Photo: Wm. Notman & Son · Public domain6.1% of households rent their home, fewer than in 98% of Canadian towns
The share of residents with no religion trails 97% of Canadian towns: 11%. About 2,104 people lived in Blackville in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates. Residents who moved in within the year account for 3.8%. At 10%, the share of children under 15 is lower than in 95% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Blackville
Older than most towns
Half of Blackville’s residents are under 51.6 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 27% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
From 2016 to 2021, 87% of Canadian towns grew faster than Blackville: −2%
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The median across Canada’s towns is +4%, and across New Brunswick’s towns +3%. By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 5%.
A median age of 51.6: Blackville is older than 89% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (27%), Blackville is above 85% of Canadian towns. On residents aged 15 to 24, Blackville sits higher than 62% of Canadian towns: 12%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 116 men for every 100 women.
Blackville households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 74% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The share of one-person households tops 63% of Canadian towns: 30%. Nearly one in ten households are one-parent families.
A smaller share of common-law partners than 86% of Canadian towns: 5.9%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
32% of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. For Blackville, the census puts married residents 15 and over at 47%. The comparison figure for common-law partners is 11% across Canada’s towns.
Households in single-detached houses: 90%, a higher share than 89% 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. To put it in context, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Older homes outnumber new: 21% predate 1961, 10% date from 2001 or later.
Half of households earn more than $60,400 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Blackville: half had less than $60,400, 30% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across New Brunswick’s towns is $73,300. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 30% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
2.4% 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
17% of residents are immigrants across Canada’s towns, against 2.4% in Blackville. Locally, 0.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens.
89% said they are Christian and 11% that they have no religion
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
In Blackville, 1.6% of residents belong to a visible minority, beside 15% across Canada’s towns. Indigenous residents are rarer here than in 98% of Canadian towns.
97% have English as their mother tongue; 4.1% also speak 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
Set against 7.5% across Canada’s towns, 4.1% of residents speak English and French in Blackville. At home: English 99%, French 0.5%. Residents whose mother tongue is French are rarer here than in two thirds of Canadian towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64: 6.6%, a lower share than 99% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 17% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Set beside that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
32% of adults were employed in May 2021
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
With 27% of residents 65 or over, the employment rate of 32% sits under the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Older than Blackville: 1 of the 2 towns nearby
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
- Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns. The middle of New Brunswick’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are 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 Blackville’s residents
What religion are people in Blackville?
89% are Christian and 11% have no religion; 0% follow another religion.
Is Blackville good for families?
Under 15: 10% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 53% of households. One-parent families: 9.1%. Schools near Blackville are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Blackville?
The median household in Blackville took in $60,400 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Blackville?
Blackville had about 2,104 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 1,996, 2% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Blackville?
A median age of 51.6. Children under 15 make up 10%, and people 65 and over 27%.
Is Blackville bilingual?
4.1% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 96% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1.1%.
How diverse is Blackville?
2.4% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 1.6% belong to a visible minority and 0% have an Indigenous identity.
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).