Grand Falls / Grand-Sault
Small town · New Brunswick · Population 5,220
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
- 52.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 46.5 years (estimated) · 2016: 50.7 years
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 37%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 38.8% · 2016: 27.5%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%12.2%2016: 13.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.7%2016: 9.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.2%2016: 20.4%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.1%2016: 32.4%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%28.9%2016: 24.4%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%18%2011: 21.5%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%31.3%2011: 33.1%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.4%2011: 8.7%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%36.9%2016: 33.5%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.4%2011: 5.6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%12.6%2016: 14.4%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%35.5%2016: 33.8%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%7.8%2016: 10.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%26.8%2016: 22.5%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%17.5%2016: 18.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%13%2016: 8.8%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%10.8%2016: 12.7%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%76.1%2016: 78.5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%19%2016: 16.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%75.6%2016: 80.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%5.4%2016: 2.7%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 6.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 6.1%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%62.5%2016: 64.2%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%37.3%2016: 35.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%57.9%2016: 58.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5%2016: 4.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%7.2%2016: 7.3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%4.8%2016: 5.5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%21%2016: 19.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.2%2016: 0.4%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%3.8%2016: 4%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%23%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%34.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%24.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%15.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%89.6%2016: 92.9%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.5%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%6.8%2016: 4.8%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.8%2016: 2.1%
Statistics Canada, 2021