Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainHalf of Beresford is over 54.4, older than 94% of Canadian towns
In Beresford the average household is 2.1 people, beside 2.4 across Canada’s towns. For Beresford, the census puts residents with no religion at 13%. Immigrants are rarer here than in 96% of Canadian towns. Some 4,389 people live locally, by the estimate for July 2025.
What stands out about the people of Beresford
A bilingual town
75% of residents can hold a conversation in both English and French, more than in 99% of Canadian towns; 16% speak French only and 9.1% English only. English & French ↓
Older than most towns
Half of Beresford’s residents are under 54.4 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 30% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
More bilingual residents than 99% of Canadian towns: 75%
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: English 20%, French 77%. The wider picture: 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. Higher than in 87% of Canadian towns: 80% of residents have French as their mother tongue.
Slower than most: ±0% since 2016, behind 76% 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
Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across New Brunswick’s towns, by more than +3%. Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025 is 2% higher again.
Residents aged 65 and over: 30%, a higher share than 92% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
No age band is larger than 60–64: one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across Canada’s towns. For comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. On the census count, 11% of residents are under 15.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Beresford, 54.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A larger share of one-person households than 65% of Canadian towns: 31%
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.
One-parent families make up 6.7% of households and couple families 55%, against 8.2% and 53% across Canada’s towns. The wider picture: 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
Beresford sits above 82% of Canadian towns for common-law partners (18%)
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: just over a fifth of adults, against a typical 27%. Against that, just over one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Beresford: 28% of households rent their home, above 55% of Canadian towns
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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
Newer homes outnumber old: 18% date from 2001 or later, 9.7% from before 1961. To put it in context, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Where 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns, Beresford has 63%.
Median gross household income: $66,500 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Beresford: half had less than $66,500, 23% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for New Brunswick’s towns: $73,300. 22% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
Only 10% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Beresford
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
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
Most recent wave: 77% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%). The benchmark for residents who moved in within the year across Canada’s towns: 11%. On the census count, 1.3% of residents are not Canadian citizens.
87% said they are Christian and 13% that they have no religion
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Where 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns, Beresford has 0.2%. The census found that 2.5% of residents have an Indigenous identity here.
Beresford sits below 73% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (18%)
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 12% (typical 9.5%). The usual figure: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
47% of residents 15 and over were in work
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 47%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 30% are 65 or over.
Among 41 towns of 4,308 to 4,469 people, the 4th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Glenridding Heights is the youngest of them at 31.9; Highlands East, at 58.8, the oldest. The closest ages to Beresford’s belong to Beaupré (52.8), Eganville (54.4), Bancroft (56) and Grand Forks (56).
1 in 5 nearby towns have a higher median age than Beresford
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beresford | 4,389 | — | 54.4 | 30% | 1.5% |
| Nigadoo | 1,102 | 4.6 km | 50 | 25% | 2% |
| Beresford | 6,543 | 7.9 km | 50.8 | 23% | 0.9% |
| Bathurst | 13,331 | 8.7 km | 53.2 | 31% | 4.4% |
| Petit-Rocher | 2,019 | 9.5 km | 56 | 33% | 1.3% |
| Bathurst | 4,840 | 10.2 km | 52.4 | 27% | 1.6% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
- 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.
Questions about Beresford’s residents
What is the median income in Beresford?
Median total household income in Beresford was $66,500 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Beresford?
The latest figure is an estimate: 4,389 residents in July 2025. At the 2021 Census, Beresford counted 4,294, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Beresford?
Half the residents are older than 54.4 and half younger, older than 94% of Canadian towns; 11% are children under 15 and 30% are 65 or over.
Is Beresford bilingual?
English and French: 75% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 9.1%. French only: 16%. French mother tongue: 80%.
How diverse is Beresford?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 1.5%. A visible minority makes up 0.2% and Indigenous residents 2.5%.
What religion are people in Beresford?
Most often Christian (87%) or no religion (13%); other religions make up 0%.
Is Beresford good for families?
Children under 15 are 11% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 55% of households and one-parent families 6.7%. Schools near Beresford are on its Schools page.
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).