Living in L'Ancienne-Lorette

In L'Ancienne-Lorette, tenants pay an average rent of €707 a month (2025) and unemployment is 4.4% (2021).

At the end of 2022, L'Ancienne-Lorette had a population of 16,879. An unemployment rate of 4.39% was measured at the end of 2021. A foreign population count of 875 was recorded at the end of 2021.

Last checked 2026-10-1027 sources

Population16,879people31 Dec 2022Official source · Statistics Canada

Median gross salary3,568EUR/month31 Dec 2020Official source · Statistics Canada

Average rent706.9EUR/month31 Dec 2025Official source · Average Rent by Bedroom Type by Census Subdivision

Unemployment rate4.39%country median 8.4% — 48% belowOfficial source · Statistics Canada

Recorded crime3,493incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Metro-area figureOfficial source · Police-reported Crime Severity Index and crime rate, by census metropolitan area, 2025

PM2.5, annual mean7.18µg/m³31 Dec 2024Official source · data-donnees.az.ec.gc.ca

Lower unemployment than 96% of Canadian cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 94% of Canadian cities that publish it.

Which Canada-wide rules apply when you move to L'Ancienne-Lorette?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in CanadaNational rates and thresholds that apply in L'Ancienne-Lorette.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

At the end of 2021, 11.8% of renter households spent at least 30% of income on housing.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€50

Mobile plan, 10 GB€24

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	49.79 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Bell Fibe 500 home internet³Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	24.27 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Public Mobile 50GB plan¹⁰Official · national market
Households spending over 30% of income on rent	11.8 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁴Official
Dwellings	7,516 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹²Official
Main residence dwellings	7,314 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁵Official
Average monthly rent (two-bedroom)	636.3 EUR/month	31 Oct 2023	CMHC Urban Rental Market Survey — Average Rents in Urban Centres (CSD table), October 2023⁴Official
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	706.9 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Average Rent by Bedroom Type by Census Subdivision²Official

Is L'Ancienne-Lorette a good place to live?

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Remote worker59%strong on work, weak on safety · range 49–69%

Skilled employee63%strong on work, weak on education · range 54–72%

Student44%strong on cost, weak on education · range 33–55%

Family61%strong on family, weak on education · range 50–72%

Retirement59%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 46–72%

Work and income

What is the typical salary in L'Ancienne-Lorette?

The median gross salary is about 3,568 EUR/month (2020). The regional series (home-region basis, 2020) is a separate labelled row in the table.

City-scope median, gross, before tax and social contributions.

Median gross salary: 3,568 EUR/month · Statistics Canada¹⁶
Median gross salary (regional): 2,810 EUR/month · 2026-09-17 · www150.statcan.gc.ca²⁰

What is the unemployment rate in L'Ancienne-Lorette?

The unemployment rate is about 4.4 % (2021).

Unemployment rate: 4.39 % · Statistics Canada¹⁷

Unemployment across cities in CanadaUnemployment in L'Ancienne-Lorette is 4.4%. Of 515 cities with data, 125 have unemployment of 6 to under 8%.

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0–22–44–66–88–1010–1212–1414–1616–1818–2020–22

L'Ancienne-Lorette 4.4%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Employment rate	60.9 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁵Official
Median gross salary	3,568 EUR/month	31 Dec 2020	Statistics Canada¹⁶Official
Median gross salary (regional)	2,810 EUR/month	31 Dec 2020	www150.statcan.gc.ca²⁰Official
Unemployment rate	4.39 %country median 8.4%	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁷Official

What does a salary buy in L'Ancienne-Lorette?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€1,951of €2,732 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
Left over

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.	€2,732
Rentaverage rent of a whole dwelling · official · Average Rent by Bedroom Type by Census Subdivision · 2025-12-31	− €707
Internet€50 · official · Bell Fibe 500 home internet · 2026-09-30	− €50
Mobile plan€24 · official · Public Mobile 50GB plan · 2026-09-30	− €24
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€1,951

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to L'Ancienne-Lorette. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Job Bank and public employment services — Public employment service

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Safety

How safe is L'Ancienne-Lorette?

Police recorded 3,493 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Police-reported Crime Severity Index and crime rate, by census metropolitan area, 2025⁹

Recorded crime across major citiesL'Ancienne-Lorette highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Winnipeg7,894

Edmonton7,108

Halifax6,020

Vancouver5,438

Calgary4,796

London4,743

Québec4,630

Ottawa4,298

Hamilton4,257

Toronto4,177

Gatineau3,756

Montreal3,674

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	3,493 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Police-reported Crime Severity Index and crime rate, by census metropolitan area, 2025⁹Official · metropolitan-area figure

Mobility and administration

L'Ancienne-Lorette's nearest airport was YQB, 3 km away and offered 18 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	18 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁷Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	3 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁸Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	YQB	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁸Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for L'Ancienne-Lorette. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

IRCC newcomer language-learning services finder — State Language Course

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

For newcomers to Canada.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in L'Ancienne-Lorette?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.2 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³.

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

PM2.5 — annual mean: 7.18 µg/m³ · data-donnees.az.ec.gc.ca⁵

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.57.2WHO 5 · EU 25

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in CanadaAnnual PM2.5 in L'Ancienne-Lorette is 7.2 µg/m³. Of 123 cities with data, 46 have annual PM2.5 of 3 to under 4 µg/m³.

1–22–33–44–55–66–77–88–99–1010–1113–1415–1616–1717–1820–2140–41

L'Ancienne-Lorette 7.2

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	7.18 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	data-donnees.az.ec.gc.ca⁵Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 2.23 · Feb 1.7 · Mar 16.73 · Apr 20.42 · May 26.5 · Jun 29.3 · Jul 29.21 · Aug 28.4 · Sep 27.68 · Oct 22.21 · Nov 15.65 · Dec 9.16 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁶Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -38.13 · Feb -38.17 · Mar -32.07 · Apr -19.75 · May -4.32 · Jun 0.09 · Jul 6.22 · Aug 4.91 · Sep -1.91 · Oct -8.19 · Nov -20.34 · Dec -30.66 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁶Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan -13.87 · Feb -12.34 · Mar -7.13 · Apr 1.37 · May 9.78 · Jun 15.18 · Jul 18.14 · Aug 17.2 · Sep 13.06 · Oct 5.84 · Nov -1.49 · Dec -9.35 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁶Official · coordinate grid

Population and city profile

L'Ancienne-Lorette spanned 7.7 km² at the end of 2021. The city had 7,315 households at the end of 2021. The median age was 47.6 years at the end of 2021.

How many people live in L'Ancienne-Lorette?

The published population was 16,879 people in 2022. Source: Statistics Canada¹³

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport94.8%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Area	7.72 km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁵Official
City area	7.72 km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁸Official
Foreign-resident share	5.32 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹¹Official
Foreign residents	875 people	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹¹Official
Population density	2,197 people/km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁸Official
Population	16,879 people	31 Dec 2022	Statistics Canada¹³Official

Population over time22 published observations, 2001–2022

16,188

16,468

16,748

17,028

16,87920012005200920152022

Population rose 3.9% between 2001 and 2022, from 16,246 to 16,879.

International community in L'Ancienne-Lorette

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Total - Place of birth for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample data · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total - Place of birth for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample data	875	100.0%
Europe	280	32.0%
Africa	265	30.3%
Americas	250	28.6%
Other places of birth in Africa	185	21.1%
France	155	17.7%
Colombia	110	12.6%
Asia	70	8.0%
Other places of birth in Europe	45	5.1%
Algeria	45	5.1%
China	45	5.1%

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Published group	People	Share
El Salvador	35	4.0%
Morocco	35	4.0%
Other places of birth in Americas	30	3.4%
Romania	30	3.4%
Haiti	25	2.9%
Brazil	20	2.3%
Portugal	20	2.3%
United States of America	15	1.7%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	15	1.7%
Viet Nam	15	1.7%
Mexico	10	1.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁴

Citizenship

Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample data · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample data	16,445	100.0%
Canadian citizens	16,100	97.9%
Canadian citizens aged 18 and over	13,070	79.5%
Canadian citizens aged under 18	3,030	18.4%
Not Canadian citizens	340	2.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁴

Language spoken at home

Total - Language spoken most often at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total - Language spoken most often at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data	16,455	100.0%
Single responses	16,265	98.8%
Official languages	15,930	96.8%
French	15,785	95.9%
Non-official languages	335	2.0%
Non-Indigenous languages	335	2.0%
Indo-European languages	220	1.3%
Multiple responses	185	1.1%
Italic (Romance) languages	180	1.1%
English	145	0.9%
Spanish	135	0.8%

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Published group	People	Share
French and non-official language(s)	95	0.6%
English and French	90	0.5%
Afro-Asiatic languages	55	0.3%
Semitic languages	45	0.3%
Arabic	45	0.3%
Balto-Slavic languages	40	0.2%
Slavic languages	40	0.2%
Portuguese	35	0.2%
Sino-Tibetan languages	25	0.2%
Chinese languages	25	0.2%
Austro-Asiatic languages	20	0.1%
Vietnamese	20	0.1%
Mandarin	15	0.1%
Serbo-Croatian	15	0.1%
Russian	10	0.1%
Bosnian	10	0.1%
Ukrainian	10	0.1%
Romanian	10	0.1%
Yue (Cantonese)	5	0.0%
English, French and non-official language(s)	5	0.0%
Berber languages	5	0.0%
Kabyle	5	0.0%
Germanic languages	5	0.0%
High German languages	5	0.0%
German	5	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁴

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents born abroad	5.3 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁴Official
Households	7,315 households	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁵Official
Labour force participation rate	63.7 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁵Official
Median age	47.6 years	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁹Official

Alternatives for people set on L'Ancienne-Lorette

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Boischatel as a L'Ancienne-Lorette alternative in the same region

20 km away, better on 2 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.

Median gross pay, region: €3,333 Boischatel vs €2,810 L'Ancienne-Lorette+19%
Median gross pay, city: €4,058 Boischatel vs €3,568 L'Ancienne-Lorette+14%
Residents: 9,007 Boischatel vs 16,879 L'Ancienne-Lorette−47%
Foreign residents: 3.9% Boischatel vs 5.3% L'Ancienne-Lorette−28%
Unemployment: 4.8% Boischatel vs 4.4% L'Ancienne-Lorette+9%
Annual PM2.5: 7.0 µg/m³ Boischatel vs 7.2 µg/m³ L'Ancienne-Lorettesame level
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,493 Boischatel vs 3,493 L'Ancienne-Lorettesame level

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Aurora as a L'Ancienne-Lorette alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 705 km, better on 3 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Foreign residents: 36.8% Aurora vs 5.3% L'Ancienne-Lorette+591%
Median gross pay, city: €4,357 Aurora vs €3,568 L'Ancienne-Lorette+22%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,296 Aurora vs 3,493 L'Ancienne-Loretteno percentage
Median gross pay, region: €3,094 Aurora vs €2,810 L'Ancienne-Lorette+10%

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Cities near L'Ancienne-Lorette

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Québec Commuting Zone · 10.7 km away

Salary: 3,246 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures 9.6 km away

Salary: 4,248 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Shannon 15.0 km away

Salary: 3,622 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Boischatel 19.7 km away

Salary: 4,058 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Sainte Catherine de la Jacques Cartier 20.1 km away

Salary: 3,377 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Saint-Apollinaire 23.4 km away

Salary: 2,985 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Alternative cities in Canada

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Greater Napanee16,926 residents Sylvan Lake16,802 residents Edmundston17,026 residents Yorkton16,728 residents Swift Current17,330 residents Lake Country17,372 residents

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Is L'Ancienne-Lorette part of Québec?

L'Ancienne-Lorette is in the published commuting zone of Québec; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Québec city profile

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in L'Ancienne-Lorette?

The published population was 16,879 people in 2022. Source: Statistics Canada.

Is the air quality good in L'Ancienne-Lorette?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.2 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: data-donnees.az.ec.gc.ca.

How safe is L'Ancienne-Lorette?

What is the typical salary in L'Ancienne-Lorette?

The median gross salary is about 3,568 EUR/month (2020). The regional series (home-region basis, 2020) is a separate labelled row in the table. Source: Statistics Canada.

What is the unemployment rate in L'Ancienne-Lorette?

The unemployment rate is about 4.4 % (2021). Source: Statistics Canada.

What is the typical salary around L'Ancienne-Lorette?

The median gross salary is 2,810 EUR/month. Source: www150.statcan.gc.ca.

Is L'Ancienne-Lorette a good place to live?

L'Ancienne-Lorette may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Is L'Ancienne-Lorette part of Québec?

L'Ancienne-Lorette is in the published commuting zone of Québec; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

Which cities are near L'Ancienne-Lorette?

Québec, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Shannon, Boischatel, Sainte Catherine de la Jacques Cartier are near L'Ancienne-Lorette. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Europe live in L'Ancienne-Lorette?

The official country of birth distribution records 280 people (32.0%) in the source-defined population for 2021 Census. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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