Photo: Veillg1 · CC BY-SA 4.0Saint-Lazare ranks below 95% of Canadian towns on renter households: 7.3%
Households average 2.9 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Some 22,895 people live in Saint-Lazare, by the estimate for July 2025. Across Saint-Lazare, a fifth of residents are under 15. Fewer residents who moved in within the year than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns: 8.8%.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Lazare
A bilingual town
Both official languages: 72% of residents speak English and French, more than in 99% of Canadian towns. Another 14% speak only French and 13% only English. English & French ↓
Growing faster than most
Saint-Lazare went from 19,917 people in 2016 to 22,354 in 2021, +12%: faster growth than in 88% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
More bilingual residents than 99% of Canadian towns: 72%
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. 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
With residents whose mother tongue is English at 37%, Saint-Lazare is behind just over three quarters of Canadian towns on that count. Measured more widely, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. At home: French 44%, English 47%.
A +12% change since 2016: faster than 88% of Canadian towns
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across Quebec’s towns, +4%. The July 2025 estimate adds another 2%.
Only 13% of residents are 65 or over in Saint-Lazare
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
Half of Saint-Lazare’s residents are under 40.8, younger than in 58% of Canadian towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 13%. To put it in context, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Saint-Lazare, 40.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
14% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 93% of Canadian towns
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.
On the census count, 7.9% of households are one-parent families. As a reference point, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
20% of residents 15 and over live common-law, a share 84% of Canadian towns don’t reach
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up nearly a quarter of adults, beside a typical 27%. For comparison, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Saint-Lazare: 91% of households live in a single-detached house, above 89% 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
46% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 3.7% built before 1961. The benchmark for households in single-detached houses across Canada’s towns: 64%. There is little gap on households in buildings of five or more storeys: 0.1%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Median household income: $123,000 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. 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; Saint-Lazare’s, at $123,000, is 43% higher. The provincial yardstick is $74,000, the median across Quebec’s towns. In 2020, 29% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
12% of residents are immigrants
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
Against a figure of 17% across Canada’s towns, the share of immigrants in Saint-Lazare comes in at 12%. What’s more, at 3.8%, the share of residents without Canadian citizenship is lower than in three fifths of Canadian towns. Most immigrants were born in Europe (45%) or in Asia (26%).
Fewer residents with no religion than 65% of Canadian towns: 30%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Across Canada’s towns, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity; in Saint-Lazare, 1.1%. As a yardstick, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. The share of visible minority residents stands at 11%.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 35%, a higher share than 64% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 4.7% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against 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 68%
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.
More people work here than in the typical town: 68%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
Oldest by rank: 19th of 41 towns of 22,162 to 23,659 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
At one end is Cité-Universitaire (32.5), at the other Cobourg (54.8). The towns whose median age is nearest to Saint-Lazare’s: Westmount (40.4), Ouest (Montréal-Nord) (40.5), High Park-Swansea (41.5) and Mont-Royal (42).
Saint-Lazare is younger than 3 of its 5 nearest neighbours
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Lazare | 22,895 | — | 40.8 | 13% | 12% |
| Hudson | 5,533 | 6.3 km | 54 | 31% | 18% |
| Saint-Clet | 1,784 | 7.5 km | 40.4 | 16% | 2.9% |
| Vaudreuil-Dorion | 46,413 | 8.3 km | 40.8 | 17% | 23% |
| Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac | 1,340 | 9.0 km | 46.4 | 20% | 16% |
| Kanesatake | 1,872 | 9.4 km | — | — | — |
| Sainte-Marthe | 1,065 | 9.5 km | 48.4 | 21% | 2.9% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
- 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.
Questions about Saint-Lazare’s residents
Is Saint-Lazare bilingual?
72% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 14% speak French only and 13% English only. French is the mother tongue of 47%.
How diverse is Saint-Lazare?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 12%. A visible minority makes up 11% and Indigenous residents 1.1%.
What religion are people in Saint-Lazare?
Most often Christian (65%) or no religion (30%); other religions make up 5.2%.
Is Saint-Lazare good for families?
Children under 15 are 20% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 71% of households and one-parent families 7.9%. Schools near Saint-Lazare are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Lazare?
Median total household income in Saint-Lazare was $123,000 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Saint-Lazare?
The latest figure is an estimate: 22,895 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Saint-Lazare counted 22,354, 12% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Saint-Lazare?
Half the residents are older than 40.8 and half younger, younger than 58% of Canadian towns; 20% are children under 15 and 13% are 65 or over.
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).