Miramichi
Town · New Brunswick · Population 17,692
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
- 50 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 46.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 48.7 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 32.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 27.3% · 2016: 29.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13.3%2016: 14.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.8%2016: 10.4%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%20.4%2016: 20.7%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.8%2016: 31%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%27.7%2016: 23.8%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%19.1%2011: 24.3%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%29%2011: 30.1%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.1%2011: 10.7%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%33.4%2016: 30%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.4%2011: 7.6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%7.5%2016: 8.9%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%30.1%2016: 30.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%8.3%2016: 9.5%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%32.3%2016: 31%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%21.9%2016: 20%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%80.3%2016: 80.3%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.4%2016: 0.3%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%19.3%2016: 19.3%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%87.5%2016: 88.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%8%2016: 8.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%4.5%2016: 3%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%69.6%2016: 72.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%30.4%2016: 27.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%68%2016: 69.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.4%2016: 4.2%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.7%2016: 0.6%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.3%2016: 2.3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%17.5%2016: 15.7%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%7.1%2016: 7.4%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%28.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%33.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%25.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%9.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93.9%2016: 92.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.5%2016: 1.6%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.5%2016: 4.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.5%2016: 0.1%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.6%2016: 1.8%
Statistics Canada, 2021