Edmundston
Town · New Brunswick · Population 16,437
People and homes
Who lives here and what homes are like, from the 2021 Census. Shown for context: these figures are never part of a score.
Who lives here
- Median age
- 54 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 49.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 51.3 years
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 · 2011: 2.1 · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 30.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 31% · 2016: 27.4%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%11.3%2016: 13%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.9%2016: 8.5%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.3%2016: 20.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29.3%2016: 32.2%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%31.2%2016: 25.6%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%17.4%2011: 20.8%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%30.3%2011: 32.1%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.3%2011: 8.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%39.7%2016: 34.9%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.3%2011: 5.4%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9.7%2016: 11.6%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%26%2016: 28.8%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%13.7%2016: 15.2%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%28.2%2016: 23.3%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%22.5%2016: 21.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%2.4%2016: 1.9%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%34.8%2016: 35.9%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%62.6%2016: 62%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%5.1%2016: 5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%90.1%2016: 92%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%4.8%2016: 2.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 10.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 7.7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%65.3%2016: 67.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%34.7%2016: 32.2%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%58.9%2016: 60.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4%2016: 3.9%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3.2%2016: 2.6%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%7.4%2016: 7.7%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%20.8%2016: 19.6%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%1.6%2016: 1%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%4.1%2016: 4.4%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%30%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%33.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%24.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93.6%2016: 94.4%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.4%2016: 0.2%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.7%2016: 4.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.5%2016: 0.1%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.8%2016: 1%
Statistics Canada, 2021