Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainA median age of 50.8: Beresford is older than 87% of Canadian towns
The share of renter households is 9.7%, against 25% across Canada’s towns. Locally, just over one in ten residents said they have no religion. Beresford has fewer residents who moved in within the year than 94% of Canadian towns, at 6.4%. Some 6,543 people live here, by the estimate for July 2025.
What stands out about the people of Beresford
A French-speaking community
French is the mother tongue of 88% of residents, more than in 89% of Canadian towns. 69% can speak English and French, and 87% use French most at home. English & French ↓
A bilingual town
69% of residents can hold a conversation in both English and French, more than in 98% of Canadian towns; 27% speak French only and 5% English only. English & French ↓
Older than most towns
Half of Beresford’s residents are under 50.8 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 23% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Beresford ranks above 98% of Canadian towns on bilingual residents: 69%
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. 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
Residents whose mother tongue is French make up 88%, against 1.5% across Canada’s towns. At home: English 11%, French 87%. For bilingual residents, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 7.5%.
Slower growth than 80% of Canadian towns: Beresford changed by ±0% since 2016
Two census counts, five years apart, and Statistics Canada’s newest estimate.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 5%. Across Canada’s towns the median change is +4%; across New Brunswick’s towns, +3%.
Children under 15: 12%, a lower share than 87% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
60–64 is the most common age band: 11% of residents, 1.5 times the share across Canada’s towns. Compared with other places, residents aged 65 and over are common here: 23%, more than in 73% of Canadian towns. To put it in context, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Beresford, 50.8. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
Smaller households than 64% of Canadian towns: 2.3 people on average
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.
Against a figure of 8.2% across Canada’s towns, the share of one-parent families in Beresford comes in at 6%. Census figures put one-person households at 24% in the town.
21% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 85% of Canadian towns
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Locally, 46% of residents 15 and over are married. Common-law partners make up 11% across Canada’s towns.
Households in single-detached houses make up 88% in Beresford, more than in 86% 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
13% of homes were built before 1961 and 12% in 2001 or later. On average, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
Median gross household income: $69,500 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
At $69,500, the middle household in Beresford earned 19% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across New Brunswick’s towns have a median of $73,300. The pandemic’s benefits: 26% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
0.9% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
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
Of the immigrants living here, 18% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%. In Beresford, 0.6% of residents are not Canadian citizens. On immigrants, Beresford sits lower than 98% of Canadian towns: 0.9%.
Above 68% of Canadian towns: 4.7% of residents have an Indigenous identity
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 15% across Canada’s towns, the share of visible minority residents in Beresford comes in at 0.9%. Across the comparison, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 91% of Canadian towns: 12%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 14%, against 9.5%. The usual figure: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 51% of residents 15 and over had a job
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. 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%, above this 51%; 23% of residents are 65 or over.
In its size band (6,431 to 6,640), the 8th oldest of 41 towns
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Centre is the oldest at 61.2, City View the youngest at 33.5. By median age, Beresford sits among South Surrey (48.3), Elmhurst (48.7), Pictou County, Subdivision B (51.6) and Kings County, Subdivision D (52.8).
Nearby, 4 of 5 towns have older populations than Beresford
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beresford | 6,543 | — | 50.8 | 23% | 0.9% |
| Nigadoo | 1,102 | 3.7 km | 50 | 25% | 2% |
| Petit-Rocher | 2,019 | 6.8 km | 56 | 33% | 1.3% |
| Beresford | 4,389 | 7.9 km | 54.4 | 30% | 1.5% |
| Bathurst | 4,840 | 13.9 km | 52.4 | 27% | 1.6% |
| Bathurst | 13,331 | 15.9 km | 53.2 | 31% | 4.4% |
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 New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for New Brunswick’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
- 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.
Questions about Beresford’s residents
Is Beresford good for families?
Under 15: 12% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 63% of households. One-parent families: 6%. Schools near Beresford are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Beresford?
The median household in Beresford took in $69,500 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Beresford?
Beresford had about 6,543 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 6,226, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Beresford?
A median age of 50.8, older than 87% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 12%, and people 65 and over 23%.
Is Beresford bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 69% are. Another 27% speak only French and 5% only English, and French is the first language of 88%.
How diverse is Beresford?
0.9% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 0.9% belong to a visible minority and 4.7% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Beresford?
88% are Christian and 12% have no religion; 0.5% follow another religion.
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).