Photo: Veillg1 · CC BY-SA 4.0A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 90% of Canadian towns, at 29%
With a median age of 49.2, Saint-Lambert is older than 83% of Canadian towns. This Quebec town had about 23,355 residents in July 2025, by Statistics Canada’s estimate, and 10,555 households at the 2021 Census. Across Saint-Lambert, nearly two in five households rent their home. Households average 2.1 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Lambert
A bilingual town
Both official languages: 74% of residents speak English and French, more than in 99% of Canadian towns. Another 20% speak only French and 4.7% only English. English & French ↓
Many older residents
29% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 90% of Canadian towns; 9.8% are 80 or over, and 42% of households are one person living alone. Ages ↓
Many graduates
66% of residents aged 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 96% of Canadian towns; 19% have a master’s. Qualifications ↓
Many people living alone
42% of households are one person living alone, more than in 91% of Canadian towns; 29% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Saint-Lambert sits above 99% of Canadian towns for bilingual residents (74%)
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. 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
6.6% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 0.7% speak neither official language. Residents whose mother tongue is English are rarer here than in 84% of Canadian towns. Bilingual residents: 7.5% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
From 2016 to 2021, Saint-Lambert outgrew 50% of Canadian towns: +4%
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 3%.
Below 65% of Canadian towns: 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
55–59 is the most common age band: 7% of residents. Lower than in 61% of Canadian towns: 15% of residents are under 15.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Saint-Lambert, 49.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 83 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A higher share of one-person households than 91% of Canadian towns, at 42%
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
For Saint-Lambert, the census puts one-parent families at 8.3%. Set beside that, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
In Saint-Lambert, 20% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 84% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
29% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. Lower than in just over four fifths of Canadian towns: 33% of residents 15 and over are married. Common-law partners: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
Above 88% of Canadian towns: 23% of households live in a building of five or more storeys
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
Just over a third of homes were built before 1961 and 11% in 2001 or later. Few places have so few households in single-detached houses: 29% here, fewer than in 85% of Canadian towns.
The middle household earns $88,000 a year
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
Half of Saint-Lambert’s households had a total income above $88,000 and half below, close to the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Quebec’s towns have a median of $74,000. The pandemic’s benefits: 22% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 12% in Saint-Lambert, more than in 55% of Canadian towns
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
Most immigrants were born in Europe (36%) or in the Americas (25%). As a reference point, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. 32% of immigrants arrived from 2011 to 2021 (typical: 27%), and non-permanent residents make up a further 2% of residents.
32% of residents said they have no religion, below 59% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (3.4%). Few places have so few Indigenous residents: 0.8% here, fewer than in 85% of Canadian towns. Elsewhere, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Where 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns, Saint-Lambert has 13%.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 66%, a higher share than 96% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 2.2% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
A job for 58% of residents aged 15 and over
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 58% is close to the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Of 41 towns its size (22,529 to 24,144 people), the 5th oldest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
They run from Cité-Universitaire, at 32.5, to Cobourg, at 54.8. Closest in median age to Saint-Lambert are Owen Sound (48), Port Perry (49.2), Steeles (49.4) and Huntsville (49.6).
Every nearby town is younger than Saint-Lambert
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Lambert | 23,355 | — | 49.2 | 29% | 16% |
| Lemoyne | 5,052 | 0.7 km | 39.3 | 16% | 16% |
| Vieux Greenfield Park | 10,998 | 2.2 km | 43.4 | 22% | 24% |
| Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde | 6,671 | 2.6 km | 38.3 | 14% | 22% |
| Saint-Jean-Vianney | 13,181 | 2.7 km | 38 | 15% | 24% |
| Laflèche | 19,706 | 2.8 km | 38.7 | 16% | 23% |
| Notre-Dame-de-Grâces | 10,204 | 3.3 km | 39.8 | 17% | 18% |
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. 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. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
Questions about Saint-Lambert’s residents
What religion are people in Saint-Lambert?
63% are Christian and 32% have no religion; 4.8% follow another religion.
Is Saint-Lambert good for families?
Under 15: 15% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 47% of households. One-parent families: 8.3%. Schools near Saint-Lambert are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Lambert?
The median household in Saint-Lambert took in $88,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Saint-Lambert?
Saint-Lambert had about 23,355 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 22,761, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Lambert?
A median age of 49.2, older than 83% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 15%, and people 65 and over 29%.
Is Saint-Lambert bilingual?
74% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 20% speak French only and 4.7% English only. French is the mother tongue of 71%.
How diverse is Saint-Lambert?
16% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 13% belong to a visible minority and 0.8% have an Indigenous identity.
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).