Photo: Louise Montgrain · CC BY 3.0A lower share of renter households than 99% of Canadian towns, at 2.4%
The share of children under 15 is 19%, against 16% across Canada’s towns. By contrast, 13% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 94% of Canadian towns. The latest estimate, for July 2025, is 9,721 residents; the 2021 Census found 3,390 households. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 7.6% in Lorraine.
What stands out about the people of Lorraine
A bilingual town
Both official languages: 70% of residents speak English and French, more than in 98% of Canadian towns. Another 27% speak only French and 2.2% only English. English & French ↓
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 27% of adults, more than in 90% of Canadian towns, while 43% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Bilingual residents: 70%, a higher share than 98% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. 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
In Lorraine, 7.5% of residents have English as their mother tongue, beside 66% across Canada’s towns.
Lorraine changed by +2% from 2016 to 2021, slower than 67% of Canadian towns
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Quebec’s towns, +4%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 13%, a higher share than 76% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 19%; Lorraine has 17%. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with 7.8% of residents. With a median age of 42.4, Lorraine is older than 52% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Lorraine, 42.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Larger households than 82% of Canadian towns: 2.8 people on average
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families account for 8%.
A larger share of common-law partners than 90% of Canadian towns: 27%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Compared with 46% across Canada’s towns, 43% of residents 15 and over are married here. Across Canada’s towns, common-law partners come to 11%.
Lorraine ranks above 85% of Canadian towns on households in single-detached houses: 88%
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
Just over one in ten homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 1.9% built before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. The share of households in single-detached houses across Canada’s towns is 64%.
Half of households earn more than $129,000 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Lorraine’s median household took in $129,000 before tax, 50% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $74,000 is the median household income across Quebec’s towns. COVID-19 benefits went to 28% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
12% 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
Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (36%), then in Asia (25%). Lorraine has fewer immigrants than 60% of Canadian towns, at 12%. Most recent wave: 22% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%).
Residents with no religion make up 28% in Lorraine, less than in 70% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (3.1%). At 0.6%, the share of Indigenous residents is lower than in 88% of Canadian towns. By way of comparison, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Set against 15% across Canada’s towns, 10% of residents belong to a visible minority in Lorraine.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 48%, a higher share than 83% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 2.3% 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.
Employment: 62% of residents 15 and over had a job
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%.
The 21st oldest of 41 towns of 9,526 to 9,929 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
At one end is Stanley (25.6), at the other Qualicum Beach (67.5). Nearest to Lorraine in age: Rustic (41.4), Lac-Deschênes (42.1), Glastonbury (42.5) and Shawnessy (42.5).
2 of the 6 nearest towns are older than Lorraine
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lorraine | 9,721 | — | 42.4 | 17% | 12% |
| Bois-des-Filion | 10,666 | 1.7 km | 41.2 | 15% | 14% |
| Rosemère | 14,198 | 3.4 km | 46.4 | 20% | 13% |
| Auteuil | 27,843 | 4.8 km | 41.6 | 14% | 22% |
| Sainte-Thérèse | 27,253 | 5.4 km | 47.6 | 27% | 7.9% |
| Blainville | 61,739 | 6.4 km | 42 | 15% | 12% |
| Sainte-Rose | 37,408 | 7.3 km | 41.2 | 14% | 25% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
- The census’s own words. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
Questions about Lorraine’s residents
What religion are people in Lorraine?
Christian: 68%. No religion: 28%. Another religion: 4.3%.
Is Lorraine good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 19%. 74% of households are couple families and 8% one-parent families. Schools near Lorraine are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Lorraine?
$129,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Lorraine (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Lorraine?
Statistics Canada estimates 9,721 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 9,502 in Lorraine, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Lorraine?
42.4 is the median age, older than 52% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 19%. 65 and over: 17%.
Is Lorraine bilingual?
70% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 27% speak French only and 2.2% English only. French is the mother tongue of 79%.
How diverse is Lorraine?
Immigrants make up 12% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 10% are members of a visible minority, and 0.6% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
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).