Photo: Brett Snyder ( 1brettsnyder at en.wikipedia ) · CC BY 1.0Newell County sits above 92% of Canadian towns for children under 15 (22%)
Where 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns, Newell County has 20%. Its population is much the same as in 2016. 8.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. The median age in the town is 39.2, lower than in 69% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Newell County
A town of families
Children under 15 are 22% of residents, more than in 92% of Canadian towns. Households average 2.7 people, and 4.4% are one-parent families. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Newell County changed by −1% from 2016 to 2021, slower than 84% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns, the typical town changed +4%; across Alberta’s towns, +1%. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 5%.
Newell County: 13% of residents are aged 15 to 24, above 81% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
More residents are 10–14 than any other five-year age: 8.5% of residents, 1.5 times the share across Canada’s towns. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 16% of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Newell County, 39.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women.
Bigger households than 76% of Canadian towns: 2.7 people each on average
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The share of one-parent families is 4.4%, against 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
Above 97% of Canadian towns: 61% of residents 15 and over are married
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Across Canada’s towns, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law; in Newell County, 6.6%. 23% of adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%).
Newell County ranks above 79% of Canadian towns on households in single-detached houses: 84%
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. 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
24% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 15% built before 1961. As a reference point, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. On renter households, Newell County sits lower than 73% of Canadian towns: 16%.
$92,000 a year: where the middle household sits
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Newell County’s, at $92,000, is 7% higher. The provincial yardstick is $92,200, the median across Alberta’s towns. The pandemic’s benefits: 19% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
11% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
Recent arrivals, from 2011 to 2021, are 19% of immigrants (typical: 27%); non-permanent residents add 0.9% of residents. 3.2% of residents are not Canadian citizens. A year before the census, 8.6% lived somewhere else: fewer than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns.
A lower share of residents with no religion than 65% of Canadian towns, at 30%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents: 3.9% here and 15% across Canada’s towns. For Newell County, the census puts Indigenous residents at 3.5%. Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 35%.
76% have English as their mother tongue; 1.4% also speak French
Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Compared with 7.5% across Canada’s towns, 1.4% of residents speak English and French here. Here, 0.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 12% in Newell County, less than in 91% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 21% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
Employment: 67% of residents 15 and over had a job
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, below this 67%.
Youngest by rank: 12th of 41 towns of 7,723 to 7,975 people
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Median ages here range from 28.6 in La Broquerie to 58.8 in Minden Hills. By median age, Newell County sits among Labrador City (38.4), Cornwall (38.8), North Stormont (39.6) and Windsor Park (40.5).
Every nearby town is younger than Newell County
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Alberta’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
Questions about Newell County’s residents
What religion are people in Newell County?
69% are Christian and 30% have no religion; 1.1% follow another religion.
Is Newell County good for families?
Under 15: 22% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 70% of households. One-parent families: 4.4%. Schools near Newell County are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Newell County?
The median household in Newell County took in $92,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Newell County?
Newell County had about 7,846 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 7,465, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Newell County?
A median age of 39.2, younger than 69% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 22%, and people 65 and over 16%.
Is Newell County bilingual?
1.4% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 97% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.5%.
How diverse is Newell County?
11% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 3.9% belong to a visible minority and 3.5% have an Indigenous identity.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population · Statistics Canada, population estimates for 1 July 2025 (table 17-10-0155). 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).