Shippagan
Small town · New Brunswick · Population 4,781
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
- 54.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 48.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 51.7 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 (estimated) · 2011: 2.3 (estimated) · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 13.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 13.1% (estimated) · 2016: 11.7%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%10.5%2016: 10.3%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.3%2016: 9.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%18.8%2016: 20.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%34.5%2016: 37%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%28.9%2016: 23.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%16.2%2011: 22.8% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%28%2011: 26.2% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%12%2011: 13.2% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%31.6%2016: 28.2%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%12.2%2011: 11.4% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%34.9%2016: 40.4%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%19.3%2016: 20.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%10.7%2016: 10.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%24.8%2016: 21.3%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%10.7%2016: 7.2%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%1.1%2016: 1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%69.1%2016: 71%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%29.8%2016: 27.9%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%3.8%2016: 3.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%95.1%2016: 95.9%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1.1%2016: 0.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.6%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%89.3%2016: 89.1%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%10.7%2016: 10.9%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%92.4%2016: 92.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.7%2016: 0.9%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0.2%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.4%2016: 0.2%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%1.8%2016: 1.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%4.7%2016: 4.4%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%17.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%43.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%28.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%9.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%97.7%2016: 93%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 2.1%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%0.6%2016: 1.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.1%2016: 3.4%
Statistics Canada, 2021