58% of households rent their home, a share 90% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Where nearly one in ten households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns, Laflèche has 12%. The neighbourhood counted 19,706 residents and 8,705 households at the 2021 Census. Across Laflèche, 15% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. The median age locally is 38.7, lower than in 72% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Laflèche
A bilingual neighbourhood
Both official languages: 49% of residents speak English and French, more than in 89% of Canadian towns. Another 46% speak only French and 4% only English. English & French ↓
A neighbourhood of renters
58% of households rent their home, more than in 90% of Canadian towns; 62% live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
49% of residents speak English and French, a share 89% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. 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
11% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 1.4% speak neither official language. Fewer residents whose mother tongue is English than in 86% of Canadian towns: 6.7%. Across Canada’s towns, bilingual residents come to 7.5%.
Below 64% of Canadian towns: 16% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
In Laflèche, 18% of residents are under 15, beside 16% across Canada’s towns. Typically, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Laflèche, 38.7. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Laflèche: 36% of households are one person living alone, above 81% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
In Laflèche the average household is 2.2 people, beside 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Elsewhere, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Laflèche ranks above 84% of Canadian towns on common-law partners: 20%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Just over a third of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. In Laflèche, 29% of residents 15 and over are married. Across Canada’s towns, common-law partners come to 11%.
Laflèche sits below 83% of Canadian towns for households in single-detached houses (32%)
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
Nearly a fifth of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 19% built before 1961. Households in single-detached houses: 64% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
The middle household earns $66,700 a year
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
At $66,700, the middle household in Laflèche earned 22% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Quebec’s towns have a median of $74,000. In 2020, 33% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
A higher share of residents without Canadian citizenship than 65% of Canadian towns, at 9.1%
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 30%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Most immigrants were born in Africa (31%) or in the Americas (29%). On immigrants, Laflèche sits higher than just over three fifths of Canadian towns: 23%. By way of comparison, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns. Recent arrivals are 43% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns.
29% of residents belong to a visible minority, a share 66% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 35%; Laflèche has 29%. 1.5% of residents have an Indigenous identity, fewer than in 72% of Canadian towns. The comparison figure for visible minority residents is 15% across Canada’s towns. Among other religions: Muslim (8.8%).
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 23% in Laflèche, less than in 60% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 16% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. On average, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 62% of residents aged 15 and over
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
62% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
Youngest by rank: 19th of 41 towns of 19,270 to 20,122 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
They run from Mitchell, at 28.8, to Niagara-on-the-Lake, at 57.2. Overbrook (37.9), Nicolas-Viel (38.6), Evergreen (39.6) and Vinegar Hill (40): the towns nearest Laflèche in median age.
A younger town than 5 of the 6 around it: Laflèche
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laflèche | 19,706 | — | 38.7 | 16% | 23% |
| Saint-Robert | 9,186 | 1.5 km | 42 | 20% | 20% |
| Vieux Greenfield Park | 10,998 | 1.6 km | 43.4 | 22% | 24% |
| Nouveau Greenfield Park | 6,199 | 1.7 km | 43.9 | 21% | 29% |
| Saint-Jean-Vianney | 13,181 | 1.8 km | 38 | 15% | 24% |
| Lemoyne | 5,052 | 2.1 km | 39.3 | 16% | 16% |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Paul | 8,352 | 2.7 km | 39.5 | 18% | 22% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. The middle of Quebec’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. There is no census profile for a neighbourhood, so we add up the dissemination areas inside it. Each count is a sum of Statistics Canada’s rounded counts, the median age and income come from the published groups, and with 2016’s areas drawn differently there is no 2016 count.
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
- 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 Laflèche’s residents
What is the population of Laflèche?
The 2021 Census counted 19,706 people in Laflèche.
What is the average age in Laflèche?
The median age is 38.7, younger than 72% of Canadian towns. 18% are under 15 and 16% 65 or older.
Is Laflèche bilingual?
49% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 46% speak French only and 4% English only. French is the mother tongue of 69%.
How diverse is Laflèche?
Immigrants: 23% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 29%. Indigenous identity: 1.5%.
What religion are people in Laflèche?
29% said they have no religion and 60% that they are Christian; 11% named another faith.
Is Laflèche good for families?
18% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 42% of households and one-parent families 12%. Schools near Laflèche are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Laflèche?
Half of Laflèche’s households had more than $66,700 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population. 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).