Photo: Roncanada · CC BY 4.0Lavaltrie: 19% of residents are under 15, above 80% of Canadian towns
Of the immigrants living here, 37% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. Few places have as many households in single-detached houses: 75% here, more than in 65% of Canadian towns. Statistics Canada puts Lavaltrie’s population at 15,996 for July 2025. One in ten households are one-parent families.
What stands out about the people of Lavaltrie
Common-law couples
33% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 97% of Canadian towns; 29% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Bilingual residents make up 33% in Lavaltrie, more than in 82% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. 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
With residents whose mother tongue is English at 1.3%, Lavaltrie is behind 94% of Canadian towns on that count. The benchmark for bilingual residents across Canada’s towns: 7.5%.
A growing town: +6% since 2016, faster than 60% of Canadian towns
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +4% across Quebec’s towns. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 11%.
Half of Lavaltrie is under 40.8, younger than 58% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with 7.7% of residents. Compared with other places, residents aged 65 and over are scarce here: 17%, fewer than in 63% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Lavaltrie has 10%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Lavaltrie, 40.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Bigger households than 58% of Canadian towns: 2.5 people each on average
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
25% of households are one person living alone, against 27% across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of common-law partners than 97% of Canadian towns: 33%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Just over a quarter of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). For Lavaltrie, the census puts married residents 15 and over at 29%. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
24% of households rent their home, fewer than in 53% 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. Just over a third of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 7% built before 1961. Across Canada’s towns, renter households come to 25%.
Half above, half below $82,000 a year in household income
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
Household incomes sit at the middle in Lavaltrie: half had more than $82,000, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Quebec’s towns the median is $74,000. COVID-19 benefits went to 32% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
Above 56% of Canadian towns: 12% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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
Where 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns, Lavaltrie has 1.1%. 3.4% of residents are immigrants. By way of comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
Residents with no religion make up 31% in Lavaltrie, less than in 64% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Set against 15% across Canada’s towns, 3% of residents belong to a visible minority in Lavaltrie. Residents with no religion make up 35% across Canada’s towns. 2.2% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 11% in Lavaltrie, less than in 94% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 17% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. To put it in context, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 62% of adults
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 62%.
Of 41 towns its size (15,610 to 16,400 people), the 21st oldest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The group spans Ledbury-Heron Gate-Ridgemont, youngest at 32.1, to Vieux-Moulin, oldest at 54.3. The closest ages to Lavaltrie’s belong to Notre-Dame-des-Laurentides (40.1), Downtown (40.6), Saint-Louis (41.1) and Mount Pleasant East (42.1).
Older than Lavaltrie: 4 of the 6 towns nearby
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lavaltrie | 15,996 | — | 40.8 | 17% | 3.4% |
| Contrecoeur | 10,708 | 5.8 km | 38.8 | 18% | 5.5% |
| Saint-Sulpice | 3,688 | 8.2 km | 44.4 | 18% | 3.6% |
| Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu | 2,984 | 10.0 km | 41.6 | 17% | 2.5% |
| Lanoraie | 5,694 | 10.3 km | 44.8 | 21% | 2.7% |
| L'Assomption | 25,126 | 10.7 km | 40 | 17% | 5.7% |
| Saint-Ours | 1,817 | 11.1 km | 54 | 28% | 2.7% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
- 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.
Questions about Lavaltrie’s residents
What is the average age in Lavaltrie?
Half the residents are older than 40.8 and half younger, younger than 58% of Canadian towns; 19% are children under 15 and 17% are 65 or over.
Is Lavaltrie bilingual?
33% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 67% speak French only and 0.2% English only. French is the mother tongue of 96%.
How diverse is Lavaltrie?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 3.4%. A visible minority makes up 3% and Indigenous residents 2.2%.
What religion are people in Lavaltrie?
Most often Christian (69%) or no religion (31%); other religions make up 0.7%.
Is Lavaltrie good for families?
Children under 15 are 19% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 57% of households and one-parent families 9.9%. Schools near Lavaltrie are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Lavaltrie?
Median total household income in Lavaltrie was $82,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Lavaltrie?
The latest figure is an estimate: 15,996 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Lavaltrie counted 14,425, 6% 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).