Photo: Coastal Elite from Halifax, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Upper Lachine ranks above 99% of Canadian towns on renter households: 80%
At 1.9 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across Canada’s towns. There were 10,875 households in Upper Lachine at the 2021 Census, home to 21,130 people. Census figures put visible minority residents at 50% locally. 17% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a higher share than in 88% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Upper Lachine
A bilingual neighbourhood
Both official languages: 63% of residents speak English and French, more than in 96% of Canadian towns. Another 6.8% speak only French and 29% only English. English & French ↓
A neighbourhood of renters
80% of households rent their home, more than in 99% of Canadian towns; 98% live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Many people living alone
49% of households are one person living alone, more than in 96% of Canadian towns; 14% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Upper Lachine: 63% of residents speak English and French, above 96% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. 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
Here just over a third of residents have English as their mother tongue, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 66%. As a reference point, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. At home, 23% mostly speak another language; 2.3% speak neither English nor French.
Half of Upper Lachine is under 37, younger than 82% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 25–29: just over one in ten residents, 1.9 times the share across Canada’s towns. Here, 14% of residents are 65 or over. 13% of residents are under 15, a lower share than in 80% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Upper Lachine, 37. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
One-person households make up 49% in Upper Lachine, more than in 96% 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.
8.2% of households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns, against 9.5% in Upper Lachine. As a reference point, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. Shared houses stand out: nearly one in ten households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 94% of Canadian towns.
In Upper Lachine, 28% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 92% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Here just over one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 11%. 45% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%).
In Upper Lachine, 0.1% of households live in a single-detached house, fewer than in 99% of Canadian towns
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
The share of households in buildings of five or more storeys tops 89% of Canadian towns: 25%. Older homes outnumber new: 45% predate 1961, 10% date from 2001 or later. To put it in context, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Before tax, the median household income is $50,600 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Upper Lachine’s, at $50,600, is 41% lower. The figure for Quebec’s towns: $74,000. In 2020, 39% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
In Upper Lachine, 25% of residents are not Canadian citizens, more than in 96% of Canadian towns
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 45%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (40%) and in Europe (24%). Set beside that, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns. 37% of residents are immigrants, more than in 81% of Canadian towns. Recent arrivals, from 2011 to 2021, are 39% of immigrants (typical: 27%); non-permanent residents add 12% of residents.
A higher share of residents with no religion than 57% of Canadian towns, at 37%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
0.9% of residents have an Indigenous identity, against 2.8% across Canada’s towns. Against that, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Among other religions: Muslim (12%) and Jewish (2.2%).
Upper Lachine sits above 85% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (50%)
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
5.7% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
An employment rate of 61%
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 61% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
The 6th youngest of 41 towns of 20,628 to 21,645 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The youngest of these towns is Saddle Ridge, at 32.4; the oldest, Bridgenorth, is at 52. By median age, Upper Lachine sits among Thorncliffe Park (34.3), Maisonneuve (36.9), Huron Heights (37.1) and Black Creek (37.4).
Every nearby town is older than Upper Lachine
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Lachine | 21,130 | — | 37 | 14% | 37% |
| Côte-Saint-Antoine | 20,415 | 0.9 km | 41.9 | 20% | 27% |
| Loyola | 26,607 | 1.7 km | 40.8 | 18% | 41% |
| Snowdon | 22,511 | 2.2 km | 37.2 | 16% | 42% |
| Hampstead | 7,464 | 2.3 km | 39.6 | 17% | 28% |
| Ville-Émard | 13,826 | 2.4 km | 39.6 | 18% | 28% |
| Westmount | 20,377 | 2.5 km | 48.8 | 28% | 28% |
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. 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.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Statistics Canada reports the census by municipality; a neighbourhood’s figures are the sum of its dissemination areas, rounded counts and all, with medians estimated from age and income groups and no 2016 count, as the 2016 areas don’t fit.
Questions about Upper Lachine’s residents
What is the average age in Upper Lachine?
A median age of 37, younger than 82% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 13%, and people 65 and over 14%.
Is Upper Lachine bilingual?
English and French: 63% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 29%. French only: 6.8%. French mother tongue: 19%.
How diverse is Upper Lachine?
37% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 50% belong to a visible minority and 0.9% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Upper Lachine?
44% are Christian and 37% have no religion; 19% follow another religion.
Is Upper Lachine good for families?
Under 15: 13% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 30% of households. One-parent families: 9.5%. Schools near Upper Lachine are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Upper Lachine?
The median household in Upper Lachine took in $50,600 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Upper Lachine?
21,130, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Upper Lachine alone.
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).