Photo: Roncanada · CC BY-SA 4.0A median age of 47.6: L'Ancienne-Lorette is older than 79% of Canadian towns
26% of residents are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Fewer residents who moved in within the year than in 80% of Canadian towns: 8.2%. With about 17,876 residents in July 2025, L'Ancienne-Lorette counted 7,315 households at the 2021 Census. Residents with no religion account for 24%.
What stands out about the people of L'Ancienne-Lorette
Common-law couples
28% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 91% of Canadian towns; 33% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
More bilingual residents than 86% of Canadian towns: 41%
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. 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
The share of residents whose mother tongue is English trails 95% of Canadian towns: 1.1%. The benchmark for bilingual residents across Canada’s towns: 7.5%.
Slower than most: +3% since 2016, behind 60% of Canadian towns
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +4% across Quebec’s towns. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 5%.
Children under 15: 15%, a lower share than 63% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
55–59 is the most common age band: 7.7% of residents. Measured more widely, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ L'Ancienne-Lorette, 47.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
One-person households make up 30% in L'Ancienne-Lorette, more than in 63% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
A household here has 2.3 people on average; across Canada’s towns, 2.4. Lower than in 62% of Canadian towns: 7.5% of households are one-parent families. One-person households make up 27% across Canada’s towns.
L'Ancienne-Lorette sits above 91% of Canadian towns for common-law partners (28%)
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
By its share of married residents 15 and over (33%), L'Ancienne-Lorette is below 81% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, common-law partners come to 11%.
Above 56% of Canadian towns: 28% of households rent their home
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
Newer homes outnumber old: 18% date from 2001 or later, 9.2% from before 1961. For comparison, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. In L'Ancienne-Lorette, 59% of households live in a single-detached house, beside 64% across Canada’s towns.
Households here have a median income of $86,000 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
At $86,000, the middle household in L'Ancienne-Lorette earned close to the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Quebec’s towns: $74,000. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 23% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
5.3% of residents are immigrants
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 largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (32%) and in Africa (30%). Immigrants are rarer here than in 81% of Canadian towns. 44% of immigrants arrived from 2011 to 2021 (typical: 27%), and non-permanent residents make up a further 0.5% of residents.
74% said they are Christian and 24% that they have no religion
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
The share of visible minority residents is 4.9%, against 15% across Canada’s towns. 0.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
L'Ancienne-Lorette ranks above 61% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 33%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 3.9%, beside a typical 9.5%. The wider picture: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 61%
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
61% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
Ranked by age, 5th oldest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Schmidtville is the youngest of them at 29; Edmundston, at 54, the oldest. Port Elgin (46.8), Unionville (47.5), Thornhill (47.9) and Central Saanich (49.6): the towns nearest L'Ancienne-Lorette in median age.
L'Ancienne-Lorette sits below 1 of its 6 closest neighbours on median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L'Ancienne-Lorette | 17,876 | — | 47.6 | 26% | 5.3% |
| L'Aéroport | 13,630 | 3.1 km | 44.9 | 20% | 7.4% |
| Duberger—Les Saules | 27,419 | 3.5 km | 42.2 | 22% | 8.6% |
| Des Châtels | 14,836 | 4.1 km | 42.8 | 20% | 5% |
| Plateau | 14,176 | 4.4 km | 35.5 | 17% | 20% |
| Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy | 14,541 | 5.1 km | 57 | 40% | 16% |
| Neufchatel Est—Lebourgneuf | 37,164 | 5.3 km | 47.1 | 25% | 6.2% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
- 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 L'Ancienne-Lorette’s residents
What is the population of L'Ancienne-Lorette?
About 17,876, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 16,970 people in L'Ancienne-Lorette, 3% more than 2016.
What is the average age in L'Ancienne-Lorette?
The median age is 47.6, older than 79% of Canadian towns. 15% are under 15 and 26% 65 or older.
Is L'Ancienne-Lorette bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 41% are. Another 59% speak only French and 0.2% only English, and French is the first language of 94%.
How diverse is L'Ancienne-Lorette?
Immigrants: 5.3% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 4.9%. Indigenous identity: 0.8%.
What religion are people in L'Ancienne-Lorette?
24% said they have no religion and 74% that they are Christian; 1.8% named another faith.
Is L'Ancienne-Lorette good for families?
15% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 58% of households and one-parent families 7.5%. Schools near L'Ancienne-Lorette are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in L'Ancienne-Lorette?
Half of L'Ancienne-Lorette’s households had more than $86,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $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).