Photo: DomLemLali · CC BY-SA 4.0Residents who moved in within the year make up 5.1% in Laurierville, less than in 99% of Canadian towns
Renter households: 12%, below 83% of Canadian towns. With about 1,368 residents in July 2025, Laurierville counted 580 households at the 2021 Census. Locally, just over a fifth of residents said they have no religion. Compared with other places, immigrants are scarce here: 0.8%, fewer than in 98% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Laurierville
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 35% of adults, more than in 98% of Canadian towns, while 29% are married. Couples ↓
Fewer people than before
Laurierville went from 1,346 people in 2016 to 1,313 in 2021, −3%: slower growth than in 90% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
More bilingual residents than 73% of Canadian towns: 19%
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Here 0.8% of residents have English as their mother tongue, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 66%. For bilingual residents, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 7.5%.
Since 2016, Laurierville has changed by −3%, slower than 90% 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%.
Half of Laurierville is over 45.6, older than 71% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Across Canada’s towns, 16% of residents are under 15; in Laurierville, 17%. In Laurierville, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women.
2.2 people per household, fewer than in 74% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The figure for one-person households is 33% in Laurierville and 27% across Canada’s towns. 6% of households are one-parent families, fewer than in 83% of Canadian towns.
35% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 98% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 24% of adults, beside a typical 27%. 29% of residents 15 and over are married, a lower share than in 89% of Canadian towns. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
In Laurierville, 89% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 86% of Canadian towns
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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
Older homes outnumber new: 46% predate 1961, 14% date from 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. The usual figure: 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Households here have a median income of $61,600 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Laurierville had $61,600 before tax, 28% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). For Quebec’s towns, the median household income is $74,000. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 29% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
0.8% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Recent arrivals are 100% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns.
80% said they are Christian and 21% that they have no religion
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
In Laurierville, 1.6% of residents have an Indigenous identity, beside 2.8% across Canada’s towns. Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns.
Laurierville ranks below 98% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 8.8%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 16%, beside a typical 9.5%. Against that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 63% of residents 15 and over had a job
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 63% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
2 of the 4 nearest towns are older than Laurierville
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurierville | 1,368 | — | 45.6 | 22% | 0.8% |
| Plessisville | 2,718 | 9.4 km | 43.6 | 20% | 1.7% |
| Lyster | 1,679 | 10.7 km | 48 | 27% | 0.7% |
| Plessisville | 6,774 | 11.5 km | 48 | 29% | 1.4% |
| Val-Alain | 1,084 | 14.7 km | 42.8 | 19% | 1.5% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- 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.
Questions about Laurierville’s residents
Is Laurierville bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 19% are. Another 81% speak only French and 0% only English, and French is the first language of 99%.
How diverse is Laurierville?
0.8% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 0% belong to a visible minority and 1.6% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Laurierville?
80% are Christian and 21% have no religion; 0% follow another religion.
Is Laurierville good for families?
Under 15: 17% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 57% of households. One-parent families: 6%. Schools near Laurierville are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Laurierville?
The median household in Laurierville took in $61,600 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Laurierville?
Laurierville had about 1,368 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 1,313, 3% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Laurierville?
A median age of 45.6. Children under 15 make up 17%, and people 65 and over 22%.
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).