Photo: ...some guy · CC BY 2.0Half of Alnwick is over 53.6, older than 92% of Canadian towns
With residents who moved in within the year at 3.8%, Alnwick is behind 99% of Canadian towns on that count. About 3,767 people lived locally in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 8%. Residents with no religion are rarer here than in 98% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Alnwick
A bilingual town
Both official languages: 58% of residents speak English and French, more than in 94% of Canadian towns. Another 23% speak only French and 19% only English. English & French ↓
Older than most towns
Half of Alnwick’s residents are under 53.6 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 28% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A larger share of bilingual residents than 94% of Canadian towns: 58%
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Across Canada’s towns, 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue; in Alnwick, 72%. The wider picture: 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Alnwick changed by −1% from 2016 to 2021, behind 83% of Canadian towns
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across New Brunswick’s towns, by more than +3%.
Only 11% of residents are under 15 in Alnwick
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with 10% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. The usual figure: 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns. The census found that 28% of residents are 65 or over in Alnwick.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Alnwick, 53.6. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women.
In Alnwick, 11% of households are one-parent families, more than in 83% of Canadian towns
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Canada’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Alnwick, 2.2. Against that, nearly one in ten households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns. In Alnwick, 27% of households are one person living alone.
Above 71% of Canadian towns: 14% of residents 15 and over live common-law
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
26% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns. Here, 45% of residents 15 and over are married.
Alnwick ranks above 95% of Canadian towns on households in single-detached houses: 94%
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. 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
28% of homes were built before 1961 and 12% in 2001 or later. Across Canada’s towns, 64% of households live in a single-detached house. Few places have so few renter households: 11% here, fewer than in 88% of Canadian towns.
Before tax, the median household income is $60,400 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Alnwick had $60,400 before tax, 30% below the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). New Brunswick’s towns have a median of $73,300. In 2020, 22% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
0.7% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 20%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Set against 17% across Canada’s towns, 0.7% of residents are immigrants in Alnwick.
4.7% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 68% of Canadian towns
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. Typically, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
In Alnwick, 6.9% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 99% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 32%, against 9.5%. Set beside that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 39% of residents aged 15 and over
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Fewer work here than in the typical town: 39%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 28% of residents are 65 or over.
The 4th oldest of 41 towns of 3,708 to 3,824 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
The youngest is Clareview Town Centre (32.1) and the oldest Georgian Bay (58.4). Cowichan Bay (51.6), Lake Cowichan (52), Maniwaki (54.4) and Saint-Tite (57.6): the towns nearest Alnwick in median age.
Every nearby town is younger than Alnwick
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alnwick | 3,767 | — | 53.6 | 28% | 0.7% |
| Esgenoôpetitj 14 | 1,326 | 2.6 km | 31.4 | 6.9% | 0% |
| Neguac | 1,733 | 5.0 km | 52.8 | 30% | 1.9% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- 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 New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over New Brunswick’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.
Questions about Alnwick’s residents
What is the average age in Alnwick?
The median age is 53.6, older than 92% of Canadian towns. 11% are under 15 and 28% 65 or older.
Is Alnwick bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 58% are. Another 23% speak only French and 19% only English, and French is the first language of 72%.
How diverse is Alnwick?
Immigrants: 0.7% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 0%. Indigenous identity: 4.7%.
What religion are people in Alnwick?
9.6% said they have no religion and 90% that they are Christian; 0.6% named another faith.
Is Alnwick good for families?
11% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 53% of households and one-parent families 11%. Schools near Alnwick are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Alnwick?
Half of Alnwick’s households had more than $60,400 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Alnwick?
About 3,767, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 3,615 people in Alnwick, about the same as 2016.
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).