 1,576 | 5.9 km | 50.8 | 22% | 6.7% |
| Saint-Paul-de-l'Île-aux-Noix | 2,321 | 6.2 km | 49.6 | 23% | 1.9% |
| Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle | 1,655 | 8.6 km | 44.8 | 19% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville | 1,786 | 10.3 km | 42.8 | 16% | 2.3% |
| Napierville | 4,187 | 12.8 km | 40.4 | 20% | 4.4% |
| Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu | 2,165 | 14.7 km | 44 | 18% | 2.9% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
- 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 Lacolle’s residents
What is the average age in Lacolle?
Half the residents are older than 45.6 and half younger, older than 71% of Canadian towns; 17% are children under 15 and 21% are 65 or over.
Is Lacolle bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 47% are. Another 50% speak only French and 2.2% only English, and French is the first language of 86%.
How diverse is Lacolle?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 3.9%. A visible minority makes up 1.3% and Indigenous residents 2%.
What religion are people in Lacolle?
Most often Christian (70%) or no religion (28%); other religions make up 1.7%.
Is Lacolle good for families?
Children under 15 are 17% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 55% of households and one-parent families 8%. Schools near Lacolle are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Lacolle?
Median total household income in Lacolle was $72,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Lacolle?
The latest figure is an estimate: 2,806 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Lacolle counted 2,708, 4% more than 2016.
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).