Photo: Guerinf · CC0Half of Saint-Lin--Laurentides is under 34.8, younger than 91% of Canadian towns
36% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. On residents who moved in within the year, Saint-Lin--Laurentides sits higher than 75% of Canadian towns: 14%. With about 26,673 residents in July 2025, Saint-Lin--Laurentides counted 9,290 households at the 2021 Census. For Saint-Lin--Laurentides, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.6%.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Lin--Laurentides
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 38% of adults, more than in 99% of Canadian towns, while 23% are married. Couples ↓
Younger than most towns
The middle resident of Saint-Lin--Laurentides is 34.8; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 23% are under 15 and 12% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Growing faster than most
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, Saint-Lin--Laurentides went from 20,786 to 24,030 residents (+16%), faster growth than in 93% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A larger share of bilingual residents than 81% of Canadian towns: 30%
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: French 96%, English 1.2%. The usual figure: 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. Fewer residents whose mother tongue is English than in 93% of Canadian towns: 1.5%.
Growth of +16% since 2016 puts Saint-Lin--Laurentides ahead of 93% of Canadian towns
How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +4% across Quebec’s towns. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 11% higher again.
Children under 15: 23%, a higher share than 95% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Just over a tenth of Saint-Lin--Laurentides is 65 or over, against 20% across Quebec’s towns and 19% across Canada’s towns. As a yardstick, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Saint-Lin--Laurentides, 34.8. 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.
Saint-Lin--Laurentides ranks above 84% of Canadian towns on one-parent families: 11%
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Households in Saint-Lin--Laurentides hold 2.6 people on average (Canada’s towns: 2.4). One-person households: 24% of the total. Across the comparison, nearly one in ten households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns.
Above 99% of Canadian towns: 38% of residents 15 and over live common-law
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 28% of adults, against a typical 27%. Set beside that, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Renter households make up 29% in Saint-Lin--Laurentides, more than in 58% of Canadian towns
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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
52% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 7.3% built before 1961. For renter households, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 25%. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. In Saint-Lin--Laurentides, 70% of households live in a single-detached house, beside 64% across Canada’s towns.
$78,500 a year: where the middle household sits
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
At $78,500, the middle household in Saint-Lin--Laurentides earned 9% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Quebec’s towns have a median of $74,000. Pandemic benefits reached 38% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
3.5% of residents are immigrants
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
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 (32%) or in the Americas (30%). Lower than in 86% of Canadian towns: 1.2% of residents are not Canadian citizens. Compared with 17% across Canada’s towns, 3.5% of residents are immigrants here.
Saint-Lin--Laurentides: 37% of residents said they have no religion, above 55% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Set against 15% across Canada’s towns, 4% of residents belong to a visible minority in Saint-Lin--Laurentides. The comparison figure for residents with no religion is 35% across Canada’s towns. Census figures put Indigenous residents at 2.2% locally.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 5.6%, a lower share than 99% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 22% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. By way of comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 65% of residents 15 and over had a job
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 65%, more residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Of 41 towns its size (25,488 to 27,843 people), the 6th youngest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Median ages here range from 31.1 in Wellington Place to 56.8 in Picton. The towns whose median age is nearest to Saint-Lin--Laurentides’s: Sandalwood West (sunny Meadow) (34.3), Parc-Kent (34.8), Beaumont (35.2) and Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn (37.1).
No nearby town is as young as Saint-Lin--Laurentides
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Lin--Laurentides | 26,673 | — | 34.8 | 12% | 3.5% |
| Saint-Esprit | 2,313 | 9.4 km | 44 | 20% | 2% |
| Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines | 15,904 | 9.8 km | 39.6 | 15% | 3.5% |
| Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan | 5,675 | 12.5 km | 38.8 | 17% | 1.5% |
| Saint-Calixte | 7,627 | 13.6 km | 48.8 | 20% | 4.4% |
| Sainte-Sophie | 19,467 | 14.4 km | 37.2 | 12% | 2.6% |
| Sainte-Julienne | 12,990 | 14.6 km | 42 | 17% | 2.6% |
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. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
- 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-Lin--Laurentides’s residents
What is the average age in Saint-Lin--Laurentides?
Half the residents are older than 34.8 and half younger, younger than 91% of Canadian towns; 23% are children under 15 and 12% are 65 or over.
Is Saint-Lin--Laurentides bilingual?
30% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 69% speak French only and 0.2% English only. French is the mother tongue of 94%.
How diverse is Saint-Lin--Laurentides?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 3.5%. A visible minority makes up 4% and Indigenous residents 2.2%.
What religion are people in Saint-Lin--Laurentides?
Most often Christian (62%) or no religion (37%); other religions make up 1.4%.
Is Saint-Lin--Laurentides good for families?
Children under 15 are 23% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 54% of households and one-parent families 11%. Schools near Saint-Lin--Laurentides are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Saint-Lin--Laurentides?
Median total household income in Saint-Lin--Laurentides was $78,500 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Saint-Lin--Laurentides?
The latest figure is an estimate: 26,673 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Saint-Lin--Laurentides counted 24,030, 16% 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).