Photo: Tracklan2 · CC0Indigenous residents make up 11% in Newton, more than in 89% of Canadian towns
The share of households in single-detached houses is 85%, against 64% across Canada’s towns. There were 1,150 households in Newton at the 2021 Census, home to 2,809 people. 30% of households are one person living alone. Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in nearly two thirds of Canadian towns: 10%.
What stands out about the people of Newton
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
11% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 89% of Canadian towns; 3.9% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Younger than 54% of Canadian towns: half of Newton is under 41.3
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The largest age band is 30–34: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Canada’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 18% in Newton.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Newton, 41.3. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
Newton households average 2.4 people, larger than in 52% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The census found that nearly one in ten households are one-parent families in Newton.
40% of residents 15 and over are married, below 68% of Canadian towns
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: nearly a third of adults (typical: 27%). The usual figure: 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. The share of common-law partners stands at 12%.
Fewer renter households than 54% of Canadian towns: 24%
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. Prices, rents and shelter costs are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Owners and renters · share of households
When homes were built · share of homes
49% of homes were built before 1961 and 7.2% in 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Renter households: 25% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
Median gross household income: $84,100 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes sit at the middle in Newton: half had more than $84,100, near the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Among Alberta’s towns, the typical figure is $92,200. Emergency and recovery benefits reached 32% of those with an income, beside a typical 28%.
In Newton, 20% of residents are immigrants, more than in 56% of Canadian towns
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 30%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Immigrants here were most often born in Europe (41%), then in Asia (25%). A year before the census, 11% lived somewhere else: fewer than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns. Residents without Canadian citizenship are about as common here as across Canada’s towns: 6.6%.
Newton ranks above 77% of Canadian towns on residents with no religion: 44%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Set against 15% across Canada’s towns, 18% of residents belong to a visible minority in Newton. On average, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns.
74% have English as their mother tongue; 4.8% also speak French
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents is 7.5%; Newton has 4.8%. Residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.6% of the total.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 16%, a lower share than 79% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the bottom of the ladder, 19% hold no certificate of any kind, against 9.5% in the typical town. Against that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 51%
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 51%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 18% of residents are 65 or over.
Of 41 towns its size (2,766 to 2,849 people), the 12th youngest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The youngest is Kuujjuaq (28.8) and the oldest Saint-Michel-des-Saints (58.8). In age, Newton keeps company with Greenview (40.2), Rivière-Beaudette (40.4), Mathers (42.3) and Rougemont (43.2).
Newton is younger than 3 of its 6 nearest neighbours
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newton | 2,809 | — | 41.3 | 18% | 20% |
| Beacon Heights | 4,389 | 1.0 km | 44.5 | 17% | 17% |
| Montrose | 3,378 | 1.2 km | 38.9 | 13% | 23% |
| Highlands | 2,677 | 1.3 km | 44 | 21% | 12% |
| Beverly Heights | 3,252 | 1.4 km | 45.5 | 22% | 17% |
| Homesteader | 6,059 | 1.8 km | 34.1 | 12% | 34% |
| Belvedere | 5,337 | 2.1 km | 40.7 | 18% | 28% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- The census’s own words. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Built up from dissemination areas: Statistics Canada stops at the municipality. Rounded counts are added together and medians estimated from the published groups. The 2016 areas don’t line up with these, so the change since 2016 isn’t shown.
Questions about Newton’s residents
What is the population of Newton?
Newton had 2,809 residents at the 2021 Census.
What is the average age in Newton?
41.3 is the median age, younger than 54% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 16%. 65 and over: 18%.
Is Newton bilingual?
4.8% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 93% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.6%.
How diverse is Newton?
Immigrants make up 20% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 18% are members of a visible minority, and 11% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Newton?
Christian: 50%. No religion: 44%. Another religion: 5.9%.
Is Newton good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 16%. 43% of households are couple families and 8.7% one-parent families. Schools near Newton are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Newton?
$84,100 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Newton (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).