Photo: Wilfredor · CC0Residents with no religion: 26%, a lower share than 74% of Canadian towns
49% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. Statistics Canada puts Lévis’s population at 160,882 for July 2025. The share of immigrants stands at 3.6%. Few places have as many renter households: 34% here, more than in nearly two thirds of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Lévis
Common-law couples
31% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 95% of Canadian towns; 30% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Lévis: 38% of residents speak English and French, above 85% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. 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
Compared with 66% across Canada’s towns, 1% of residents have English as their mother tongue here. Across Canada’s towns, bilingual residents come to 7.5%. At home: French 97%, English 0.8%.
A +4% change since 2016: faster than 52% of Canadian towns
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 7%.
Lévis is older than 62% of Canadian towns: a median age of 44
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The share of children under 15 is 17%, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Locally, 21% of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Lévis, 44. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Households here average 2.2 people, below 74% 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.
33% of households are one person living alone, against 27% across Canada’s towns. The share of one-parent families stands at 8.1%.
Common-law partners make up 31% in Lévis, more than in 95% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
The share of married residents 15 and over is 30%, against 46% across Canada’s towns. Across Canada’s towns, common-law partners come to 11%.
Lévis sits above 67% of Canadian towns for households in buildings of five or more storeys (2.8%)
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
By its share of households in single-detached houses (53%), Lévis is below nearly two thirds of Canadian towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 30% date from 2001 or later, 14% from before 1961.
$84,000 a year: where the middle household sits
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
At $84,000, the middle household in Lévis earned close to the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Quebec’s towns: $74,000. The pandemic’s benefits: 26% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
Lévis sits above 56% of Canadian towns for residents who moved in within the year (12%)
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
Immigrants here were most often born in Africa (35%), then in Europe (34%). Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%. Compared with other places, residents without Canadian citizenship are scarce here: 2.5%, fewer than in 70% of Canadian towns.
72% said they are Christian and 26% that they have no religion
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
4% of residents belong to a visible minority (Canada’s towns: 15%). The share of Indigenous residents stands at 1.3%.
More degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 58% of Canadian towns: 31%
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: 6.5%, beside a typical 9.5%. By way of comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 65% of adults
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 65% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
41 towns of 105,520 to 243,107 people: this is the 10th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The youngest is Milton (36) and the oldest Cape Breton (50.4). In age, Lévis keeps company with Delta (44), Thunder Bay (44), Burlington (44.4) and Saanich (44.4).
Lévis is younger than 3 of its 6 nearest neighbours
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lévis | 160,882 | — | 44 | 21% | 3.6% |
| Sillery | 13,950 | 3.5 km | 51 | 31% | 8.9% |
| Saint-Louis | 15,792 | 5.0 km | 41.1 | 23% | 17% |
| Saint-Sacrement | 10,650 | 5.2 km | 47.8 | 33% | 12% |
| Montcalm | 13,572 | 5.7 km | 53.6 | 35% | 10% |
| Cité-Universitaire | 22,546 | 5.8 km | 32.5 | 23% | 14% |
| Saint-Jean-Baptiste | 8,882 | 6.4 km | 42.9 | 25% | 9.2% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Quebec’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
Questions about Lévis’s residents
What is the median income in Lévis?
$84,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Lévis (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Lévis?
Statistics Canada estimates 160,882 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 149,683 in Lévis, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Lévis?
44 is the median age, older than 62% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 17%. 65 and over: 21%.
Is Lévis bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 38% are. Another 61% speak only French and 0.2% only English, and French is the first language of 96%.
How diverse is Lévis?
Immigrants make up 3.6% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 4% are members of a visible minority, and 1.3% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Lévis?
Christian: 72%. No religion: 26%. Another religion: 1.6%.
Is Lévis good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 17%. 55% of households are couple families and 8.1% one-parent families. Schools near Lévis are on its Schools page.
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).