Photo: Steven.Pigeon · Public domainA lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 99% of Canadian towns, at 5.2%
The figure for Indigenous residents is 8.3% in Oka and 2.8% across Canada’s towns. There are 4% more residents than in 2016. Census figures put households in single-detached houses at 88% in the town. The median age in the town is 46.4, higher than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Oka
A bilingual town
52% of residents can hold a conversation in both English and French, more than in 91% of Canadian towns; 46% speak French only and 1.8% English only. English & French ↓
Common-law couples
30% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 94% of Canadian towns; 34% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Oka sits above 91% of Canadian towns for bilingual residents (52%)
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Here 5.2% 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.
Slower growth than 52% of Canadian towns: Oka changed by +4% since 2016
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 9%.
Oka sits below 74% of Canadian towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (9.4%)
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: 9.3% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. Few places have as many residents aged 65 and over: 21% here, more than in 65% of Canadian towns. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Oka, 46.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Oka households average 2.4 people, smaller than in 53% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
For Oka, the census puts one-parent families at 7.1%. Across Canada’s towns, the share of one-person households is 27%; Oka has 26%.
Oka ranks above 94% of Canadian towns on common-law partners: 30%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 25% of adults, beside a typical 27%. Locally, 34% of residents 15 and over are married. The share of common-law partners across Canada’s towns is 11%.
A smaller share of renter households than 68% of Canadian towns: 18%
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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
Older homes outnumber new: 30% predate 1961, 26% date from 2001 or later. As a reference point, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
The median household brings in $86,000 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
At $86,000, the middle household in Oka earned close to the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within Quebec’s towns, the household in the middle had $74,000. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 29% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
2.2% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
Against a figure of 17% across Canada’s towns, the share of immigrants in Oka comes in at 2.2%. Census figures put residents without Canadian citizenship at 0.3% here.
Oka sits below 54% of Canadian towns for residents with no religion (34%)
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Here 1.2% of residents belong to a visible minority, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 15%. Across Canada’s towns, residents with no religion come to 35%.
Oka ranks below 61% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 22%
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
With no certificate, diploma or degree: 13%, beside a typical 9.5%. Across the comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 61%
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
61% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
17th highest median age among 41 towns of 4,237 to 4,388
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
They run from Glenridding Heights, at 31.9, to Highlands East, at 58.8. The closest ages to Oka’s belong to Saint-Ambroise (44.8), Electoral Area E, Cariboo (45.2), Ormstown (47.2) and Stellarton (47.2).
Oka sits below 1 of its 5 closest neighbours on median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oka | 4,312 | — | 46.4 | 21% | 2.2% |
| Kanesatake | 1,872 | 3.7 km | — | — | — |
| Saint-Joseph-du-Lac | 7,391 | 6.7 km | 40.8 | 15% | 3.4% |
| Hudson | 5,533 | 6.8 km | 54 | 31% | 18% |
| Pointe-Calumet | 6,427 | 7.2 km | 40.8 | 14% | 3.6% |
| Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac | 1,340 | 7.6 km | 46.4 | 20% | 16% |
| Vaudreuil-Dorion | 46,413 | 9.8 km | 40.8 | 17% | 23% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
- 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. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
Questions about Oka’s residents
What is the average age in Oka?
Half the residents are older than 46.4 and half younger, older than 74% of Canadian towns; 17% are children under 15 and 21% are 65 or over.
Is Oka bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 52% are. Another 46% speak only French and 1.8% only English, and French is the first language of 90%.
How diverse is Oka?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 2.2%. A visible minority makes up 1.2% and Indigenous residents 8.3%.
What religion are people in Oka?
Most often Christian (66%) or no religion (34%); other religions make up 0.7%.
Is Oka good for families?
Children under 15 are 17% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 60% of households and one-parent families 7.1%. Schools near Oka are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Oka?
Median total household income in Oka was $86,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Oka?
The latest figure is an estimate: 4,312 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Oka counted 3,968, 4% more than 2016.
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).