New Brunswick
Province or territory · Population 775,610
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
- 46.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2016: 45.7 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 35.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 32.5% · 2016: 30.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.3%2016: 14.8%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.5%2016: 11%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23.1%2016: 23.2%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29.3%2016: 31.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%22.8%2016: 19.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%21.9%2011: 25.7%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%30.4%2011: 30.3%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.7%2011: 9.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%29.8%2016: 28%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.3%2011: 8.9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%11%2016: 13.9%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%28.7%2016: 28.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%7.8%2016: 9.4%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%29%2016: 28%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%23.5%2016: 20.2%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%57.9%2016: 57.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%7.9%2016: 8.6%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%34%2016: 33.9%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.3%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%63.7%2016: 64.2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%29.5%2016: 31.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%6.8%2016: 4.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 3.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%73%2016: 74.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%26.2%2016: 25%
- Band or local government housing0.8%2016: 0.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%67.8%2016: 69.3%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4%2016: 3.9%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2.9%2016: 2.8%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%4.1%2016: 4.2%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%15.4%2016: 13.8%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%1.3%2016: 1.2%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%4.5%2016: 4.7%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%21.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%29.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%26.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%17.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92%2016: 91.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.5%2016: 2.3%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.2%2016: 4.6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.4%2016: 0.4%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2%2016: 1.5%
Statistics Canada, 2021