Photo: Judicieux · CC BY-SA 4.011% of households rent their home, fewer than in 86% of Canadian towns
The share of residents who moved in within the year trails 92% of Canadian towns: 6.7%. At the 2021 Census, 9,985 people lived in Lac-Saint-Charles, in 4,050 households. Children under 15 account for 21%. Lower than in 95% of Canadian towns: 1.7% of residents are immigrants.
What stands out about the people of Lac-Saint-Charles
Common-law couples
40% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 99% of Canadian towns; 29% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
More bilingual residents than 81% of Canadian towns: 30%
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. 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
Against a figure of 66% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents whose mother tongue is English in Lac-Saint-Charles comes in at 0.8%. As a yardstick, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
In Lac-Saint-Charles, 15% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 75% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Compared with 11% across Canada’s towns, 8.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24 here. By way of comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. The median age in Lac-Saint-Charles is 40.2, lower than in 62% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Lac-Saint-Charles, 40.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women.
A lower share of one-person households than 68% of Canadian towns, at 22%
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Households here average 2.5 people each. One-parent families make up 8.5%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
40% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 99% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 23% of adults (typical: 27%). For common-law partners, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%. On the census count, 29% of residents 15 and over are married.
Households in single-detached houses: 74%, a higher share than 64% 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
Newer homes outnumber old: 24% date from 2001 or later, 7.9% from before 1961.
Median household income: $92,500 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
Household incomes run high in Lac-Saint-Charles: half had more than $92,500, 8% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across Quebec’s towns is $74,000. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 29% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
1.7% 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
0.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens, against 5.8% across Canada’s towns. Of the immigrants living here, 24% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%.
Fewer residents with no religion than 64% of Canadian towns: 30%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
By its share of visible minority residents (1.6%), Lac-Saint-Charles is below 89% of Canadian towns. Across Lac-Saint-Charles, 1.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity. The wider picture: just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
Below 81% of Canadian towns: 15% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 10% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. Elsewhere, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 67% of adults
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.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 67%.
Of 41 towns its size (9,830 to 10,144 people), the 17th youngest
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
At one end is Stanley (25.6), at the other Blind Bay (58.8). By median age, Lac-Saint-Charles sits among Vincent (39.1), Mitchell (40), Springbank Hill (40.4) and Caledonia-Fairbank (40.6).
Older than Lac-Saint-Charles: 3 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lac-Saint-Charles | 9,985 | — | 40.2 | 15% | 1.7% |
| Wendake | 2,234 | 4.0 km | 46 | 21% | 0% |
| Saint-Émile | 16,893 | 4.4 km | 38.8 | 12% | 3.5% |
| Notre-Dame-des-Laurentides | 16,222 | 4.6 km | 40.1 | 15% | 5.4% |
| Loretteville | 15,653 | 5.3 km | 44 | 23% | 4.9% |
| Val-Bélair | 30,003 | 6.6 km | 37 | 12% | 3.8% |
| Des Châtels | 14,836 | 7.0 km | 42.8 | 20% | 5% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. 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.
- 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.
Questions about Lac-Saint-Charles’s residents
What religion are people in Lac-Saint-Charles?
69% are Christian and 30% have no religion; 1% follow another religion.
Is Lac-Saint-Charles good for families?
Under 15: 21% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 64% of households. One-parent families: 8.5%. Schools near Lac-Saint-Charles are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Lac-Saint-Charles?
The median household in Lac-Saint-Charles took in $92,500 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Lac-Saint-Charles?
Lac-Saint-Charles had 9,985 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Lac-Saint-Charles?
A median age of 40.2, younger than 62% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 21%, and people 65 and over 15%.
Is Lac-Saint-Charles bilingual?
30% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 69% speak French only and 0% English only. French is the mother tongue of 97%.
How diverse is Lac-Saint-Charles?
1.7% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 1.6% belong to a visible minority and 1.8% have an Indigenous identity.
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).