Photo: Misspixels (Isabelle Gagné) · CC BY-SA 4.0A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 97% of Canadian towns: 6.6%
Residents who moved in within the year are more common here than in 77% of Canadian towns. Val-David is home to some 5,920 people (July 2025 estimate), in 2,665 households at the 2021 Census. The share of one-person households stands at 38%. By its share of residents with no religion (41%), Val-David is above 69% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Val-David
A bilingual town
Both official languages: 55% of residents speak English and French, more than in 92% of Canadian towns. Another 44% speak only French and 1.3% only English. English & French ↓
Older than most towns
Half of Val-David’s residents are under 50.4 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 26% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Growing faster than most
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, Val-David went from 4,917 to 5,558 residents (+13%), faster growth than in 89% of Canadian towns. Population change ↓
Common-law couples
Common-law unions take in 29% of adults, more than in 92% of Canadian towns, while 28% are married. Couples ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A higher share of bilingual residents than 92% of Canadian towns, at 55%
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. 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
Set against 66% across Canada’s towns, 4.2% of residents have English as their mother tongue in Val-David. On average, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
A growing town: +13% since 2016, faster than 89% of Canadian towns
Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
For comparison, the median is +4% across Canada’s towns and +4% across Quebec’s towns. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 7%.
A median age of 50.4: Val-David is older than 86% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The largest age band is 60–64: one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 26%.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Val-David, 50.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Val-David households average 2.1 people, smaller than in 83% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Nearly one in ten households are one-parent families, against 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
Common-law partners make up 29% in Val-David, more than in 92% 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
Across Canada’s towns, the share of married residents 15 and over is 46%; Val-David has 28%. For common-law partners, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%.
Households in single-detached houses make up 76% in Val-David, more than in 67% 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
Newer homes outnumber old: 31% date from 2001 or later, 14% from before 1961. Against that, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Just over a quarter of households rent their home, against 25% across Canada’s towns.
Before tax, the median household income is $63,200 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Val-David’s, at $63,200, is 27% lower. Across Quebec’s towns, half of households had more than $74,000 before tax. In 2020, 32% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
7.8% 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
Most recent wave: just over a fifth of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%). On immigrants, Val-David sits lower than 70% of Canadian towns: 7.8%. Locally, 2.1% of residents are not Canadian citizens.
57% said they are Christian and 41% that they have no religion
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
1.5% of residents belong to a visible minority, against 15% across Canada’s towns. Fewer Indigenous residents than in 65% of Canadian towns: 1.8%.
32% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 60% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
9.4% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%). As a yardstick, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 52% 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. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
With 26% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 52% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Of 41 towns its size (5,795 to 6,048 people), the 7th oldest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
At one end is Electoral Area B, Peace River (30.6), at the other Nutana Urban Centre (62). The closest ages to Val-David’s belong to Spallumcheen (48), East Ferris (48), Crowsnest Pass (52.8) and Cumberland County, Subdivision C (52.8).
The towns around Val-David are all older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Val-David | 5,920 | — | 50.4 | 26% | 7.8% |
| Val-Morin | 3,226 | 2.8 km | 51.2 | 25% | 5.6% |
| Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts | 12,154 | 6.6 km | 55.2 | 31% | 4.5% |
| Sainte-Lucie-des-Laurentides | 1,651 | 8.4 km | 52 | 25% | 3.2% |
| Sainte-Adèle | 15,216 | 9.3 km | 53.6 | 28% | 6.5% |
| Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson | 3,842 | 11.0 km | 55.2 | 23% | 4.2% |
| Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard | 3,974 | 13.9 km | 58 | 31% | 7.2% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- Against Quebec’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for Quebec’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
Questions about Val-David’s residents
How diverse is Val-David?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 7.8%. A visible minority makes up 1.5% and Indigenous residents 1.8%.
What religion are people in Val-David?
Most often Christian (57%) or no religion (41%); other religions make up 1.5%.
Is Val-David good for families?
Children under 15 are 15% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 46% of households and one-parent families 9.4%. Schools near Val-David are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Val-David?
Median total household income in Val-David was $63,200 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Val-David?
The latest figure is an estimate: 5,920 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Val-David counted 5,558, 13% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Val-David?
Half the residents are older than 50.4 and half younger, older than 86% of Canadian towns; 15% are children under 15 and 26% are 65 or over.
Is Val-David bilingual?
English and French: 55% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 1.3%. French only: 44%. French mother tongue: 90%.
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).