Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Mirabel is younger than 81% of Canadian towns: a median age of 37.2
54% of households live in a single-detached house; across Canada’s towns the figure is 64%. With about 68,471 residents in July 2025, Mirabel counted 24,795 households at the 2021 Census. Locally, 13% of residents are 65 or over. Lower than in 80% of Canadian towns: 5.5% of residents are immigrants.
What stands out about the people of Mirabel
A bilingual town
Both official languages: 46% of residents speak English and French, more than in 88% of Canadian towns. Another 53% speak only French and 0.9% only English. English & French ↓
Growing faster than most
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, Mirabel went from 50,513 to 61,108 residents (+21%), faster growth than in 97% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Common-law couples
34% 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.
A higher share of bilingual residents than 88% of Canadian towns, at 46%
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
The figure for residents whose mother tongue is English is 2.5% in Mirabel and 66% across Canada’s towns. By way of comparison, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. At home: French 93%, English 2.6%.
+21% since 2016, a pace 97% of Canadian towns didn’t match
The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +4% across Quebec’s towns. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 12% higher again.
Mirabel ranks above 87% of Canadian towns on children under 15: 21%
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
No age band is larger than 40–44: 7.5% of residents. Against that, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Mirabel, 37.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Mirabel sits above 79% of Canadian towns for one-parent families (10%)
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.
At 2.5 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Across the comparison, nearly one in ten households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 26% of households are one person living alone.
Above 97% of Canadian towns: 34% of residents 15 and over live common-law
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
29% of residents 15 and over are married; across Canada’s towns the figure is 46%. Common-law partners make up 11% across Canada’s towns.
In Mirabel, 34% of households rent their home, more than in 66% 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
Newer homes outnumber old: 61% date from 2001 or later, 7% from before 1961. Measured more widely, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. At 0.6%, the share of households in buildings of five or more storeys is in line with the figure across Canada’s towns.
$90,000 a year: the median household income
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Mirabel had $90,000 before tax, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within Quebec’s towns, the household in the middle had $74,000. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 34% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
A higher share of residents who moved in within the year than 65% of Canadian towns, at 13%
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
5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns, against 1.8% in Mirabel. As a yardstick, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Europe (28%) or in Africa (27%).
Only 34% of residents said they have no religion in Mirabel
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents make up 6.5%, against 15% across Canada’s towns. Mirabel has fewer Indigenous residents than 68% of Canadian towns, at 1.7%. The comparison figure for residents with no religion is 35% across Canada’s towns.
A smaller share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 71% of Canadian towns: 19%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Across Canada’s towns, 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds hold a degree; in Mirabel, 19%, and 47% have a college or trades credential (typical: 29%). Those with no credential make up 11%, next to 9.5% in the typical town.
In work on census day: 70% of adults
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
More people work here than in the typical town: 70%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
5th lowest median age among 41 towns of 51,739 to 91,290
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Median ages here range from 34 in Grande Prairie to 54.4 in Shawinigan. Whalley (34.9), Brandon (36.8), Langford (38.4) and Prince George (38.8): the towns nearest Mirabel in median age.
The towns around Mirabel are all older
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirabel | 68,471 | — | 37.2 | 13% | 5.5% |
| Blainville | 61,739 | 5.7 km | 42 | 15% | 12% |
| Sainte-Thérèse | 27,253 | 8.1 km | 47.6 | 27% | 7.9% |
| Boisbriand | 29,830 | 9.4 km | 40 | 15% | 12% |
| Saint-Eustache | 47,562 | 11.4 km | 44.8 | 22% | 10% |
| Rosemère | 14,198 | 11.6 km | 46.4 | 20% | 13% |
| Lorraine | 9,721 | 12.1 km | 42.4 | 17% | 12% |
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. 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.
- 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 Mirabel’s residents
Is Mirabel good for families?
21% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 57% of households and one-parent families 10%. Schools near Mirabel are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Mirabel?
Half of Mirabel’s households had more than $90,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Mirabel?
About 68,471, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 61,108 people in Mirabel, 21% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Mirabel?
The median age is 37.2, younger than 81% of Canadian towns. 21% are under 15 and 13% 65 or older.
Is Mirabel bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 46% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 0.9% speak only English and 53% only French; 91% grew up with French.
How diverse is Mirabel?
Immigrants: 5.5% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 6.5%. Indigenous identity: 1.7%.
What religion are people in Mirabel?
34% said they have no religion and 64% that they are Christian; 2.5% named another faith.
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).