Fredericton
Small city · New Brunswick · Population 63,116
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
- 40 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 39.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 40.7 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 (estimated) · 2011: 2.2 (estimated) · 2016: 2.2 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 49.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 47.7% (estimated) · 2016: 46.7% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.4%2016: 15% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%14.1%2016: 14.4% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%27.9%2016: 27.1% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%23.6%2016: 25.4% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%19.9%2016: 18% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%20%2011: 22.1% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%26.6%2011: 27.2% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.3%2011: 8.5% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%34%2016: 32.3% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%11.1%2011: 11.8% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%4.8%2016: 5.7% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%22.2%2016: 22.7% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%4.6%2016: 5.6% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%21.4%2016: 23.1% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%47%2016: 43% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%74.9%2016: 75.3% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.3%2016: 0.3% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%24.3%2016: 23.2% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.6%2016: 1.1% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%80.2%2016: 82.1% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%6.1%2016: 6.8% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%13.7%2016: 11.1% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 6.7%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 6.6% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%56.6%2016: 58.6% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%43.4%2016: 41.3% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%43.8%2016: 46.2% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.8%2016: 2.8% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%4.4%2016: 4.2% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%8.3%2016: 8.8% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%34.9%2016: 31.4% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%1.5%2016: 1.8% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%4.4%2016: 4.9% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%19.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%28.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%22.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%22.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%6.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%85.2%2016: 83.6% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%3.7%2016: 4.3% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%7.8%2016: 9.3% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.4%2016: 1.7% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2%2016: 1% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021