Photo: Dr Wilson · CC BY-SA 3.0Bas-Caraquet is older than 98% of Canadian towns: a median age of 58
7.6% of residents are under 15, against 16% across Canada’s towns. The share of residents with no religion stands at 7.2%. Bas-Caraquet has more households in single-detached houses than 92% of Canadian towns, at 92%. The 2021 Census found 620 households in the town; by July 2025 the population was about 1,391.
What stands out about the people of Bas-Caraquet
A French-speaking community
97% of residents have French as their mother tongue, more than in 97% of Canadian towns; 30% speak both official languages and 98% speak French most often at home. English & French ↓
Older than most towns
Bas-Caraquet’s median age is 58; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 34% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Bas-Caraquet ranks above 97% of Canadian towns on residents whose mother tongue is French: 97%
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. 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
By its share of bilingual residents (30%), Bas-Caraquet is above 81% of Canadian towns. For residents whose mother tongue is French, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 1.5%.
Since 2016, Bas-Caraquet has changed by +1%, slower than 74% of Canadian towns
Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across New Brunswick’s towns +3%. The July 2025 estimate adds another 6%.
In Bas-Caraquet, 34% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 97% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 5.7% in Bas-Caraquet and 11% across Canada’s towns. Set beside that, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
2 people per household, fewer than in 90% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
One-parent families are about as common here as across Canada’s towns, at 8.9%. For Bas-Caraquet, the census puts one-person households at 35%.
Bas-Caraquet ranks above 80% of Canadian towns on common-law partners: 17%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
31% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. Compared with other places, married residents 15 and over are scarce here: 36%, fewer than in 75% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
20% of households rent their home, below 63% of Canadian towns
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
Just over a fifth of homes were built before 1961 and 6.5% in 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Across the comparison, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
The middle household earns $58,000 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Bas-Caraquet’s households had a total income below $58,000, 33% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $73,300 is the median household income across New Brunswick’s towns. 26% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
Bas-Caraquet ranks below 98% of Canadian towns on residents who moved in within the year: 5.3%
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
Compared with 17% across Canada’s towns, 0.8% of residents are immigrants here. Add to that, residents without Canadian citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. For residents who moved in within the year, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%.
Bas-Caraquet: 6.4% of residents have an Indigenous identity, above 76% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Visible minority residents are rarer here than in 99% of Canadian towns. The usual figure: 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
5.6% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 99% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 27% (typical 9.5%).
Employment: 41% of residents 15 and over had a job
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
With 34% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 41% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Bas-Caraquet is older than every town around it
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across New Brunswick’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. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
- 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.
Questions about Bas-Caraquet’s residents
Is Bas-Caraquet good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 7.6%. 46% of households are couple families and 8.9% one-parent families. Schools near Bas-Caraquet are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Bas-Caraquet?
$58,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Bas-Caraquet (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Bas-Caraquet?
Statistics Canada estimates 1,391 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 1,311 in Bas-Caraquet, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Bas-Caraquet?
58 is the median age. Under 15: 7.6%. 65 and over: 34%.
Is Bas-Caraquet bilingual?
English and French: 30% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 0.8%. French only: 69%. French mother tongue: 97%.
How diverse is Bas-Caraquet?
Immigrants make up 0.8% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 0% are members of a visible minority, and 6.4% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Bas-Caraquet?
Christian: 93%. No religion: 7.2%. Another religion: 0%.
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).