Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0A median age of 54.4: Bouctouche is older than 94% of Canadian towns
Recent arrivals are 67% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. Bouctouche is home to some 2,678 people (July 2025 estimate), in 1,095 households at the 2021 Census. Locally, 7.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24. A third of households are one person living alone, a higher share than in 73% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Bouctouche
A bilingual town
Both official languages: 81% of residents speak English and French, more than in 99% of Canadian towns. Another 9.5% speak only French and 9.1% only English. English & French ↓
Older than most towns
Half of Bouctouche’s residents are under 54.4 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 31% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Bouctouche sits above 99% of Canadian towns for bilingual residents (81%)
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
The share of residents whose mother tongue is French tops 88% of Canadian towns: 83%. Set beside that, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
Bouctouche’s population changed by +6% since 2016, more than in 65% of Canadian towns
The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 7%. Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +3% across New Brunswick’s towns.
31% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 93% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Across Canada’s towns, 16% of residents are under 15; in Bouctouche, 11%. On average, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Bouctouche, 54.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Bouctouche households average 2.1 people, smaller than in 83% 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-parent families is 11%, against 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
Married residents 15 and over: 42%, a lower share than 63% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
One in ten residents 15 and over live common-law, against 11% across Canada’s towns. Single and never married: just over a quarter of adults, against a typical 27%.
A larger share of renter households than 71% of Canadian towns: 37%
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
22% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 17% built before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. For renter households, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 25%. Compared with 64% across Canada’s towns, 62% of households live in a single-detached house here.
The median household brings in $60,000 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
At $60,000, the middle household in Bouctouche earned 30% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across New Brunswick’s towns the median is $73,300. Pandemic benefits reached 24% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
5.2% 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
The share of immigrants trails 81% of Canadian towns: 5.2%. Most immigrants were born in Asia (71%) or in Europe (13%). On residents without Canadian citizenship, Bouctouche sits lower than 61% of Canadian towns: 3.7%.
14% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 94% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
4.5% of residents belong to a visible minority; across Canada’s towns the figure is 15%. To put it in context, just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. In Bouctouche, 2.2% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
Only 21% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher in Bouctouche
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate, diploma or degree is held by 23%; in the typical town the share is 9.5%. Set beside that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
53% of adults were employed in May 2021
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. 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: 53%, against 58% across Canada’s towns. 31% of residents are 65 or over.
Ranked by age, 4th oldest of 41 towns this size
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Between La Ronge (31) and Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay (60) lies the rest of the group. By median age, Bouctouche sits among Hanna (49.2), Bonaventure (52.4), Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast (55.6) and Eastman (56.8).
Bouctouche is older than every town around it
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouctouche | 2,678 | — | 54.4 | 31% | 5.2% |
| Wellington | 3,458 | 3.6 km | 54.4 | 30% | 5.1% |
| Saint Mary | 2,083 | 11.1 km | 52.8 | 26% | 5.8% |
| Saint-Antoine | 1,880 | 11.5 km | 48.8 | 26% | 2.3% |
| Cocagne | 2,982 | 13.8 km | 51.6 | 26% | 4.2% |
| Richibucto | 2,457 | 17.7 km | 53.6 | 26% | 5.5% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: New Brunswick’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
- What these tables don’t give. The Census Profile has no unpaid care, cars or internet access, and no change by age since 2016; ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- 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.
Questions about Bouctouche’s residents
What is the median income in Bouctouche?
The median household in Bouctouche took in $60,000 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Bouctouche?
Bouctouche had about 2,678 residents in July 2025, Statistics Canada estimates; the 2021 Census counted 2,513, 6% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Bouctouche?
A median age of 54.4, older than 94% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 11%, and people 65 and over 31%.
Is Bouctouche bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 81% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 9.1% speak only English and 9.5% only French; 83% grew up with French.
How diverse is Bouctouche?
5.2% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 4.5% belong to a visible minority and 2.2% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Bouctouche?
85% are Christian and 14% have no religion; 0.7% follow another religion.
Is Bouctouche good for families?
Under 15: 11% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 45% of households. One-parent families: 11%. Schools near Bouctouche 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).