Photo: Shawn from Airdrie, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0A larger share of visible minority residents than 97% of Canadian towns: 81%
Households in Newton hold 3.4 people on average (Canada’s towns: 2.4). Locally, 29% of residents are not Canadian citizens. Fewer households in single-detached houses than in 87% of Canadian towns: 24%. The neighbourhood had 51,222 residents in 15,005 households at the 2021 Census.
What stands out about the people of Newton
A mix of backgrounds
Visible minority residents make up 81%, more than in 97% of Canadian towns, and immigrants 48%. Identity & religion ↓
More immigrants than most towns
Immigrants make up 48% of residents; the medians are 16% across British Columbia’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (85%), then in Europe (3.9%), and 31% arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Newton’s residents are under 36.2 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 16% are under 15 and 15% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A larger share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 98% of Canadian towns: 17%
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
The median age in Newton is 36.2, lower than in 86% of Canadian towns. As a reference point, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. On children under 15, 16% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Newton, 36.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
One-person households: 18%, a lower share than 84% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Shared houses stand out: 8.3% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 92% of Canadian towns. One-person households: 27% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. For Newton, the census puts one-parent families at 8.5%.
Common-law partners make up 3.1% in Newton, less than in 97% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 33% of adults, against a typical 27%. Across Canada’s towns, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law.
Renter households make up 38% in Newton, more than in 72% of Canadian towns
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Set beside that, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Newer homes outnumber old: 28% date from 2001 or later, 3% from before 1961.
$94,300 a year is the median household income here
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; Newton’s, at $94,300, is 10% higher. The figure for British Columbia’s towns: $87,000. In 2020, 35% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
In Newton, 48% of residents are immigrants, more than in 91% of Canadian towns
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 55%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (85%), then in Europe (3.9%). The benchmark for immigrants across Canada’s towns: 17%. Higher than in three quarters of Canadian towns: 14% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. On top of that, 31% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns.
Only 15% of residents said they have no religion in Newton
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Sikh (52%), Hindu (7.9%) and Muslim (5.6%). For comparison, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Indigenous residents are rarer here than in 65% of Canadian towns.
70% have a mother tongue other than English or 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
By its share of bilingual residents (2.2%), Newton is below 97% of Canadian towns. At home, 48% mostly speak another language; 10% speak neither English nor French.
Newton: 28% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, above 52% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 17% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Across Canada’s towns, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.
60% of residents 15 and over were in work
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
More people work here than in the typical town: 60%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
In its size band (43,270 to 59,664), the 4th youngest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Whalley is the youngest of them at 34.9; Shawinigan, at 54.4, the oldest. Next to Newton on this scale come Churchill Meadows (35.9), Spruce Grove (36), Brandon (36.8) and Bradford (37.6).
Newton sits below 2 of its 6 closest neighbours on median age
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newton | 51,222 | — | 36.2 | 15% | 48% |
| Sullivan | 42,135 | 3.1 km | 35.6 | 11% | 48% |
| Strawberry Hill | 37,037 | 3.1 km | 35.2 | 14% | 51% |
| Panorama Ridge | 36,473 | 3.2 km | 35.7 | 13% | 52% |
| Fleetwood | 63,957 | 3.8 km | 39.5 | 17% | 51% |
| Brownsville | 23,515 | 4.3 km | 34.6 | 14% | 47% |
| Johnston Heights | 30,971 | 4.9 km | 40.3 | 16% | 54% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across British Columbia’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.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Statistics Canada publishes the census for municipalities, not neighbourhoods, so these figures add up the dissemination areas inside the neighbourhood. Counts are sums of StatCan’s rounded counts; the median age and income are worked out from the published age and income groups; and 2016 areas don’t add up to these, so there is no 2016 count.
- What these tables don’t give. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
Questions about Newton’s residents
What religion are people in Newton?
15% said they have no religion and 18% that they are Christian; 67% named another faith.
Is Newton good for families?
16% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 41% of households and one-parent families 8.5%. Schools near Newton are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Newton?
Half of Newton’s households had more than $94,300 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Newton?
The 2021 Census counted 51,222 people in Newton.
What is the average age in Newton?
The median age is 36.2, younger than 86% of Canadian towns. 16% are under 15 and 15% 65 or older.
Is Newton bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 2.2% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 87% speak only English and 0% only French; 0.3% grew up with French.
How diverse is Newton?
Immigrants: 48% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 81%. Indigenous identity: 1.8%.
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).